The drum solo is the climax of any belly dance show.
In this workshop you will:
- Demystify the basic Middle Eastern rhythms and get familiar with their particular feel.
- Learn to play and feel the rhythm.
- Learn to respond to the drum with your body, using it as an instrument.
- Learn groups of movements and accents that suit the rhythms.
- Learn the art of keeping a balance between high energy and poise.
- Learn to improvise and communicate with the drummer when dancing to a live drum solo.
- This workshop will also greatly improve your musicality, improvisation skills and showmanship for all other types of bellydance music and shows.
* If you have a doumbek, please bring it with you to the workshop.
Venus Uprising presents
DRUM SOLO: TECHNIQUE, MUSICALITY & SHOWMANSHIP
with BLANCA AND CARMINE
Saturday March 29, 2008 - 12:30 - 3:45 pm
440 Studios - 440 Lafayette - Studio 4F - NYC
$55 prepaid / $70 door
440 Lafayette between Astor Place and 4th Street in Studio 4F.
This spacious room features a marley floor: NO hard sole or black sole shoes are permitted.
The studio will open at 12:15 p.m., and workshops will start promptly at 12:30 and end @ 3:45 p.m.
There will be a 15 minute break in the middle.
Read more and register:
venusuprising.com/workshops/index.html
In this workshop you will:
- Demystify the basic Middle Eastern rhythms and get familiar with their particular feel.
- Learn to play and feel the rhythm.
- Learn to respond to the drum with your body, using it as an instrument.
- Learn groups of movements and accents that suit the rhythms.
- Learn the art of keeping a balance between high energy and poise.
- Learn to improvise and communicate with the drummer when dancing to a live drum solo.
- This workshop will also greatly improve your musicality, improvisation skills and showmanship for all other types of bellydance music and shows.
* If you have a doumbek, please bring it with you to the workshop.
Venus Uprising presents
DRUM SOLO: TECHNIQUE, MUSICALITY & SHOWMANSHIP
with BLANCA AND CARMINE
Saturday March 29, 2008 - 12:30 - 3:45 pm
440 Studios - 440 Lafayette - Studio 4F - NYC
$55 prepaid / $70 door
440 Lafayette between Astor Place and 4th Street in Studio 4F.
This spacious room features a marley floor: NO hard sole or black sole shoes are permitted.
The studio will open at 12:15 p.m., and workshops will start promptly at 12:30 and end @ 3:45 p.m.
There will be a 15 minute break in the middle.
Read more and register:
venusuprising.com/workshops/index.html
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