The Bellydance Body Weekend Intensive:
Biomechanics, Therapeutics, & Embodiment for Dancers from both Yogic and Pilates perspectives.
With Deb Rubin & Aubre Hill.
October 10th-11th, 2009, LOS ANGELES
The Center of Worldance, 230 West Main St., Alhambra, CA 91801
Must pre-register to hold your space.

**9 full hours of study!**
$145 if prepaid by Sept 26, 2009/ $160 after space allowing

Drawing from the wisdom body traditions of Pilates & Yoga, as well as extensive professional and personal experiences in the fields of Holistic Health, Dancer Rehabilitation, and Bellydance, Deb & Aubre combine forces to bring you this jam-packed weekend including:

-Core Yoga & Pilates for Dancers
- Experiential anatomy/movement labs
- Team teaching with Aubre & Deb
-Skills, practices, and embodied awareness to take your dancing to the next level
-Injury prevention and rehabilitation for common bellydance injuries.
-one-on-one attention.

This workshop weekend will assist you in radically shifting bellydance posture and technique, and freeing up new movement pathways to support healthy, embodied dancers. We will discuss injury prevention and self-care; learn ways of protecting overused areas in bellydance--such as psoas, low back, and hips, and deepen our practices to stretch, strengthen, and activate the body in preparation for bellydance. A great foundation for any level dancer, of any style bellydance.

Come develop a more connected conversation with your own body. Increase body awareness, core stabilization, and presence in movement, taking your dance to the next level, from amateur to artist.
All material will be directly applied to bellydance movement.
Please bring a yoga mat, a journal for note taking, and water bottle.
We invite you to also bring your specific questions to be addressed.

Saturday October 10th, 1:00-6:00pm
Sunday October 11th, 12:00-4:00pm.

$145 prepaid by Sept 26th, 2009/ $160 after space allowing
Day passes may be available depending on space.
Contact aubre@aubredance.com to inquire.
paypal: aubre@aubredance.com to reserve your spot.


Saturday:
1-2: Pilates For Dancers Warm-Up (Aubre)
Learn basic Pilates principles and how to apply this work in creating a strong and stable body placement for dance. Pilates is also a great rehabilitation module for dancers.
2-4: Lower Quadrant: The Root of it All (back, hips, pelvis, sacrum & legs) (Aubre) From balance to stability and freeing the body for all the wonderful isolations of bellydance, Aubre will present exercises and techniques to understanding the kinetic chain and interconnected quality of the lower half. Including special attention to sacral stability while maintaining strong hip isolations.
4-6p: The Spine: The biomechanics of spinal stabilization, articulation, and extension/backbending, from both Yogic and Pilates perspectives. (Aubre & Deb.)

Sunday:
12-1: Core Yoga for Dancers Warm Up (Deb)
1-3: Upper Quadrant: The neglected area of Bellydance. (Deb)
Free up the neck/head, shoulders, spine, &sidebody to create that intoxicating look and feel of ridiculously slow, slinky bellydance; allow for sharper isolations; and create more fluid, articulated movements from the head to the fingertips. Focus will be on the importance and biomechanics of the shoulder girdle, and how it relates to everything you do in bellydance. This module will include lecture, experiential anatomy, and therapeutic yoga/somatic practice, with hands-on adjustments. All material will then be applied to bellydance posture, technique, and combos, with particular focus on arms, core, and ribcage.
3-4: Bellyrolls and Abs: Understanding and isolating the deeper core muscles for the smooth, fluid moves of bellyrolls and undulations. (Aubre)