Lavish Dance Company

Friday April 20 – FIRESIDE CHAT

Pimp My Costume edition.  7-10 pm, FREE!!! An interactive evening with costuming construction and co-ordination advice for belly dancers. No experience in costuming or sewing required. Feel free to bring any pieces or materials you’d like advice on, your pieces in need of help putting into an complete costume or… just come out and watch the fun!

Bring your bra you’ve made, bring material that you don’t know what to do with, bring that weird top you found at Value Village, bring all of your costume and I’ll give you advice on how to umph it up!

Don’t have any costuming? That’s cool! Come on by anyway and just watch, listen and you’ll know what to doonce you do have some!

Saturday April 21 – Chocolate Covered Combinations with Audra

3-6 pm   $60 (or with Creating Delicious Combinations, $100)

Join Audra in this 3 hour workshop as we drill a little technique, then learn 3 or 4 original combinations, each corresponding to different music.  We’ll then discuss specifics on how the combination relates to the music, and using aspects such as weight, breath, dynamics, and 3-dimensionality, we’ll explore each combination further, infusing them with new detail and complexity, making them even more yummy, just like coating them with chocolate!

All levels and styles welcome.  No previous experience in tribal fusion or modern bellydance required, some bellydance experience is highly recommended.

Saturday April 28 – Creating Delicious Combinations with Audra

3-6 pm  $60 (or with Chocolate Covered Combos, $100)

In this 3 hour workshop, we’ll discuss a few musical ideas as they relate to music in general, and to specific songs.  We’ll then divide into groups and using aspects of our group discussion, you’ll create your own original combinations.  Presentation and feedback to the group will follow, and time for re-working and re-presenting will be given.

All levels and styles welcome.  No previous experience in tribal fusion or modern bellydance required, some bellydance experience is highly recommended.

Friday March 2, join Audra at the studio, around the fire, for an evening of tea and discussion.

This session we’ll take a look at the documentary film, Urban Ghawazee.  This film traces the early roots of tribal fusion in San Francisco and area, with interviews with Frederique, Caroleena Nericcio, Urban Tribal, Ultra Gypsy, and several other dancers and troupes now disbanded.

Afterwards, Audra will discuss the evolution of tribal fusion costuming and we’ll talk about where today’s costuming is, examine some personal costume items up close, and ideas of how to start your own costume will be discussed.

Where:  The Dark Side Studio, 244 Augusta Ave, second floor

When: Friday March 3, 7 to 10 pm.  Movie will start at 7:15 pm

Oh, did I mention it’s FREE!!!

Join us this Friday, Feb 3 as The Dark Side Studio hosts a real and true HAFLA.

No costumes, no preparation, just a casual evening of everyone dancing.

Wear comfortable clothes, bring your finger cymbals (or not!) and get ready for an amazing evening of casual dancing!!!  Come anytime between 7 -10 pm and join the circle for a short stint in the center as you bust out your moves in a supportive and enthusiastic environment.  You just can’t lose…

Oh, did I mention, it’s FREE?!!

Registration opens on Friday Dec 9 at 9:30 am eastern standard time for both Rachel Brice’s June Toronto workshops and September’s Dark Harvest Festival.

Registration is through Eventbrite only, not here.

Here’s the registration link