{"id":1468,"date":"2014-12-17T14:24:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T20:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snakecharmerandthebellydancer.com\/?page_id=1468"},"modified":"2018-03-04T16:24:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T22:24:14","slug":"workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.snakecharmerandthebellydancer.com\/?page_id=1468","title":{"rendered":"Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Arabesque 2018<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    ** Please note that workshop fees are non-refundable .<\/strong><\/div>\n
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    *Paper registration available upon request . Please call or email us 915- 691-1938<\/a> or snakecharmerthebellydancer@yahoo.com<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
    *You will receive an e-mail confirmation that your registration has been received.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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    Performance opportunities:<\/strong><\/div>\n
    Artist interested in performing must register for at least one workshop and express an interest to perform by e-mail or note on registration form during online registration. \u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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    Vending opportunities : Vendors interested in renting a table for this event\u00a0, please contact us for more information<\/strong><\/p>\n

    at snakecharmerthebellydancer@yahoo.com<\/a> or call us 915-691-1938<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    ~Moria Chappell &\u00a0Helena\u00a0Vlajos~<\/h1>\n

    Workshop Menu 2018~<\/h1>\n

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    Saturday July 14th<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    9-11 am<\/h6>\n
    Tribal Fusion Drum Solo<\/h6>\n

    by\u00a0Moria Chappell<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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    TRIBAL FUSION DRUM SOLO offers a unique take on percussion and rhythm.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    In this innovative class you will learn to play\u00a0 music through your muscles using Tribal Fusion\u2019s signature locks, breaks, fluid arms, shapes, and combinations as well as Moria’s Muscular Belly Dance Technique (MBDT) for layering, traveling, and transitioning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    This exciting and fun workshop culminates in a Tribal Fusion drum solo choreography you can continue to drill in your studio or perform immediately.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    *All levels are welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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    11:15 – 1:15 pm<\/h6>\n

    Zills A Cappella & Zills in General<\/h3>\n

    by\u00a0Helena Vlahos<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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    An intimate zill workshop with Helena Vlahos. Bring your finger cymbals!<\/b><\/p>\n
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    1:30-3:30 pm\u00a0<\/strong><\/h6>\n

    Archetypes in the Dancer<\/h3>\n

    by\u00a0Moria Chappell<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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    ARCHETYPES IN THE DANCER is an interactive workshop and PowerPoint presentation that explores the Great Mother Archetype and demonstrates how she uses her mercurial partner-in-crime, Trickster, to form this world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    You will learn why\u00a0image is everything<\/em>, and how once activated, these archetypes enhance your creativity, choreography, costuming, and your ability to bridge the gap between you and your audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    By learning the secret of how archetypes rise from inside your body and transmit themselves non-verbally, you will also learn how to make an audience automatically feel every chill and thrill activated by you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Presented in a forum that combines discussion with movement,\u00a0Archetypes in the Dancer<\/em>\u00a0offers various ways to explore the psyche in order to create a more powerful stage presence and receive a stronger emotional reaction from your audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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    Sunday\u00a0July 15th<\/strong><\/h5>\n
    9-11am<\/h6>\n
    Vintage Workshop<\/h6>\n

    by\u00a0Helena Vlahos<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    Vintage Belly Dance 1960\u2019s & 1970\u2019s (6 Parts)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    \nThis is an overview of the 6-part routine with emphasis on the second slow part<\/strong>
    \n which is Chiftetelli (4th part)<\/strong>
    \n 1) Fast: Entrance with Traveling Steps and Turns. The veil is wrapped around your body in your<\/strong>
    \n favorite style to be used in your first slow piece of music which is after the entrance.<\/strong>
    \n 2) Slow: Bolero or Rumba will be used in your first slow part. We will manipulate the veil in artistic<\/strong>
    \n and tastefully sensual movements. At the end of this section you will discard the veil to prepare for the<\/strong>
    \n next section of your dance.<\/strong>
    \n 3) Medium: Maqsum, Balady or Saidi with sassy combinations to spice up your dance with these<\/strong>
    \n popular rhythms<\/strong>
    \n 4) Slow: Chiftetelli Combos using Hip Circles, Figure Eights, Mayas, Sways, Camels, and their<\/strong>
    \n variations where each move melts into the next with graceful arms to compliment your every move with<\/strong>
    \n Helena\u2019s classic stylization.<\/strong>
    \n 5) Drum Solo: We have so many choices of drum solos. Some are fast and exciting, some slower and<\/strong>
    \n more playful, some have a lot of rhythm changes. This is a great part of our dance to draw our audience<\/strong>
    \n in. In this section we are building up to our finale.<\/strong>
    \n 6) Finale: A short exciting finale will follow using moves as in the Entrance. Our music can be the<\/strong>
    \n same as our entrance music but cut down to about 30 seconds to one minute.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    What to bring to the workshop:
    \nVeil & Zills
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    12:30-2:30pm<\/strong><\/h6>\n

    Temple Dance Fusion<\/h3>\n

    by\u00a0Moria Chappell<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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    TEMPLE DANCE FUSION incorporates sacred temple and royal court dances from ancient India, Java, Cambodia, China, and Hawaii. Over the course of the past decade, Moria has traveled to these countries to learn from dance instructors who have kept the secrets and techniques of their traditions alive as part of a chain of knowledge handed down across thousands of years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    The intricacies of these dances, layered and blended with Tribal Fusion belly dance techniques, produce a beautiful tableaux of what is most inspiring and captivating from these cultures including dance styles, unique props, costuming, jewelry, make-up, and hair design.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The goal of the workshop is for dancers to learn basic temple dance techniques from a variety of cultures in order to embellish their performance repertoire and add to it unique and exciting stylistic elements from the world of Odissi Fusion, Javanese Fusion, Cambodian & Chinese Apsara Fusion, and Hula Fusion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    When working with Moria, you will receive authentic information from primary sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Her instructors treasure their sacred temple and royal court dances and wish to impart them to serious and devoted students of their ancient and beloved cultural heritage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    BIOGRAPHY<\/h1>\n

    Moria Chappell<\/h4>\n
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    Touring 42 countries worldwide Moria Chappell has spent the last 16 years performing and teaching the art of Tribal Fusion and Temple Fusion Belly Dance.\u00a0 A Tribal Fusion belly dancer since 2001, Moria became a principle dancer, and subsequently the Artistic Director, for the world famous\u00a0Bellydance Superstars<\/em>\u00a0from 2005-2015.<\/em>\u00a0Moria is heralded as an innovator in choreography, costume and make-up design, and as a creator of newly formed fusion arts in the realm of Temple and Sacred Arts dance.<\/p>\n

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    A popular and sought after teacher, Moria has developed a unique methodology and approach to belly dance control, the foundation of which is her trademark teaching style: Muscular Belly Dance Technique (MBDT).\u00a0 Both feminine and fierce, MBDT synthesizes the\u00a0 intensity and precision that epitomizes Tribal Fusion isolation and individualism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Moria Chappell was the first to fuse and fully choreograph Odissi Indian Temple Dance with Tribal Fusion Belly Dance while touring with\u00a0The Bellydance Superstars<\/em>\u00a0in 2008.\u00a0 After lengthy, biannual stays in India, Moria has spent the last decade researching world temple dances by traveling to countries along the ancient trade routes that connected Asia and the Indonesian and Polynesian islands with India, North Africa and Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago.\u00a0 Finding seed movements that are linguistic tags connecting an ancestry of ancient dances going back millennia, her performances and trademark style represent a conversation of ancient temple dance technique as it has survived through the ages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The diaspora of movement from which she selects and connects ancient dance via modern Muscular Belly Dance Technique creates innovation in movement and increases the palette for the Tribal Fusion Genre.\u00a0 Her field of research and study include Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, Odissi Indian Temple Dance, Javanese Solo Dance, Cambodian and Chinese Apsara Dance, Chinese Dai and Thai Peacock Dance, Hula and Polynesian Dance, Tibetan and Nepalese Tantric Dance, North African and Middle Eastern Belly Dance, Spanish Flamenco, and Balkan-style movements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Moria is currently writing a book on the 64 Yoginis Tantric Temple with her mother Dahna Koth, a lifelong researcher of world mythology and ritual theatre.\u00a0 Exploring the notion that temple dances from around the globe at one time shared a common ancestral mode of goddess worship out of which belly dance, temple dance, and sacred movement were born, this book reveals hidden and lost symbolic meanings surrounding the Yoginis’ poses, hair styles, order of position, weapons, jewelry, animal associations, and potential movement.\u00a0 Publication is scheduled for 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    While Moria Chappell is featured in multiple performance and instructional DVDs via\u00a0The Bellydance Superstars<\/em>, her most current work will be available via online classes beginning mid 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Moria recently created two full length, theatrical belly dance fusion shows\u00a0Nocturnal<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Incantation<\/em>.\u00a0 They featured a cast of fellow\u00a0Bellydance Superstars<\/em>\u00a0core dancers and devoted belly dance colleagues from around the globe with whom she collaborated.<\/p>\n

    Incantation<\/em>\u00a0was accompanied by operatic vocals and a 10-piece live Balkan Band; both shows represent a first of their kind in theatrical belly dance performance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Apart from her bellydance pursuits, Moria Chappell is a current member of\u00a0Urvasi Dance Ensemble<\/em>, an Odissi Indian Classical Temple Dance troupe founded and directed by Guru Ratna Roy who is a professor and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in the field of preservation and continuation of the Mahari style of Odissi Classical Indian Dance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Moria performing with Urvasi Dance Company, directed by Ratna Roy<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Moria moved to Washington State in 2010 to continue the training and development of her Classical Odissi Indian Temple Dance technique and knowledge with Dr. Ratna Roy exclusively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    A powerful and beautiful women\u2019s dance tradition, the Mahari style of Odissi dance was crushed in the 20th century. Characterized by the blending of spirituality and sensuousness as well as the extremely\u00a0lasya<\/em>(meaning “supremely graceful and smooth”) upper torso movement, Mahari dance themes are woman-centered, whether it be the Mother Goddess herself or famous women from the epics of India.\u00a0 Dr. Ratna Roy is one of the few teachers still alive to have studied directly under the Maharis themselves and remained exclusively in the tradition of the Maharis throughout her ongoing career via her teacher, Adiguru Pankaj Charan Das.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Helena Vlahos<\/h4>\n

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    Helena Vlahos is a precise, energetic performer & instructor with a wealth of knowledge to
    \nshare!
    \nShe teaches improvisation and choreography, zills, veil, cane, arms, hip articulations, upper
    \nbody, belly work (with quarters & dollars), and rhythms with zills (beledy, Maqsum, saidi,
    \nchiftetelli, 9\/8 & 6\/8 to name a few).
    \nShe is a legendary belly dancer who is well known for her \u201cNine Quarter and Dollar Bill Act\u201d. She
    \nis in the Guinness Book of World Records for Unique Abdominal Dexterity.
    \nHelena started her dance career in Los Angeles, California in the mid 1960’s. She moved to
    \nTexas in 1971, where she was asked to perform at various Greek nightclubs. While there, she
    \nran and operated two belly dance schools.
    \nHelena moved back to Los Angeles in 1978 and was invited to perform her unique act on
    \ntelevision shows such as \u201cAM Los Angeles\u201d, \u201cThat’s Incredible\u201d, \u201cSpectacular World of Guinness
    \nRecords\u201d and many more.
    \nIn 1990 Helena moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where she taught classes at numerous colleges,
    \ndance studios and resorts. She also found time to perform at the Bacchanal Greek Restaurant.
    \nShe is on the Executive Panel of Judges for Tonya & Atlantis’ Belly Dancer of the Universe
    \nCompetition every February in Long Beach, California.
    \nHelena has mentored dancers who have gone on to win titles in competitions including the
    \nBDUC.
    \nHelena\u2019s finger cymbals can be heard on Damon the Gypsy\u2019s original (1969) and re-mastered
    \n(2009) album \u201cSong of a Gypsy\u201d and in his new re-mixed album \u201cGypsy Eyes\u201d. Damon has a new
    \nDVD \u201cDance Little Gypsy\u201d in which Helena has a featured part.<\/p>\n

    Helena moved back to Los Angeles in the fall of 2011, where she teaches and performs when
    \nnot traveling for master workshops.
    \nPhone: 818-618-9746
    \nhelenavlahosdance@gmail.com
    \nwww.HelenaVlahos.com
    \nwww.BellyDanceLA.com<\/p>\n

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