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CREATIVE SPIRIT DANCING presents: Zaghareet Magazine’s “Best Kept Secret of 2005” Zaghareet Magazine's Instructor of the
Year for 2008
SAQRA
September 6-7, 2008—Omaha, NE
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Saqra is a powerful dance artist and master instructor. Her fluidity, grace, and technical skill is enhanced
by her friendly demeanor and clear joy of the dance.
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Saqra placed or won in a stunning number of competitions beginning in 1988 -titles really too numerous
to list-but stopped competing in 2001 due to her extensive and wildly increasing teaching/travel schedule and her event production
schedule. In her band, the Mediterranean Raqs Band, she plays lead melodic on the keyboard. Yes! CDs will be available along
with musical notation for keyboard players!
It is her firm belief that every dancer has their own natural and achieved
style and that no dancer should be required to copy someone else exactly. She believes there is a freedom in the natural movement
of Oriental Dance that should allow the blooming of the personal style and spirit of the dancer. Saqra approaches instructing
with a genuine love for the individual student. She has produced hypnosis CDs to ease stage fright and for ease of remembering
choreography and expects to put forth similar offerings soon!
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CLASS TOPICS ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL STYLES OF BELLY
DANCE
September 6, 2008
Sat. 8:30-9:30 a.m. Registration
Central Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 726 S. 55th St., Omaha, NE 68131
Sat. 10:00-11:30 a.m. The Encyclopedia of Belly Movement
- Class # 1
Covers abdominal movements from "beginning" to "deadly" and how to
get ‘em into your dance!
Sat. 11:30 a.m.-12:30
p.m. Lunch Break
Sat. 12:30-2:00 p.m. Three Rockin' Rhythms - class # 1
"Beledi",
"Karsilama" 9/8, Ayoub: three common dance rhythms. Learn their origin/
history and finger cymbal combinations
and variations. Add in some dance
combinations and improvisation techniques to make you completely in touch with the
heartbeat of your music.
2:30-4:00 p.m. Pop, Snap, Whack! Hot Lock Combos
- class # 3
Warm up with classic and exotic isolations, explore body energy control and
absolutely effortless
weight changes, then move right into Saqra's precision "Pop,
Drop & Lock" technique rules & the
exciting and powerful leading lock combo
technique. Learn new combos and how to make your own personal signature moves.
Sat. 7:00-9:00 p.m. Evening Show
Sunday
September 7
THIS CLASS IS SOLD OUT
Sun. 10:00-10:30 Check in. This class is pre-registration only
Hilltop Office Building, Studio J, 105 S 49th St. (NE corner of 49th and Douglas Streets), Omaha, NE 68131
Sun. 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Be the Music-Powerful Taqsim Improv class # 4
Isolations, Effortless Transitions, Taqsim Interpretation Rules. Warm up with classic
and exotic isolations, explore body energy control for absolutely effortless transitions,
then work through the classic
art of taqsim interpretation: where a dancer must be
able to communicate the sounds she is hearing. Very useful for ALL
phases of
dancing!) Includes information on how to interpret different instruments and how to
phrase your movements...
completely improvised and "on the fly."
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SAQRA WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
For more information, contact: Della Gushen,
P.O. Box 314, Omaha, NE 68131, (402) 658-4978, della@delladancing.com |
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