Tribal Fest 9 Workshops – one SOLD OUT!

One of my workshops at Tribal Fest 9–”Dancing Your Demons”–is SOLD OUT! Thanks to everyone who will be attending.

There is still room in my other workshop at Tribal Fest 9, Progressive Raqs, Wednesday May 13th, from 10:15am – 12:15pm.  We’ll be geeking out over technique, musicality, and artistic integrity.  Check it out.

In this workshop, Asharah will teach some of her signature technical movements while emphasizing grace, fluidity, power, and presence. A self-described geek, she’ll explain the muscles and physiology behind each movement and how each movement can fit in to the larger picture of your dance. She’ll also talk about her sense of artistic and creative integrity, giving you advice and tips for pursuing your own uncompromising path as an artist and dancer. Asharah likes to push herself and her students physically and mentally, so come prepared with water and an open mind.*

*Progressive Raqs, a pun on the term Progressive Rock, a music genre that emerged in the early 1970s with bands like Yes, Genesis, and King Crimson taking their experimental cues from the later music of the Beatles. These musicians and bands aimed to lift their music to a higher artistic level, blending classical instrumentation, science fiction and fantasy themes, and virtuoso technicality. Prog rock, as it is often called, has influenced Asharah tremendously as an artist and dancer, as she herself tries to blend her intellectual side with her artistic side through bellydance. She continually strives to challenge herself technically and emotionally in her dance, and, like many prog rock musicians, eschews convention for the sake of her own artistic expression. For more information about this much maligned and often misunderstood music genre, visit: wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock

Hope to see some of you there!