Last Fall Session Starts This Week!

Good morning!


First, the student show this past weekend was awesome! If you wanted a DVD and didn’t get one ordered, bring your check book and let me know in class this week. I’ll have order forms with me.

Now, on to the future :) We have a new session of classes starting this week. 

Beginner, Tuesdays at 5:45, will be covering horizontal circles. No props are required though some kind of hip adornment is recommended.

Intermediate, Tuesdays at 7:00, will be covering kashlima rhythm and 25 yard skirt. If you have a yoga mat, I recommend bringing it, if you don’t have one the community center has some we can borrow. You will need finger cymbals (zills) starting the first week of class. I recommend Saroyan zills. If you do not have them ordered yet, I have checked and Super Sonic Music in downtown Topeka does carry Saroyan finger cymbals. They are located on 6th street between Kansas and Quincy. You will need a 25 yard skirt by the 3rd week of class. If you do not wish to purchase a skirt, you can use a 3 yard rectangular veil as a substitute. It won’t be exactly the same, but you will get the feel for using a skirt. If you do not have a skirt and want to order one, moondancebellydance.com carries them or you can search on ebay.

Advanced, Thursdays at 5:45, will be covering balancing and floor work. The first week we will be working on just floor work, so you don’t need to bring any props – just your yoga mat and your zills, I will let you know each week in class what you will need for the following week. When we get to balancing, items to consider are: cane, sword, tray or basket. Since not everyone will have all the items we will most likely play musical props and pass them around so everyone can try each item.

Performance Preparation, Thursdays at 7:20, we are going to start with reviewing all the choreographies that everyone knows so that we can video them from behind and get them up on youtube for everyone to practice when we want to use them. Videos to practice with are posted as unlisted videos and I only send the links to those who have learned the choreography, so don’t worry about having an imperfect video out for everyone to see. We will start with Zeina, so please bring your 2.5 yard, half circular liquid lame veil. We will also work on adding zills to group improvisation.

Hope I'll see you this week!