Dancing Isis Dance !

Testimonial
Summer Workshop 2005 Bones of Middle Eastern Dance

I thoroughly enjoyed your workshop about dancing with the bones of the body.

After seeing my own drawings of the pelvis looking like a strange butterfly and the ribs a birdcage it was a real eye-opener. I have belly danced for 6 years but never really thought about the bones, just about muscles and weight etc. So it was good to bring it back to fundamentals of anatomy, and what moves when we do.

Also the simple principles of weight transfer with a bounce, rather than just 'pushing up' with the hip I really appreciated - because while I sometimes move into that step, I had never considered that much of our dancecan be broken down into those two simple movements. It frees things up a lot.

I did find the 'bounce' helped in the Yasmina workshops today (and more to go tomorrow). Also DEFINITELY for a performance I did in a show last night, I did a character stint as 'Fifi Abdo' complete with dark wig and scarf in big bow on my head, totally improvised to some great music I'd found that morning, HEAPS of bouncing and none of it choreographed. Definitely far more liberating! And a whole lot of fun :-)

Thank you! The day was very worthwhile, and I enjoyed dancing with you.

Love & best wishes,
Vicki :-)
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