Shari currently teaches Beginner
and Intermediate Belly Dance classes for the City of Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation &
Community Facilities at Humphrey Calder Community Center, 414 N. Thompson Street, (804) 646-1780.
During her hour-long classes, she puts special emphasis on personal
expression, responding to and interpreting music through dance, safety and technique, live performance skills,
and how to choreograph and improvise effectively. Above all else, Shari emphasizes developing
strong self-confidence, establishing class comraderie and having fun. Her personal energy,
powerful enthusiasm and love of teaching are as legendary as they are infectious, so Shari has many repeat students each
new session. Move quickly and sign up before all available slots fill up!
4-Week Intermediate INTENSIVE
(Prior Belly Dance training is MANDATORY)
Join us for a class that's half
Boot Camp, half Dance Class!
The Belly Dance Boot Camp sampler
will include drills and exercises for intense muscle building and strengthening as well as developing our ability to
isolate and articulate movement:
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Condition your glutes, hips, thighs, and calves to gain balance and muscular control
for sharp hip articulation and fluid, “gooey” movement
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Develop and learn to isolate your “lower” and “upper abs”
and obliques to create crisp, tight, sharp movement and rolling undulations
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Focus on head, shoulder, chest, belly, and hip isolations and drills
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Refine core belly dance moves such as shimmies, figure 8’s, undulations, and
circles
The “dance training” portion will vary with each class
based on student interest and demand. Possible areas of focus include:
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Improvisation technique
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Drum solo technique, new drum rhythms, and improvising to drum solos
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Turkish Rom-style accents to 9/8 rhythms
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Layering movement, learning new moves, and creating smooth transitions
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Performance technique: creating a dance “persona,” interpreting the
mood of your music, and creating narrative through your dance
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Cute combos to take and use
September
9, 16, 23 & 30, 2008
Tuesday evenings, 6:30 to 8:00
$35 for the Session
Beginner or
Advanced Beginner Belly Dance – Adult
Discover
the joy and magic of belly dance! Learn the basic moves that make up this captivating dance while improving fitness and having
fun! You will discover the basic isoloations, technique, and posture, as well as learn traveling steps and an introduction
to finger cymbals (zils) and/or veils. Build confidence and charisma while discovering how to move naturally to belly dance
rhythms and music.
Next session is scheduled to start in October, 2008
and will be EITHER Beginner or Advanced Beginner, depending on demand
Tuesday evenings, 7:30 to 8:30pm.
Intermediate Belly Dance –
Adult
Build on your technique, learn more complex moves,
explore performance and choreography techniques, enhance your veil, drum solo, and/or zil techniques, and discover how to
accent and work with Middle Eastern rhythms!
(Introductory belly dance training is a prerequisite
for this session.)
Next session starts in October, 2008
Tuesday evenings, 6:15 to 7:30pm.
It takes longer than 6 weeks to learn the fundamentals of belly dance, so each 6-week session will
teach and build on technique and include an introduction to finger cymbals and/or veils as well as performance and choreography
techniques.
Women
of all ages, sizes, and fitness levels
are welcome.
Come to class in comfortable exercise clothing and bring a scarf to tie
around your hips.
To register, call Humphrey Calder
at (804) 646-1780.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact the instructor:
Shari Bennett Speer
shari_bennett_speer@verizon.net
