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Workshop in Oriental Dance
from the Middle East

Health, consciousness, a graceful bodyline...


Health, consciousness, a graceful bodyline, strength and flexibility of the body, selfconfidence, selfsatisfaction and rhythms...

This - and more - is what the oriental dance gives a person, who wants to learn the variety of the steps and bodymovements!

The workshop is based on throughout learning of the consciousness of the body, a comprehension of the dancetechnique, the rhythms and culture from the Middleeast.

The lessons always starts with a program of warming-up the body, and in the end a strectching out program.

Photo by Britt Lindemann 2003

WHAT IS ORIENTAL DANCE?
Oriental Dance comes from the Middleeast and Northafrica. It is one of the most ancient dances in the history of civilization, and originally it was a dance of fertility only for women.
The oriental rhythms/ music has as well a great influence in the history of civilization. The optimistic messages of the dance has for milleniums been delivered through lots of generations. Certain steps and movements has also been used in the folkloristic dancestyles.
The dance is sensual, beautiful, joyful, feminine and expresses beauty, happiness, vitality and openness - feelings that give rise to a happy mind!
Workshop Program for School for Oriental Dance
Some teaching themes by Suzzane Potempa

Menu		 Workshop Program 2010 for School for Oriental Dance :

Team: 10131 - Beginner Level
Basic steps and movements adapted to the oriental rhythms.
Isolated and combined. Terms modulator, feelings, arms, hands
gracing and feminine movements.
Wednesday: 19.00 to 20.40
Start: 27 / 1 – End : 28 / 4 
Price for 12 wednesdays: Total 1300 danish kr. - can be paid in instalments
 2 x 660 DKK 

Team 10110 - Continues level
For participants who had training in1 season or more.
Course description see team 10131
Mondays: at. 17.00 to 18.40
Start: 25/ 1 – End:  3 / 5   
Price for 12 thursdays: Total 1300 danish kr. - can be paid in instalments
 2 x 660 DKK 

Team 10121 - Continues level
For participants who had training in the 2-4 season. Course description see team 10131
Tuesdays: at. 19.00 to 20.40
Start: 26 / 1 – End: 27 / 4
Price for 12 tuesdays: Total 1300 danish kr. - can be paid in instalments
 2 x 660 DKK 

Team 10120 - Proceeding - Easy trained level
The course covers the more advanced steps and movements in Arabic and Turkish dancestyle.
Terms modulator, feelings, arms and hands with the gracing and feminine movements. Rhythm,
theme and education adjusted according to the needs.
Tuesdays: 17.00 to 18.40
Start: 26 / 1 – End: 27 / 4
Price for 12 tuesdays: Total 1300 danish kr. - can be paid in instalments
 2 x 660 DKK 

Team 10130 - Easy trained level
Course description see teams 10120
Wednesdays: pm. 17.00 to 18.40
Start / End: 27 / 1 - 28 / 4
Price for 12 Tuesdays : Total 1300 danish kr. - can be paid in instalments
 2 x 660 DKK 

Team 10101 - Advanced level
Time: 10.15  to 13.30
Saturdays: 30 / 1 - 27 / 2 - 27 / 3 - 24 / 4
Price  Total 880 danish kroner
A choreography will primary be the teaching theme

- School for Oriental Dance starts workshops in Copenhagen -
lessons from beginner to advanced level:
  • Winter/Spring : January until May
  • Fall: September until December
  • Please write or e-mail for further detailed info's

Menu		 Some teaching themes by Suzzane Potempa:

- From beginners to advanced level:

  • steps, movements, hiptechnique, shimmyvariations,
    arms, hands, expression, dancedynamic
  • arabic rhythms in 2/4, 4/4, 8/4, 10/4
  • turkish rhythms in 4/4 and 9/8
  • rhythms and fingercymbals
  • rhythms and fingercymbals combined with steps and
    dancemovements
  • stickdance - saidi baladi
  • different ways of dancing with the veil, when and
    to which kind of music
  • drumsolo technique - drumsolo choreography
  • which kind of movements do you use to the different
    rhythms and musicinstruments
  • what is baladi dancestyle, what is classical oriental
    dancestyle..?
  • a choreography build up to music with different rhythms
    and analysing of the music
  • workshop in oriental dance combinied with relaxation and
    bodymassage. After intensive dancing to oriental rhtyhms the participants learns how to give and to recieve a bodymassage and how to handle the muscles/the body with care - for plain use in future at home.