Tribal Throwdown 2007

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Tribal Throwdown 2007 will host 20 amazing workshops by the 16 of the top teachers/performers in the world of Tribalternative dance, music, yoga, and fashion. Our four classrooms offer small class sizes, providing superior attention to the individual student's needs. No matter what your level or style of interest, Tribal Throwdown has the workshop that suits you perfectly! But don't put off reserving your space... With the more intimate workshop sizes, spaces will fill quickly and you don't want to be left out.

Instructors include:
Zoe Jakes of Belly Dance Superstars, The Indigo, Yard Dogs + More
Amy Sigil founder/director of Unmata and Hot Pot Studio
Ariellah Goth Goddess and original member of The Indigo
Heather Stants founder/director of Urban Tribal Dance Company
Kassar East-Coast sensations in a rare West-Coast workshop appearance
Kristina Canizares founder/director of The Nekyia; Crucible teacher
Mira Betz founding member of Aywah and Barbary Coast Shakedown
Frederique founder of Belly Groove and fusion-pioneering act Romani
Samantha Riggs founder/director of Boom Boom Bollywood
Pepper Von Internationally recognized hip hop/kickboxing teacher
Jill Parker founder/director of Ultra Gypsy Dance Theatre Company
And just added:
Sabrina Fox co-founding director of Southern California's Atash Maya
Janice Solimeno founding member of The Indigo, former Ultra Gypsy
Shelly DeCant founding member of Unmata and Hot Pot Studio teacher
Robert Wallace International recording artist and creator of Total Rhythm
Keri Langwell freelance make up artist for MAC cosmetics & veteran dancer
Matthew Shell certified yoga instructor working out of Funky Door studio

Session 1	Amy Sigil	Frederique	Mira Betz	Matthew Shell
9:00 - 10:30 am	"HotPotTurbo TribalTricks"	"Arm Your Performance with Charm"	"Breaking Through: Isolations and Layering"	"Low-Impact Yoga Techniques for Dancers"

Session 2	Zoe Jakes	Kassar	Sam Riggs	J. Solimeno
11:00 - 12:30 pm	"Exquisitely Slow Iso's & Extreme Undulations"	"Slinking like Sexy Siamese Twins"	"Pirate Bellydance: Why Is The Rum Always Gone?"	"The Joys of Improv" A Free Workshop

Session 3	Jill Parker	Amy Sigil	Sabrina Fox	Shelly DeCant
1:00 - 2:30 pm	"Jill's Juiciest Drills and Theatrical Thrills"	"Unmata 110%"	"Atashimmies with Maya Layers"	"ABCs of Dance" A Free Workshop

Session 4	Ariellah	K. Canizares	Heather Stants	Keri Langwell
2:45 - 4:15 pm	"The Darker Side of Drilling"	"Tail Shaking Tribal Latin Jazz"	"The Liquid Stylings of Urban Tribal"	"Tribal Make Up Secrets for Stage" A Free Workshop

Session 5	Zoe Jakes	Heather Stants	Pepper Von	Robert Wallace
4:30 - 6:00 pm	"Zoe's Ooey Gooey Burlesque"	"Appetite for Deconstruction"	"Come-Wit-It Hip Hop"	"Total Rhythm Workshop"

Session 1	9:00 - 10:30 am
	Amy Sigil "HotPotTurboTribalTricks" Strap on your jet-packs! In this workshop, you’ll get the skinny on what happens when you let off a lot of steam while dancing really good, really fast. You’ll learn and drill two original combos snatched directly from the Hot Pot Studio tribal vocabulary, both are equipped for improv and ready for show. You will have fun. You will sweat. You will be inspired. And afterwards, when you’re sore and on the floor, remember: Horsepower is defined as work done over time. We just teach you the tricks.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Frederique "Arm Your Performance with Charm" Learn Ferderique's unique approach to upper-body gesticulation, and more importantly, explore your own style. Arms are your opportunity to apply your manner, personality, and expression through dance. Often belly dance training focuses on just hips and abs, but this workshop will be all arms with torso, shoulders, and head subtleties for refined expression. And let's not forget the final frontier of dance expertise: Hands, right down to your finger tips. Frederique's many details on hand and finger placement create a relaxed feel and look. In this workshop, we will obtain elegance, grace, poise, and polish for your individual style through strengthening, emotional expression, and drills specifically developed by Frederique for this class.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Mira Betz "Breaking Through: Advanced Isolations and Layering" Ever feel as though your learning curve has reached a plateau? Tired of only having beginners' classes to choose from? This intermediate/advanced workshop is a breakthrough waiting to happen. Mira will begin with a thorough breakdown of basic isolations and will gradually increase into multiple layering designed to bewilder the brain and electrify the body. This workshop will challenge. It's a rousing motivational tool for any dancer; accessible to all levels but indispensable to the experienced dancer.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Just Added! Matthew Shell "Low-Impact Yoga Techniques for Dancers and Others" Mathew Shell, a certified yoga instructor with the famed Funky Door studio in San Francisco, is a veteran of Kosmos World Music and Dance Camp and knows how to work with dancers. He's created a special new program that employs familiar Bikram postures in a low-impact environment that prepares the body and soul for a full day of dance, but will prove equally beneficial if your day is just spent watching performances or shopping at Tribal Throwdown! Matthew's a playful spirit with an easy smile... The perfect way to start any day.	$5 Donation Drop-in session; Pay at the door

Session 2	11:00 am - 12:30 pm
	Zoe Jakes "Exquisitely Slow Isolations and Extreme Undulations" Zoe is famous for delivering powerful performances that reach the back wall of any room. This is the result of her dedication to hard work. More specifically, her hand work, wrist work, elbow work, and shoulder work, combined with powerful posture, oblique strengthening (for that horizontal pull that makes mayas and hip slides so exquisite), and belly rolls with emphasis on stomach musculature And then all this comes together in exquisitely slow isolations and extreme undulations. Share all the details that Zoe is focusing on in her personal practice right now!	Sorry, class is full.
	Kassar "Slinking like Sexy Siamese Twins" Kassar’s rep is built not only on their top-notch pair dancing, but also their symbiotic ability to move as one. In this workshop you’ll learn the secrets that makes this dynamic duo so smooth and enticing. One of the biggest challenges in dance is interacting with another dancer on stage -- it's also one of the most rewarding. This workshop presents combinations focusing on moving in sync with your partner in unique ways; on and off the floor. Every movement will be outlined and drilled, then combined to form the final choreography. By the end of this fast-paced, East-Coast-style class you will be slinking together like sexy Siamese twins.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Samantha Riggs "Pirate Bellydance: Why Is The Rum Always Gone?" Pirate Belly Dance is the culmination of Samantha's experience with tribal fusion, stage combat, Bollywood and Bhangra, African fusion, comedy theatre and tall ship sailing. In this class, you'll learn to do drops, spins and shimmies all while keeping your open rum bottle safe! This workshop everything necessary to transfer a prop as a dancer transitions from fancy footwork to athletic floor work. These skills can be applied to almost any hand-held prop (rum bottles, fire props, swords, etc.) and also come in handy at your better parties. Please bring a plastic rum (or water) bottle to use as a prop and, if you need, knee/ankle/foot support for floor work and drops.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Just Added! Janice Solimeno "The Joys of Improv - A Free Workshop for All Levels" From its beginnings, modern Tribal technique has been rooted in the ability to improvise routines with a group of dancers. With more and more choreography saturating the scene, this core ability is being lost. And many groups are foregoing the original improv moves for new variations. As a dancer with some of the most influential groups in Tribal bellydance (Ultra Gypsy, The Indigo, Bastet, etc), Janice is uniquely qualified to share the key elements, cueing techniques, and common moves that will allow you to dance with anyone, anywhere, at anytime.	FREE! No registration needed... just drop in!

Session 3	1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
	Jill Parker "Jill's Juiciest Drills and Theatrical Thrills" After 10 years leading Ultra Gypsy and the tribal belly dance movement, Jill Parker has been recognized as the standard bearer, both as a performer and as an instructor. In this essential workshop, Jill shares the classic drill routines that made her Zaghareet Magazine's Instructor of the Year and then Jill clues you in on the details and extras that it takes to thrill an audience, which made Ultra Gypsy the magazine's Troupe of the Year and a community favorite. Come prepared to perspire and be inspired by this pioneer of the belly dance theatre art form.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Amy Sigil "Unmata 110%" No belly dance fusion enthusiast ever drowned from sweat and to train like the Unmata grrls, you’ve got to be willing to get down and get wet. After this rigorous workshop you’ll walk away with two of Amy Sigils signature combos broken down into movement components, bootlaced together, and drilled till you’re ready to drop. Be prepared to tap into your hidden reserves of strength and sass as you take on this class. Warning: Not for paper dolls. And yes, the music will be very, very loud!	Sorry, class is full.
	Just Added! Sabrina Fox "Atashimmies with Maya Layers" In their 5th year, Atash Maya's edgy blend of Middle Eastern, Modern, Asian-style dance influences, and jazz technique is fused with a beautiful trend-setting style all their own. This workshop will share some of that trademark style with students of all-levels. Opening with a balance and core strengthening warm-up required to travel and make level changes with the layered shimmies, we'll move forward to a shimmy breakdown. Once these shimmies are drilled into your body, we’ll add the sort of smooth upper-body layers that stun an audience.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Just Added! Shelly DeCant "The ABCs of Bellydance for Beginners" Like any art, dance requires a basic vocabulary to communicate, and bellydance has evolved into a very expressive language. This workshop, by Unmata's own Shelly, will cover fundamentals such as correct posture, common counts, and basic movements and is perfect for even the first-time dancer. We will work our way up to combinations, drills, and short routines so that everyone will be dancing by the end of the workshop. Wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to sweat, Shelly will work you. And even more advanced dancers will become stronger by building up their foundation with this class!	FREE! No registration needed... just drop in!

Session 4	2:45 - 4:15 pm
	Heather Stants "Smoother than Smooth: The Liquid Stylings of Urban Tribal" Heather's Urban Tribal is famous for bringing fluidity and expression together with sharp street styled isolations to form a uniquely seamless blend of grace and funk. This unique perspective on contemporary movement is most evident in the signature slow style they call "liquid". Focusing on adding fluidity to your breaks, Heather delivers the secrets to smoother than smooth movement in your dance.	Sorry, class is full.
	Kristina Canizares "Tail-Shaking Tribal Latin Jazz Choreography" If Sally Bowles played Mata Hari at the Copacabana, she would rock this choreography and bring the audience to their knees. Combining the taught precision of tribal with the glitter of jazz and the spice of Latin dance, Kristina's signature style will get your blood pumping and your tail shaking. Warm up, stretch out, and dive in to this hot, juicy dance experience. Trust us: You'll be left sweaty and completely satisfied.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Ariellah "The Darker Side of Drilling" Fine tune your belly dance technique, while learning to incorporate a dramatic, darker side that will distinguish your art. In Ariellah’s workshop, we will cover technical details such as chest isolations, pops, locks and snake-like gothic belly dance arm movements. Reinforcing fundamentals will bring strength and fluidity to your movements and elevate your dance. You will also learn a short choreography incorporating these techniques and be encouraged to stylize the movements to reflect your personal style.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Just Added! Keri Langwell "Tribal Make-Up Secrets fir the Stage" With nearly a decade of experience in dance, as the founder of Lapsus and a former member of Ultra Gypsy and Lotus, Keri has been doing tribal-style make up and piercings about as long as anyone in the field. She currently works preofessionally as a freelance make-up artist for MAC cosmetics and can help dancers of all levels better understand the differences between street and stage make up. Beyond learning the fundamentals of skin care, foundation, powder, highlighting & contouring, color, and application, you'll also learn custom techniques to bring out your own personal signature style.	FREE! No registration needed... just drop in!

Session 5	4:30 - 6:00 pm
	Pepper Von "Come-Wit-It Hip Hop" Dispel the myth that Hip Hop is not for everyone! Pepper’s unique "Come Wit It" Hip Hop is designed for dancers of all sizes, ages, abilities, and movement styles. "Come Wit It" Hip Hop is breaking all the barriers of simply doing traditional cultural dance. Through imagination and innovation, Pepper fuses cutting-edge Hip Hop with Middle Eastern and Egyptian styles to create an explosive dance experience. Come feel the contagious energy of world-renown Hip Hop presenter Pepper Von. It's all about attitude and fun. So, if you are ready for Hip Hop, then "COME WIT IT"!	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Heather Stants "Appetite for Deconstruction: Urban Tribal Style" Once you've got all the fresh ingredients and you're ready to cook, you need a recipe guaranteed to satisfy. That's where this mouth-watering Urban Tribal choreography comes in. In this workshop, Heather teaches you how to combine her fresh steps into a tasty routine, combining signature smooth moves with lightning fast precision combos. Accented with that unique Urban Tribal funk, you'll be cooking up your skills and your audiences' appetites at the same time. Delicious!	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Zoe Jakes "Zoe's Ooey Gooey Burlesque" Beyond being a superstar of belly dance, Zoe is also a queen of burlesque! Zoe’s workshop will incorporate touches of her show-stealing burlesque influences into a more traditional belly dance choreography. All of those seductive snake-like movements that are so delicious to watch and perform will be infused with the bawdy fun of Burlesque style in this a class that promises to expand your personal repetoire. This is a rare opportunity to learn a fresh new take from a master of two dance forms.	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.
	Just Added! Robert Wallace "Total Rhythm Workshop" Total Rhythm, conceived and created by California-based percussionist and athlete Robert Wallace, celebrates the natural rhythm in us all and this unique and exciting workshop combines the best of drumming and dance to help you unlock the power of rhythm in your own life! Instantly, you will be drumming, dancing, clapping and literally hollering to the power of your own beat. Total Rhythm provides tall, standing drums, all you provide is the energy! And, best of all, no prior experience with drumming or dance is required. Just be ready to stretch, sweat, shout, and smile!	$30 Check for availability at the door day of event.