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Upcoming Workshops and Special Classes

Monthly Bellydance Conditioning Class

  • Sunday, February 12, 3-5pm - Lateral Figure 8's -
  • Sunday, March 11, 3-5pm  
  • £18/£16 Advance Payment, click HERE to buy now
  • Open to all dancers with a foundation in bellydance
  • SWC, Unit 11 Eurolink Centre, 49 Effra Rd, SW2 1BZ

Using the unparalleled Suhaila Salimpour format for stretching, movement and drills, students work towards developing true muscular isolation and intelligent movement. These workshops help build the strong foundation necesary for professional bellydancers of all styles and is one of the best ways for students to suppliment their regular classes.

Bring a yoga mat and water and be prepared to work hard. Oh - and no jingles please!  

Anna is the only dancer in the UK certified in Suhaila Salimpour format. She is SSBD Level 1 Certified and working towards her level 2. She has studied intensively at the school in Albany, CA and attended the Weeklong Multi Level Workshop with Suhaila and Jamila as well as classes in Folkloric Fusion, Dance Movement, and Suhaila format levels 1, 2 and 3.
 

Monthly Zills with Drills Class

  • Sunday, February 19, 3-4pm
  • Sunday, March 18, 3-4pm

  • £10/£8 Advance Payment
  • Buy both Zill and Assaya Classes £18/£16 Advance Payment
  • click HERE to buy now
  • Open to all dancers with a basic foundation in bellydance
  • SWC, Unit 11, 49 Effra Rd, SW2 1BZ

    • A class focusing on a different finger cymbal pattern each month.Open to all level dancerswith options for students to sit down and focus on just playing the patterns or added movement drills and combinations whilste playing for more advanced dancers and percussionists. Extra layers will be given to the more advanced students ie. arm patterns or rib isolations on top of hip work. Finger cymbals can be provided in class. February Pattern 3-3-7

     

    Monthly Assaya Class 

    • Sunday, February 19, 4-5pm
    • Sunday, March 18, 4-5pm
    • £10/£8 Advance Payment
    • Buy both Assaya and Zill Classes £18/£16 Advance Payment
    • click HERE to buy now
    • Open to all dancers with a basic foundation in bellydance
    • SWC, Unit 11, 49 Effra Rd, SW2 1BZ
    Learn the basics of Egyptian folkloric stick dancing! Each month will focus on a different piece of a full choreography to be combined at home and, eventually, in class. Sticks can be bought in class for £9 or bring your own.
     

    Advanced Dancer Choreography Workshop/Classes

    • Workshop Sunday, March 4, 3-5pm
    • Classes on Sundays March 11,18 & 25, 5-6pm
    • Workshop £18/£16 Advance Payment
    • Workshop & classes £32/£28 Advance Payment
    • Workshop is open to all advanced level dancers, classes are open to students who have learned the choreography from the workshop
    • SWC, Unit 11, 49 Effra Rd, SW2 1BZ
    This is the first part of a new performance project for the more advanced level  students. On Sunday, March 4 students will learn a full choreography using classic "bellydance" stylization (most likely Egyptian cabaret). The choreography will be challenging and will incorporate complex layers and isolation technique. For the following 3 Sundays students will work on memorizing and solidifying this choreography, breaking down any particularly challenging segments to clarify for independent practise. Students will be provided with a video recording of the choreography on the final class. Students wishing to perform the choreography with us at the Brixton Hafla and other venues will use the month of April to work on the piece independently. Final rehearsals for the Brixton Hafla will run every Sunday from May 6 - June 17. To participate in the final rehearsals students must have the choreography memorized and be prepared by May 6. This will allow us to really dive into the piece and work intensively on staging and interpretation during the rehearsals.

     

    Advanced Dancer Rehearsal Classes

    • Sundays, May 6 - June 17 (7 classes), 5-6pm
    • £49/7 classes, £42/6 classes
    • Open to students who have fully memorized the choreography from March 4
    • SWC, Unit 11, 49 Effra Rd, SW2 1BZ
    This is the final part of a new performance project for the more advanced level  students which began in March. These rehearsals are open to students who have fully memorized the advanced level choreography from the March 4 workshop. **If you are unable to attend the March workshop but would like to do the rehearsals and performance, you can contact Anna about learning the piece independently**. The rehearsals will focus on staging, interpretation and performance of the piece and will not include work on the actual choreography sequence- students must have it memorized and prepared before attending these rehearsals.  Students who come attend are invited to perform with the group at the Brixton Summer Hafla and other events such as the Silke Route and the Lambeth Country Show.

     

    Payment Details

    To register for a workshop or guest course in advance you can purchase them at our online shop but please note that for online bookings there is an extra processing fee included in the price. To avoid this extra cost you can pay at one of our regular classes or send a cheque made out to Small World Centre Ltd to

    Small World Centre

    237 Croxted Rd

    London SE21 8NL

    Advance payment must be recieved by the Friday before

     For more information contact anna.smallworld@yahoo.co.uk

       

    Workshops on Sundays in conditioning, choreography, zills, veil and assaya.Students who participate in choreography workshops are invited to join rehearsals and perform at the Brixton Hafla

    Special Classesand guest courses in different bellydance styles and techniques. Past teachers includeKhaled Mahmoud, Ozgen, Valerie Romanin,Moirai,Kim MackoyandHannah Mi, and Nina Kessler

     

     

    Monthly Veil Class

    • Sunday, November 13, 3-4pm
    • £10/£8 Advance Payment
    • Buy both Veil and Zill Classes £18/£16 Advance Payment
    • click HERE to buy now
    • Open to all dancers with a basic foundation in bellydance
    • SWC, Unit 11, 49 Effra Rd, SW2 1BZ

    Learn how to paint pictures with a slip of fabric. A veil is one of the most iconic images for bellydancers around the world, most highly developed by Turkish dancers in the American nightclubs of the 50's and 60's. Learn American Northwestern style veil technique incorporatingaeroplane spins, shoulder flips, butterflies and envelopes

     

    photos by Anna Hindocha www.annahindocha.com

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