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| Samadhi Tribal Fusion Belly Dance |
| 2019 Show Info We are planning for a 45 minute festival show. All props must be able to be used indoor and outdoor, so no veils or isis wings since wind limits your control. Follow these Rules for Choreo for your solos and small groups. Costuming Rules: Be interesting. Must be able change costume in 60 seconds or less. Use colors and costuming that enhance the feeling of the music and choreo. Base Costuming will be: Dance pants Half tank with spaghetti straps Flat black boots for outside performances when it's cool enough. Ballet slippers with soles for hot weather. 2019 Performances We're Thinking About So Far June - WV Pride Parade, 4 library performances in Kanawha County (one as part of Festivall), MOVMCF in Parkersburg (June 21-23) Sept - Culturefest Deadlines for solos (Amira, Shaleh, Nadimah, Clarice and Thyone) Jan15 - Prop ordered and in your hands. Song "mapped" Jan 31 - 30 seconds of choreo completed Feb 28 - 1 min 30 seconds of choreo completed March 31 - 2 min 15 seconds of choreo completed April 30 - Full choreo completed You need to have your song selected and "mapped" by Jan 15 You need to have 30 seconds of your choreo completed by the end of January 2019 Festival Set Large Group Choreo Solo - Shaleh Small Group Choreo Solo - Thyone (Poi) Large Group Choreo Education on tribal belly dance Small Group Choreo Solo - Nadimah (Knife) Large Group Choreo Solo - Clarice (Zills) Small Group Choreo Solo - Amira (Sword) Large Group Choreo (Skirt Dance) No Bringing Kids to Class No kids are permitted to be in the studio. You may be comfortable with your child witnessing drinking, hearing cursing and seeing women change clothes, but I am not, so please leave your kids at home. If you can't find a sitter, you will have to miss that class. Makeup Classes? There are no makeup classes. Sessions must be paid for in full whether you attend every class or not. It is very important that students attend every class because each class builds upon the last. There will certainly be times when a student must miss, but there are no refunds or credits for this. Stage Makeup All of your makeup should be put on much heavier than everyday makeup. Stage lights fade out the color. Put foundation on much thicker than usual. Set with powder. Use brown blush, dark brown lipstick and any color eyeshadow. Line upper and lower eyelids with black kohl liner. Use same liner to darken eyebrows. Extend lines out to side of face. Draw dots over eyebrows. Draw straight line down forehead. Draw 3 dots below outer corner of both eyes. Place bindi between eyebrows with eyelash glue. Individual Bios Please include the following in your bio: 1) Dance name 2) All teachers 3) Year you started dancing 4) Current and past troupes Troupe Bios Please include the following in your troupe bio: 1) dance names of all members 2) year members started dancing 3) year troupe formed 4) all teachers Troupe Expectations The cost of being in the troupe is $40/month. There is no credit or refunds for classes missed. Being a part of the troupe is a fun and exciting endeavor. But it will require work and commitment on everyone's part. Here's my list of expectations for troupe members: This is a drama free troupe. There will be no tolerance for drama! Must keep comments positive about all members of our troupe as well as other troupes and solo dancers Must interact in a respectful way to all other members of the troupe When voicing an opinion, keep critiques factual and related to the troupe. No personal attacks. Respect that the leader welcomes opinions from all troupe members, but the final decision is up to the troupe leader. This is NOT a democracy. Be at class every week unless you have a doctor's note. I'm kidding! We understand if you're sick, have a death in the family, etc. But seriously, please try to be at class as much as possible. When at class, please participate to your fullest. If you practice sloppy, you will put that into your muscle memory and I guarantee you that you will perform sloppy. If you are tired or hurt, I would rather you sit out than practice sloppy. Practice at home at least 1 hour per week Must be able to do every choreography by themselves without watching any other dancers. Must know all parts in a choreography and be able to switch to any part at any time. Must have impeccable timing to lead or do a solo Must know all cues and be able to use them properly in order to do any improv dancing Must know all combos Must have all required troupe costuming, which currently consists of the troupe skirt, half black spaghetti strap tank top and Kuchi belt. This is subject to change and we frequently require additional costuming for specific performances Must attend performances which you have committed to Must do solos when you have committed to such Must display a team attitude Fill out the self critique form for at least one improv and one choreography after every performance and keep these in your troupe notebooks. Act in a professional and responsible manner before, during, and after all performances and anytime you're in costume. Bars are an exception - my expectation is that you get wild after we're done performing! For private event performances, please leave family members and friends at home. It is acceptable and even recommended to bring family members and friends to bars and large public events. You are to be covered up with a veil, caftan, ghawazee coat or other coverup anytime you are not performing. Many changes are made the last class before a performance. Therefore, you must attend the class before a performance and also the practice the day of the show or you will not be permitted to perform. |
