A year or so ago I received a phone call and email from a woman who wanted me to teach her bollywood dance. She wanted to show me some of her favourite bollywood movies and asked if I could then teach her the moves she wanted to learn. It was an interesting question, and I… Continue reading Bellywood
Category: Bellydance
these blogs are all bellydance-related.
Big Band and Bellydance
Rockin’ the Casbah is going to be an interesting show. I’m probably breaking all kinds of rules, but I think its okay if you know what they are and have respect for their purpose, if you are a master in your craft, with the proficiency to do a fusion well and if you accurately name what you’re doing…call it what it… Continue reading Big Band and Bellydance
teaching thoughts: improvisation
As a student dancer, I learned to dance (like the majority of students do) through the vehicle of choreography. Later, as a “mature” dancer, I had to struggle hard to become comfortable with improvisation. Now, when I perform, I am probably 75% choreographed and 25% improvised within any given piece. I almost always do have… Continue reading teaching thoughts: improvisation
New YAC show!
This month I started the long process of choreographing the next big YAC stage show. For me, this means taking my scattered handful of ideas and weaving them together into a tapestry that will hold together as a single unit on the stage as dance theatre. As always, I want to do something different with this show. This… Continue reading New YAC show!
Using vehicles for solo entrances
I prefer to produce shows that are linear and follow a thread rather than simply a collection of dances with no relationships. I have also always been fascinated with dance theatre and incorporating elements of theatre to tell stories through dance. As the artistic director of Saba, when I choreograph our large YAC shows, I am most satisfied… Continue reading Using vehicles for solo entrances
When those who can’t, …teach
I believe that a teacher should have a love of the dance that takes them beyond themselves. In a dance form that has no standardized curriculum or governing body and where a student doesn’t advance through a series of tested levels, it is imperative that teachers have a thirst that drives them to personal professional… Continue reading When those who can’t, …teach