Bellydancer's Survival Guide

Have you learned the basic moves but have no idea how to put them together and dance around a fire? Are you intimidated by haflas? This class will cover basic move variations, easy combinations and good fire and hafla dance etiquette, plus safety tips. Part dance, part information session and Q&A.

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Schedule for KWDS IX

Deadline for Class Submissions: May 20, 2012

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Day 1: Thursday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00

Day 2: Friday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Barbie Tootle Room
1:00PM Approaching Dance Documentation and Presentation
3:00PM Introduction to Kalaripayattu
Cartoon Room
11:00AM Sword & Floor Work for Bellydancers
9:00AM Yoga for the Dancer
3:00PM Dances of the Turkic Nomads
1:00PM Single & Double Veil
Creative Arts Room
9:00AM Dancing And Fighting
10:30AM Two 15th-c. Italian Balli
1:30PM Beginner Gresley Dances
3:00PM Improvising Dance
Dance Room 1
9:00AM Almans & Courantes
10:30AM Introduction to Galliards
1:30PM Learn to Dance Gracefully
3:00PM Sing Your Bransles
Dance Room 2
9:00AM 16th Century Italian Step Practice
10:30AM Basa Toscana
1:30PM Noblita d’Amore
3:00PM Two Cascarde
Grand Ballroom East
1:30PM Presenting: The Lovelace Manuscript
Grand Ballroom West
9:00AM Inns of Court Dances
10:30AM Four Couple English Country Dances
1:30PM 15th-c. Bassedanse: Big Picture and Interesting Ch
3:00PM Inns of Court Dances Choreographies
Interfaith and Prayer Room
10:00AM Bhangra Breakdown!
2:00PM Intro to Bharata Natyam
Ohio Staters Tradition
9:00AM How to Make Your Dance Master Love You: Learning How to Partner w/Dance Masters while Running a Pit
10:30AM Introduction and/or Continuing Pipe and Tabor
1:30PM Playing and Dancing at the Same Time
3:00PM Tambourine Practicum
Performance Hall
10:30AM A Prelude to Playford: Easy English Country Dances
1:30PM Contradances from Playford 1651
3:00PM Intermediate English Country Dances
Round Meeting Room
1:00PM Introduction to Central Asian Music, Dance, and Po
11:00AM The Aesthetics of Music & Dance
Senate Chamber
10:30AM Ladies and Gentlemen of Honour: Courtesy in Dance
Student-Alumni Council Room
9:00AM Boost Your Sight-Reading Skills for Dance Music
10:30AM Ornamenting Dance Music
1:30PM Intermediate Recorder Technique
3:00PM Arranging Polyphonic Dance Music from Lute Tablatu

Day 3: Saturday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Barbie Tootle Room
9:00AM Bharata Natyam Choreography
1:00PM Beginning Bellydance
3:00PM Jazzy Jewels
Cartoon Room
3:00PM The Dance and Music of Bihu: Music, Gender and Sex
10:00AM Persian Classical Dance
1:00PM Persian Folklore Dance
Creative Arts Room
9:00AM Amoroso, Revisited
10:30AM Easy 15th-c. Italian
1:30PM Dance Interaction
3:00PM Intermediate Gresley Dances
Dance Room 1
9:00AM Improvisation and Galliards Choreographies
10:30AM Bransles Featured in the Masque
1:30PM I Salti del Fiocco
3:00PM All the Bransles!
Dance Room 2
9:00AM Torneo Amoroso
1:30PM Bizzaria d’Amore
3:00PM Il Contro del Orco
10:30AM Happy Dancing Feet in the 16th Century
Grand Ballroom West
9:00AM Advanced English Country Dance
10:30AM Bassedanse
1:30PM Inns of Court Dances
Hayes Cape Room
9:00AM Yoga for the Dancer
1:00PM Introduction to Carnatic Dance Music
Interfaith and Prayer Room
1:00PM Port Said — A Fisherman's Dance from Egypt
9:00AM Zill, Baby, Zill!
11:00AM Variations in Bharata Natyam
2:30PM Bellydancer's Survival Guide
Ohio Staters Tradition
9:00AM Playing for Dancing
10:30AM Dance Music in Central Europe 1480-1680
3:00PM Dance Music in the Vocal Realm
Performance Hall
10:30AM Progressive Dances in Playford 1651
1:30PM Two More Lovelace MS Dances
3:00PM Three-Couple English Dances
Round Meeting Room
9:00AM Raag and Taal: Music and Court Culture in Mughal Empire
1:00PM Middle Eastern Percussion
11:00AM Social Status of Musicians & the Role of Women in
Senate Chamber
9:00AM Introduction to Early Modern Dance
10:30AM 16th-c. Step Reconstructions Discussion
4:00PM Natural Adornment: Henna traditions from Africa to
Student-Alumni Council Room
9:00AM Morley Consort
10:30AM Bowed Strings
1:30PM Recorders
3:00PM Crumhorns

Day 4: Sunday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
 11:00
 12:00
 1:00
 2:00
 3:00
 4:00
 5:00
Barbie Tootle Room
11:00AM Dance Sculpture in Shiva Temples
1:00PM 16th Century Persian Dance
Cartoon Room
9:00AM Yoga for the Dancer
10:00AM Uzbek Dance - Ferghana style
1:00PM Tahtiib - Men's Stick Dance from Egypt
Creative Arts Room
10:30AM Intermediate 15th-c. Italian
Dance Room 1
9:00AM Branles, Revisited
10:30AM Doppie Mutanze: Double Galliard Variations
Dance Room 2
9:00AM Cascarde “Chiara Stella”
10:30AM Easy 16th-c. Italian Dances
Interfaith and Prayer Room
3:00PM Teacher's Toolkit
11:00AM Intermediate/Advanced Rom/Gypsy Choreography
1:00PM Classical Indian Dance – The Next Step
10:00AM Kalari Drills
Performance Hall
9:00AM Two-Couple English Country Dances
Round Meeting Room
3:00PM Khyal and Dhrupad: Hindustani Vocal Music
11:00AM Medieval Arabic Music Theory and Paradigms
Student-Alumni Council Room
9:00AM Modal Improvisation
10:30AM Music for Improvised 16th Century Dance

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Unscheduled Classes

16th c. Italian
 
 
 
 
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