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Greetings, lovely dancers!
Blue Moon Dance Company is sponsoring the Mezmer Society in a daylong
seminar on April 25, 2009, and we would love it if you would join us!
The Mezmer Society is a collaboration between Onca O'Leary (Director of
Baraka Mundi Live Music & Dance Ensemble, Bandit Queen A director, event
producer, and full-throttle entertainer) and Balkan accordionist August
Hoerr and their musical ensemble. The Society presents a delicious melange of Eastern European music, powerful bellydance technique, goodwill, bad
behavior, and sultry oddements. The year 2008 saw The Mezmer Society as
featured instructors at TribalCon & Southern Fried Tribal in
Atlanta, TribalFest in California, Tribal Revolution in Chicago and
TribOriginal in North Carolina. The Mezmer Society is fully committed to
spreading the aesthetic of hafla joy as quickly and loudly as possible!
Both workshops and the show will be held at The Solution Center, in
Brighton Hall, 1101 Slater Road, Durham, NC.
**Please don't contact The Solution Center directly about this event! Blue
Moon is happy to answer any and all of your questions.**
9:30 AM: Doors open for registration and shopping
10:00 AM – Noon: It's Magic: Exploring the Synergy between Live Music and
Dance
Live music can take your performance to a new strata of stage
presence, power, and community pleasure. Musicians love dancers that can
clearly describe what they need, and dancers love musicians that honor
those needs while making them look wonderful. This
high-spirited, interactive workshop addresses etiquette, effective
communication onstage and off, and tips on how to successfully
collaborate while being aware of everyone's interests. These fun
exercises in creating strong entrances, transitioning tempos, and
ending fabulously will all be accompanied by the (strains, wheezes, and
mellifluous sounds of the) Accordion. A fantastic workshop for both
musicians and dancers!
Noon - 1:00 PM: Lunch/shopping break
1:00- 4:00 PM: Crackerjack Cane Combos
It's all how you handle the big stick. Cane, or 'Raks Assaya', is a
traditional woman's dance art that offers tremendous creative
expression to Fusion, Burlesque, and Vaudeville artists. Building on the
bellydance vocabulary, we drill sustainable cane technique and explore
combos with attitude. Great for developing both troupe
precision and the theatrical face of fusion. A few canes will be
available to borrow on a first-come, first-served basis, and there will be
some canes for sale as well. Workshop space is limited so
don't delay in signing up for the foxy and folkloric fun!
8:00 PM: Evening performance begins. (Doors open at 7:30 PM.) Light
refreshments will be served; no alcohol or unauthorized videotaping
permitted.
There will be a DVD of the performance available for purchase. Sign up for
the DVD now or at the door. No DVD orders will be taken after the event.
Details, directions and registration forms now available on our
Classes & Workshops page at
www.bluemoonbellydance.com/classes.html . Please note that if a
minimum number of participants have not registered by March 20, the
seminar and show will be cancelled, so get your registrations in early if
you wish to attend!
Please feel free to email me at skbeaman@gmail.com with any questions!
Thanks, and take care!
Sara Beaman / Blue Moon Dance Company
Blue Moon Dance Company is sponsoring the Mezmer Society in a daylong
seminar on April 25, 2009, and we would love it if you would join us!
The Mezmer Society is a collaboration between Onca O'Leary (Director of
Baraka Mundi Live Music & Dance Ensemble, Bandit Queen A director, event
producer, and full-throttle entertainer) and Balkan accordionist August
Hoerr and their musical ensemble. The Society presents a delicious melange of Eastern European music, powerful bellydance technique, goodwill, bad
behavior, and sultry oddements. The year 2008 saw The Mezmer Society as
featured instructors at TribalCon & Southern Fried Tribal in
Atlanta, TribalFest in California, Tribal Revolution in Chicago and
TribOriginal in North Carolina. The Mezmer Society is fully committed to
spreading the aesthetic of hafla joy as quickly and loudly as possible!
Both workshops and the show will be held at The Solution Center, in
Brighton Hall, 1101 Slater Road, Durham, NC.
**Please don't contact The Solution Center directly about this event! Blue
Moon is happy to answer any and all of your questions.**
9:30 AM: Doors open for registration and shopping
10:00 AM – Noon: It's Magic: Exploring the Synergy between Live Music and
Dance
Live music can take your performance to a new strata of stage
presence, power, and community pleasure. Musicians love dancers that can
clearly describe what they need, and dancers love musicians that honor
those needs while making them look wonderful. This
high-spirited, interactive workshop addresses etiquette, effective
communication onstage and off, and tips on how to successfully
collaborate while being aware of everyone's interests. These fun
exercises in creating strong entrances, transitioning tempos, and
ending fabulously will all be accompanied by the (strains, wheezes, and
mellifluous sounds of the) Accordion. A fantastic workshop for both
musicians and dancers!
Noon - 1:00 PM: Lunch/shopping break
1:00- 4:00 PM: Crackerjack Cane Combos
It's all how you handle the big stick. Cane, or 'Raks Assaya', is a
traditional woman's dance art that offers tremendous creative
expression to Fusion, Burlesque, and Vaudeville artists. Building on the
bellydance vocabulary, we drill sustainable cane technique and explore
combos with attitude. Great for developing both troupe
precision and the theatrical face of fusion. A few canes will be
available to borrow on a first-come, first-served basis, and there will be
some canes for sale as well. Workshop space is limited so
don't delay in signing up for the foxy and folkloric fun!
8:00 PM: Evening performance begins. (Doors open at 7:30 PM.) Light
refreshments will be served; no alcohol or unauthorized videotaping
permitted.
There will be a DVD of the performance available for purchase. Sign up for
the DVD now or at the door. No DVD orders will be taken after the event.
Details, directions and registration forms now available on our
Classes & Workshops page at
www.bluemoonbellydance.com/classes.html . Please note that if a
minimum number of participants have not registered by March 20, the
seminar and show will be cancelled, so get your registrations in early if
you wish to attend!
Please feel free to email me at skbeaman@gmail.com with any questions!
Thanks, and take care!
Sara Beaman / Blue Moon Dance Company
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