WORKSHOPS
The members of Mandara are available to teach workshops. They are happy to cater them to the participants needs.
Photo by Isabelle Marchand
Please check back for workshops.
Teaching the art (and fun) of prop balancing to students at the Jefferson Center's Discover Dance Camp in Roanoke, VA
Bellydance with Sara Beaman and Mandara Dance Company will be co-sponsoring...
MIRA BETZ
3-Day Seminar with Mira Betz: Technique and Ethics
Raleigh Area, NC
August 27-30, 2010
http://www.sarabeaman.com/mira/
ABOUT MIRA
The multi-faceted career of Mira Betz is a testament to her passionate artistry and desire to for continual growth. Mira began her training in Middle Eastern dance as a young teen studying primarily with Katarina Burda for over 10 years, where she developed a solid foundation of contemporary, traditional, as well as ritualistic dance forms. In 1996 she studied with Jamila Salimpour and Suhaila Salimpour. In 1998 Mira went abroad to live and study in Morocco. Active in theater, dance and the performing arts for 20 years, Mira Betz has become a sought after dancer, choreographer, costumer, and teacher—confirmed by her nomination of "Instructor of the Year" by Zaghareet Magazine 2006.
Mira Betz received her B.F.A. from the California College of Arts and Crafts. Her dance background includes training in Salsa, Modern, Jazz, and Flamenco. Mira continues to spread her experience, knowledge and love for dance through her captivating performance and engaging teaching style.
Please visit her website at www.miramania.com
ABOUT THE INTENSIVE
Mira will take you to the core of her practice in this 3 day (13 hr) intensive, addressing movement with intension, strong form and execution, and cleaning technique for a sharper more poised dance presence. An outspoken advocate for the ennoblement of this dance form, Mira will also explore, through lecture writing and discussion, such themes as ethics, pricing, and how the present trends in this dance are affecting its progression. She believes it is important to not only hone your abilities as a technician, but to also develop your art within the context of its place socially and historically; to explore our responsibilities as dancers, artists and humans. Mira creates a safe dynamic learning space to do just that.
Please contact Jennifer with questions or for more details at mandaradance@yahoo.com.
WORKSHOP TOPICS
Taught by Danielle
*Skirt Work
*Turkish Oriental
*Turkish Romany
Taught by Jennifer
*Tunisian
*Bhangra
*Floorwork
*Skirt Work
*Backbends
*JourneyDance
*Prop Balancing
*Yoga Trance Dance
*Rajasthani Kalbeliya
*Isolations and Layering
*Anatomy for Belly Dancers
*Balkan Inspired Belly Dance
*Traveling Steps and Using Your Space
*Core Awareness - Yoga, Pilates, and Belly Dance
*Dances of North Africa and the Middle East (school program through Jefferson Center's INSPIRE)
Taught by Mandara (Danielle and/or Jennifer)
*Belly Dance Basics
*Group Dynamics and Formations
*Drills and Conditioning for Belly Dancers
PAST WORKSHOPS
Lovely Layering, Stuart, VA, June 2010
Dances of North Africa and the Middle East, Roanoke, VA, May 2010
Yoga and Pilates for Belly Dancers, Atlanta, GA, February 2010
Experiential Anatomy for Belly Dancers, Atlanta, GA, February 2010
A Study in Slow, Snaky and Smooth Moves, Blacksburg, VA, February 2010
Lovely Layering, Blacksburg, VA, January 2010
Belly Dance Basics, Floyd, VA, July 2009
Dances of North Africa and the Middle East, Bedford, VA, July 2009
Tunisian Folkloric Dance, Stuart, VA, June 2009
Introduction to Belly Dance, Blacksburg, VA, April 2009
Turkish-Style Bellydance Mini-Workshop on the 9/8 Rhythm, Blacksburg, VA, March 2009
Yoga and Pilates for Belly Dancers, Atlanta, GA, February 2009
Anatomy for Belly Dancers, Atlanta, GA, February 2009
Dances of North Africa and the Middle East, Blacksburg, VA, January 2009
Turkish Style - Oriental and Romany, Blacksburg, VA, November 2008
Folk Dances of India, Blacksburg, VA, November 2008
Music and Dances of the Middle East, Floyd, VA, August 2008
Belly Dance Basics, Floyd, VA, July 2008
Dances of North Africa and the Middle East, Roanoke, VA, July 2008
Balkan Inspired Belly Dance, Stuart, VA, June 2008
Group Dynamics and Formations, Stuart, VA, June 2008
Dances of North Africa and the Middle East, Floyd, VA, April 2008
Yoga for Belly Dancers, Atlanta, GA, February 2008
Anatomy for Belly Dancers, Atlanta, GA, February 2008
Floorwork for Belly Dancers, Willis, VA, February 2008
Yoga Trance Dance, Blacksburg, VA, January 2008
Middle Eastern Drumming for Dancers, Blacksburg, VA, August 2007
Veil and Double Veil for Dancers, Blacksburg, VA, August 2007
Drills and Conditioning for Dancers, Blacksburg, VA, August 2007
World Fusion Belly Dance Basics, Floyd, VA, July 2007
Anatomy for Dancers, Stuart, VA, June 2007
Core Awareness - Moving from Center, Atlanta, GA, February 2007
Yoga and Pilates for Belly Dancers, Stuart, VA, June 2006
Yoga for Belly Dancers, Atlanta, GA, February 2006
Indo-Fusion Belly Dance, Sterling, VA (DC area), November 2005
Yoga & Pilates for Belly Dancers, Stuart, VA, June 2005
Indo-Fusion Belly Dance, Stuart, VA, June 2005
Yoga and Belly Dance, Roanoke, VA, May 2005 (as Manipura)
Indo-Fusion Belly Dance, Asheville, NC, December 2004 (as Manipura)
Group Dynamics and Formations, Asheville, NC, December 2004 (as Manipura)
Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, Blacksburg, VA, June 2004 (as Manipura)