The Belly Dance Center offers unique oriental dance workshops and performances tailored or dance students and professional dancers in different dance styles. Different from classical ballet and modern dance, in its movement language and its cultural context, the encounter with oriental dance can greatly enrich dance students and proffessional dancers.
The workshops can be tailored according to the composition and level of the group. All of the workshops are given by Sagit Elmaliach, dancer, choreographer and dance teacher for over 20 years, director of the The Belly Dance Center.
It is possible to book one workshop or a performance, combine a number of workshops and a dance show or book several sessions.
Introduction to belly dance workshop
In this workshop, the participants will learn the basic technique of oriental dance & basic movements and combinations. Participants will experience the various dance styles in oriental dance, from the traditional folkloric ones to the modern, which are influenced by western dance styles, and dance with accessories like malaya, cane, veil, and zills.The workshop is delivered with reference to the Arab-Muslim cultural context in which this dance developed as well as Arab music and its characteristics.
Workshop duration: two to three hours.
Choreography Workshop
In this workshop, the participants will learn an oriental dance choreography. The choreography will be chosen according to the composition and level of the group. In addition, the workshop can include an explanation about the process of creating an oriental dance choreography.Workshop duration: two to three hours.
Theoretical workshop on the history of oriental dance
A lecture on the history of oriental dance and its development from folklore dance to artistic dance performed on stages, a process which continues also nowadays with the development of new styles. A lecture combined with video clips screening.Workshop duration: an hour and a half.
Oriental dance show "The different colors of oriental dance"
An original dance show created by Sagit Elmaliach, director of The Belly Dance.Center. Her extensive experience in the field of dance and academic studies on Islam and the Middle East Contributed to the creation of this unique dance show.The dances in this performance reveal to the audience the many different styles of this dance, form the traditional, folkloric style (Baladi) to the modern (Oriental / Raqs Sharki), to the classics of arab music and the contemporary pop arab music. Between the dances are short segments, in which the audience learn about the context of this dance; the Arba-muslim culture, traditions, man and women status and more. Show duration: an hour.
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