Carver Community Center from 7-8pm!
Strength training
glute squeezes half/quarter time
pistons moving in circle feet half time/hips quarter time
pistons moving in circle releve’ feet half time hips quarter time
pistons/snake arms moving r/l
working with the veil
When I first started dancing, I had only been dancing for maybe about a year and I got the chance to take a workshop in Cincinnati with a topwell known dancer; Suzanna Del Vecchio. This was a really great experience for me and I came away learning so much from her and the workshop I attended. She is such a graceful dancer and full of knowledge. I was very excited that I got to meet her in person and I had a chance to chit chat with her for a brief minute. I will never forgot the experiance and she is one that I do reccomend if you ever get a chance to go to one of her workshops; it is a must! I can remember we were moving in groups across the floor doing pelvic rolls down and I was doing them in reverse and she came up to me and said “we are not there yet” I really appreciated her telling me, but at the same time I also was somewhat embarrassed. We went through various drills and movement in the beginning and at the end she taught us choreography to Khayarouni by Woroud and can be found on the Belly Dance Superstars Cd, Volume 2. To this day, I still know a little bit of that choreography. In her workshop is where I learned the D-step. Suzanna has been dancing for over 25 years and she actually holds a retreat in Colorado that is a huge event. Suzzana teaches body alignment and technique through movement.
Here is a video of Suzzana Dehttp:Vecchio; Enjoy!
Photo By WG Images
I wanted to share with all of you an article that was written about belly dance, my history and experiance and information on my classes. This article was written by one of my students and was just recently published in the Highland County Newspaper. For those of you who have signed up for my newsletter and are not attending one of my classes and if you live in the Chillicothe area, I invite you to come and check out one of my classes! Class times are Tuesday at Carver Community Center from 7-8 and Wednesday at Carver Community Center from 7-8. Classes will start back up in Greenfield in July so if you are interested in joining my Greenfield group please contact me!
I hope you enjoy the article and please leave a comment! Here is the link to the article:http://www.highlandcountypress.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=74&ArticleID=8354
Carver Community Center all ages welcome! This class is free!
No matter what we do in life we are constantly at a learning stage and with belly dance there is no exception to this rule! It does not matter if you have been dancing for 1 month or 10 years there is always something new to learn. There are certain levels with learning and as we gain more confidence we climb up to the next level. My motto is: never stop growing and never stop learning. I have always felt this way with everything I have done and it is even more true with dancing.
The first stage in the learning process is unconscious incompetence. This stage is when a dancer may be just learning or has not started yet but is thinking about learning. They do not fully understand the dance yet or they do not know about it. Each dancer or student will vary at this stage it really all depends on their own desire to learn.
The second stage is conscience incompetence. In this stage the dancer is still at the point where they do not understand the dance yet, but what is realized in this stage is that they realize their shortfalls and understanding the value of learning. This is done when a dancer starts processing the steps and or moves and is a big part of the learning process.
The third stage is conscience competence. This is when the light goes on. The dancer or student starts to understand the dance and the moves start feeling natural in her own body. Even though the dancer knows what she is doing it still takes alot of concentration to execute the moves. I see this all the time in class where I will tease my girls and tell them I see smoke coming up out of their heads! This though is a fun and exciting time for me as a teacher when I can see my students go through each phase and step.
Unconscious competence is the fourth stage and this is where the moves become part of the dancer inside and out. This is when the moves are second nature and happens after much practice. Each dancer will arrive at this stage and different times and there is no exact timeframe. It depends on you as the student and dancer how far are you willing to go and how much practice your willing to do. At this stage the dancer is able to layer easily and ad props to her dance such as zills. This involves doing two tasks at a time.
So I ask you where are you? It does not matter where you are going it is what is at the end and the final result. Being able to recognize these stages and knowing where you are will help you as a dancer and to keep you going in whatever you decide to learn.
Copy right June, 2011
