Bellyqueen Workshops

May 17th & 18th 2008: Mexico City, Mexico
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Mexico
Contact Maria Shazadi mariashazadi@yahoo.com

May 23rd-25th 2008: Bogota, Colombia
Kaeshi is the featured instructor at the 5th Tribal Gypsy Oriental Dance and Womens Counsiusness Festival. in Bogota, Colombia. Workshop topics taught include: BellyPopping - Tribal Fusion-BellyPopping Technique and choreography, 9/8 Gypsy Fusion and PURE (Public Urban Ritual Experiment).
Sponsored by Antonina Canal, director of the Prem Shakti School of Dance. www.premshakti.net. Phone: 571-6911714, -57-3106963090
calle 90 # 13-39 (*Kaeshi will teach at Folk Tours camp in 2009.)

May 24th & 25th 2008: Barcelona, Spain
Amar Gamal will teach in Spain
Contact Claire az.spain@gmail.com

May 31st & June 1st 2008: Marbella, Spain
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Spain
Contact Anandi anandi23@yahoo.com

June 5th-8th 2008: Somerset, New Jersey
Kaeshi teaches 2 workshops and performs at Rakkasah's Spring Caravan for the 2nd year. Workshops will be on Thursday June 5th and Sunday June 8th.
www.rakkasah.com

June 9th & 21st 2008: Nagoya, Japan
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Japan
Contact Hiromi hermes@gold.ocn.ne.jp

Sat June 14th : New York, NY
WHERE: Workshops at 440 Studios, 440 Lafayette, bet E 4th St & Astor Pl, 4th floor, Studio 4A, NYC.
Documentary Screening at Je'Bon, 15 St Marks Pl, near 3rd Ave, NYC. Nearest subways: R-W to 8th St, 6 to Astor Pl.

SAT JUNE 14TH 12.00-2.00pm
"ISADORA DUNCAN CHIFTETELLI” Workshop at 440 Studios
Uses Duncan technique stressing improvisation, emotion, and the human form through gestures and moving statue figures using the vocabulary of Middle Eastern dance. (Who was Isadora Duncan? Many consider her to be the mother of Modern Dance.)

SAT JUNE 14TH 2.15-4.15pm
“BALKAN 9/8 KARSILAMA" Workshop at 440 Studios
Learn how to karsilama the Balkan way! Paola taps into her Macedonian heritage to share some fun steps to this popular rhythm.

SAT JUNE 14TH 5.00-6.00pm
“DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE ROMA OF MACEDONIA" at JeBon
Paola will screen and talk about the dance and music documentary she produced in the summer of 2007 in her hometown, Berovo, situated in the hills of eastern Macedonia. It features Milo Destanovski - teacher, musician, community leader, and director of the Malesh-Roma folkloric troupe.

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WHO IS PAOLA BLANTON?
This fiery Macedonian immigrated to the U.S. as a young child. Passionate about their native Balkan folklore, her family trained Paola and her two sisters extensively in Balkan dance forms, including the kolo circle dances and chochek, the Roma-inspired dance featuring hips, swirly hands, and feisty rhythms with heavy Ottoman influence. As a college sophomore in Chicago, she took her first MED class from Jasmine Jahal, Chicago’s pioneer belly dance performer and teacher. That was the beginning of a lifetime love affair with Raqs Sharqi, or Middle Eastern Dance.

While Paola has studied with many MED greats, one of the most profound influences on her dance comes from a teacher she's never met in the flesh - Isadora Duncan. Three summers immersed in Duncan Dance have imparted a Universal quality to Paola's MED dance, infusing it with the intelligence and emotional intent that Duncan so passionately expounded. The world is taking note. Paola has been invited to share her unique approach at many festivals and workshops around the globe.

The path continues to unfold before her - with inspired vision and joy. Paola's sincere wish for the Dance and its exponents is that it may raise our consciousness and deepen our connection to the rhythms that unite us all as fellow travelers in the Human Venture.

FOR MORE INFO about Paola Blanton, visit www.yalla-bina.net (Paola is based in Malaysia.)

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Fees: 2 hr workshops $37 adv /$42 at the door
Package Deal for Both Workshops: $70 adv / $80 at the door

Registration: Please sign up by June 9th for the advanced discount. Register below via PayPal and credit card, or pay with cash at the door. If you want to send in a check, please e-mail workshops@bellyqueen.com for an address to send it to.

Questions? Call 310-597-3261 or email workshops@bellyqueen.com


Sat June 14th 12.00-2.00pm Isadora Duncan Chiftetelli $37 adv/$42	Sat June 14th 2.15pm-4.15pm Balkan Karsilama 9/8 $37 adv/$42
Sat Feb 14th 12.00-4.15pm PAOLA BLANTON WORKSHOP PACKAGE $70 adv/$80	d

June 27th -30th 2008: Caribbean Cruise Nassau Bahamas
Amar Gamal will teach in the Bahamas
Contact Alia beachfrontdance@aol.com

June 29th 2008: Connecticut
Kaeshi will teach in Connecticut. Sponsored by Tava Auslan.

July 19th & 20th 2008: Peru
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Peru
Contact Iovanna acdao@hotmail.com

August 1st-3rd 2008: Mexico City, Mexico
Kaeshi will teach in Mexico City. (To be confirmed.)
Contact Beatriz Guevara Martínez mahirimah_mahaila@hotmail.com

September 5th -22nd 2008: Tour of Brazil
Amar Gamal and Kaeshi will perform and teach in Brazil
Contact Adriana belefusco@belefusco.com.br

Sept 27th - Oct 7th 2008: Mainland China
Bellyqueen Dance Theater (14 dancers) and band, Djinn will tour through the east coast of China. (To be confirmed.)

Oct 8th -Oct 14th 2008: Japan
Bellyqueen Dance Theater (14 dancers) and band, Djinn will tour through the Japan. (To be confirmed.)

November 1st & 2nd 2008: Palma Mallorca, Spain
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Spain
Contact Nara info@narabellydancer.com

Nov 8th - 16th 2008: Germany
Kaeshi will teach and perform in Germany.
Nov 8th Theater performance in Augsburg
Nov 14th-16th 6 workshops in Augsburg and Memmingen (near Munich).
amina@fieryamina.com

November 8th & 9th 2008: New Brunswick, Canada
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Canada
Contact Lorena lorenar@nbnet.ca

December 13h& 14th 2008: Caracas, Venezuela
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Venezuela
Contact Alberto academia@templodediosas.com | www.templodediosas.com

December 20th & 21st 2008: Isla de Margarita, Venezuela
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Venzuela
Contact Angy angy9999@gmail.com

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January 17th & 18th 2009: Montreal, Canada
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Canada
Contact Naila info@danseorientalemontreal.com

Feburary 21st & 22nd 2009: Singapore
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Singapore
Contact Samra pyramid.dancer@gmail.com

May Memorial Day Weekend 2009: Rustic, Pennsylvania
Kaeshi teaches at Folk Tours camp. www.folktours.com

August 21st & 23rd 2009: Atlanta, Georgia (Southern Fusion Festival)
Amar Gamal will perform and teach in Georgia
Contact Liora liora_dance@yahoo.com

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