WORKSHOPS!
Sunday, February 24: Belly Ball Productions Presents: Workshops with Aepril Schaile:
@ Bath Dance Works, 72 Front Street, Bath, ME 04530
2:00 - 3:30PM
Animating the Veil: Breathing Life into the Dance with Spirited Veilwork
The Veil: long a symbol of feminine beauty and mystery, used by bellydancers as a flowing prop and extension of costuming. In this workshop, we bring veilwork to another level, adding drama, emotion, and expression, learning to skillfully use the veil as an extension of the physical and subtle body. Please dress in comfortable clothing, and bring a veil of approximately 3 yards in length (china silk or silk chiffon, which floats beautifully in the space, is strongly recommended).
4:00 - 5:30PM
The Four Elements: Bellydancing with Presence, Soul, Authenticity, and Power
In this workshop, we will bring forth our own personal stories and vision via moving meditation, visualization, and improvisational work. We will work with what has heart and meaning in the dance, increasing stage presence and charisma. Prepare to be inspired!
$25.00 Per Workshop or Both for $45.00
FMI or to register, contact Josephina: (207) 442-8880 or josephina@suscom-maine.net,
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* Sunday March 16 at Blacksun Festival, New Haven, CT,
12 noon
Raqs Gothique: The Art of Gothic Bellydance: Gothic drama, romance, and intensity combined with the serpentine mystery, sensuality, and beauty of Bellydance...Gothic Bellydance (or Raqs Gothique) has become an art form all its own, embodying dark emotion, extreme contrast, mystique, power...the shadowy side of Bellydance. In this workshop we learn new techniques for this dark art; we will also touch on the costuming, props, and music that are used by the Gothic Bellydancer.
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Saturday, March 29: Shimmies for a Cure - Part Deux, Somerville City Club, 20 Innerbelt Rd, Somerville, MA
4:15 - 5:15pm
Unconventional Props: Objects of Expression, Drama, and Power with Aepril Schaile: The creative possibilities are endless! Traditional belly dance props are used with new energy and meaning, new ideas for props are born out of an image or idea...In this workshop, we will learn to use props not only as tools to showcase technique, and/or as an extension of costuming, but also as theatrical objects infused with signification and symbolic power.
To register: http://shimmies4cure.tripod.com
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Sunday, March 30: Raqs Gothique II, in conjuction with The Notheast Henna Festival, @ The Dark Lady
124 Snow St, Providence RI
(right across from the Providence Performing Arts Center)
Eerie Serpents, Ethereal Grace : Hands and Arms in Dark Fusion Bellyance: Learn to achieve dramatically expressive and "bonelessly" undulating hands and arms via moving meditation, drills, and visualization. Suitable for all levels of dance experience.
Performance @ 10pm, Workshop Time TBA
OTHER WORKSHOPS OFFERED BY AEPRIL
Bellydance Drama and the Energy Body:
"Anything physical we do that we imbue with invisible intention is a ritual"--Caroline Casey (astrologer and bellydancer)
Both Bellydance and Theater have their origins in ritual; the ancients knew that to express oneself through movement or story is to be in touch with the invisible world. Expanding upon basic Bellydance technique and form as foundational tools, and via moving meditation, we will explore the ways in which we can use the invisible energies of our bodies and minds to bring magic and power to our dancing, working with story, mood, myth, and meaning.
Of a Darker Veil: Gothic Veil Technique
The Veil: long a symbol of feminine beauty and mystery, used by bellydancers as a flowing prop and extension of costuming. In Gothic Belly Dance, we move with the veil into darker places, infusing the silk with the occult powers of shapeshifting; disappearing and reappearing behind and before it in a dance of mystery and revelation; whirling in a flight of ethereal drama and otherworldliness...In this workshop, you will be initiated into the magic of Gothic veilwork, learning to use the flow of the silk to bring forth the dark feminine beauty within. Please dress in comfortable clothing, and bring
a veil (preferably china silk, or silk chiffon, which floats beautifully in the space) of approximately 3 yards in length.
Bellydancing the Goddess:
"All acts of love and pleasure are My rituals."
Bellydancing is thought by many to be a last vestige (and revival!) of ancient dances of the Sacred Feminine. In this workshop, we will explore Bellydance as a ritual dance of the Goddess through basic Bellydance movements and moving meditation; we will also touch on the history of Goddess dance, and the idea of the living Goddess as archetypal energies in all of us.
Want Aepril to do a workshop in your area? Email her and let her know!