NEW: ORIENTALIST BELLYDANCE CLASS WITH AYSHE
SUNDAYS, 1:30-3:00pm, at BELLYDANCE
AMERICA 265 W.
37TH ST., #303,
NYC FEE: $15 drop-in,
5classes/$65
For more info:
ayshedancer@gmail.com
or see facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/OrientalistBellydanceClasses this
is an intermediate class-- students should have previous dance
training-- if you are unsure, contact me for more
info.
class description: Combining elements of ballet,
Middle Eastern, Indian, ancient Egyptian, and Flamenco. This class will provide a
strong workout, ballet barre and concepts of moving in a classical
way, but without having
to work in a turned- out position. Work on developing
techniques for turns, kicks, releve, pirouettes, jumps in ways that
will mesh with ethnic dance forms.
PAST CLASS TOPICS: --PROPS: Learn to create elegant
and dramatic effects with WINGS OF ISIS, veil,
sword, shamadan (candelabra), fans, and other
dance props. Learn to combine props to produce evocative,
mesmerizing shows. --CROSS-DANCE
CONDITIONING: uses different styles of dance
(MiddleEastern, ballet, yoga, modern, Indian, African,
Flamenco) to strengthen different body parts. Also, this helps to
build a repertoire of movements useful to tribal, fusion, gothic,
fantasy and theatrical bellydance creations. --BASICS OF THE
PHARAONIC DANCES OF
ANCIENT EGYPT --SKILLS FOR IMPROVIZATION &
CHOREOGRAPHY --MUSIC AND RHYTHM: learn how to
make sense of any music or rhythm you hear. --WINGS TECHNIQUE
: exercises include spinal exercises,
arms coordinations, neck throws, zar movements,
& whirling; all beneficial for wings.
Ballet-based movements such as elegant walks, runs,
arabesques, and kicks, all part of the wings repertoire, are focused
on.
Interested in private
classes? I charge $100 for 1hr
20min. session. To schedule a private class, just email inquiry
to: ayshedancer@gmail.com
FOR
MORE INFORMATION: MY EMAIL: ayshedancer@gmail.com MY
PHONE: 212-564-5529
AYSHE'S MISSION
STATEMENT
As a
teacher Ayshe combines her love of exotic movement and her academic
knowledge of the human body. Her college degree in Human Movement
involved studies in anatomy, kinesiology, corrective exercise,
analysis of movement, motor learning, and dance therapy.
Early
on, as a dancer, she observed there were some subtle, yet
surprisingly difficult and highly unusual torso and pelvic movement
isolations in Middle Eastern dance. She experienced that the journey
toward the accomplishment of these coordinations, through careful
and patient strengthening and stretching of deep internal pelvic and
back muscles, would give the practitioner an unusual and powerful
body awareness, along with a physical centeredness and a sense of
personal inner strength that woud bring forth physical health and
spiritual peace and harmony. It is this deep internal study that
brings bellydance above the level of mundane erotica and into the
realm of mysticism and spirituality. Yet, this is not easily
attainable and takes devotion and commitment as would any
meditative, transcendential study. It is this aspect of bellydanc
that Ayshe is most intrigued by. To her mind, it is from the deep
inner connection, physical and spiritual, that beauty in movement
springs forth, and it is in this direction she wishes to lead her
students.
In
her beginner/intermediate class she has developed a series of
simple, yet deceptively complex, exercises that will put the student
on the road to a better understanding of her/his body in space and
set the foundations for the individual to seek self and expression
of self through movement. This class is not meant to supply the
student with alot of movement vocabulary, but instead to provide the
building blocks that will enable him/her to analyze and more easily
imitate the movements he/she will observe in others.
This
is not to say that Middle Eastern dance in its more colorful,
mundane, folky, and accessable forms is still not totally wonderful.
At any level it is still a very healthy, fun exercise for everyone
and extremely important for its cultural content and sociological
value. Even in its most blatantly raunchy settings, there is still
that hint of something beyond the profane that mystifies and
hypnotizes the viewer; if even for a moment. There is so much and so
many levels to offer in this dance form. I just hope to impart my
little piece of the puzzle to the student on their journey.
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