Start your weekend with a shimmy!
Saturday morning 10-week LCC course starting again September 30 -- 9 to 11am
Classic bellydance foundations and technique, designed for fun and fitness, low-impact exercise, high-energy drills, all levels welcome. New material for continuing students, instruction on zills, veils, and traditional Middle Eastern rhythms, discussions of music and dance history. Held at Upstart Crow Studio, 855 W 1st Ave, downtown Eugene. Curious? attend the first class prior to enrollment! Register with LCC.

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River Road Park & Recreation Center, 8-week sessions. Located at 1400 Lake Dr.
Call 541-688-4052 to register (no drop-ins, please)

Tuesday 5:30 to 6:45pm Bellydance - Basic Foundations. Starts September 26 (please note: catalog incorrectly states Sept 19) Discover the beginning basics of isolations and stepwork, plus zills & veil, and explore rhythms in this fun, comfortable class!

Thursday 5:30 to 7pm Bellydance – Intermediate Level. Starts September 21. Expand your repertoire, learn new combinations, and hone your technique! INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL REQUIRED, at least one year of beginning level recommended. Contact Marahdance at gmail.com

NEW! Summer Classes!

Summer workshops
The Dance Factory 9 to 11am

June 24: Hip & Belly Isolations, plus Drum Solo Choreography;

July 1: Your Whole Body in Dance, Fast & Slow Isolations and Undulations;

July 8: Dancing to Rhythms, Zills, Traveling and Transitions

$30 for all 3 or $12 drop-in. Contact Marah-- Marahdance@gmail.com

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Now teaching Tuesdays 7 to 8pm at Ballet Fantastique, Intermediate Level. $10 drop-in, session goes until June 20.

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COMING SOON!

Summer classes at River Roads Parks and Recreation. Affordable 8-week sessions!

Beginning Level: Tuesdays 5:30 to 6:45pm Class begins June 20
Introduction or continued instruction for mastering the basics of bellydance, includes isolations and technique, plus historical, musical, and cultural information about Middle Eastern Dance.

Intermediate Level: Thursdays 5:30 to 7pm
Class begins June 22
For the student who has a thorough understanding of bellydance basics. Increase your movement repertoire, enhance your individual technique, learn new combinations. Includes instruction on zills, veils, costuming, choreography, history and music. Instructor approval required prior to registration.

Register for either class with River Roads Parks & Recreation. No drop-ins, please.

Contact Marahdance@gmail.com

PERFORMANCE!
Thursday, May 11th: the fabulous live music of Ala Nar with dancers
Razia, Marah, and Amani! Show will be at Sam Bond's Garage in Eugene (4th and Blair), 9pm, $5 at the door.

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CLASSES!
Beginning/Intermediate Mixed Level Saturday morning 9-11 at The Dance Factory, 30 E 17th St LCC course, not too late to add!

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Beginning Level 2 / Intermediate Mixed Level Technique Classes on Tuesday nights 7-8 ongoing at Ballet Fantastique on 10th & Oak in downtown Eugene (substituting for Astryd Farah deMichele while she is in Cairo!) $45 for 5 or $10 drop-in. New session begins May 23-June 20.

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Intermediate Saturday morning workshops at The Dance Factory 9-11am

June 24: Dancing to Rhythms, Zills, Traveling and Transitions

July 1: Your Whole Body in Dance, Fast & Slow Isolations and Undulations

July 8: Hip & Belly Isolations, plus Drum Solo Choreography

$30 for all 3, or $12 drop-in
to register email marahdance at gmail.com

PERFORMANCE!
Saturday, April 29th 7:30pm to ?
Luna Jazz Club
Downtown Eugene
Free!

Marah performs at the Friends of Paige Show

Paige is moving to Maine. We'll all miss her; let's send her off in style!




NEW CLASS!!!
Tuesday 7-8pm April 18 through May 16
Beginning Level 2/Intermediate
Ballet Fantastique
located on 10th beneath the Oak St Overpark

This class is a continuation of the basic skills, and also builds on those foundations to enhance your dance!
Increase your repertoire, create new combinations, discover the secret to transitions.
$10 drop-in

email Marah at marahdance at gmail.com

New Class Session Starts April 8th

An excellent way to wake up on Saturday morning! Combine fun with fitness and increase your flexibility, strength, and self-confidence in a comfortable setting. Technique, isolations, foundation movements, and traveling moves in Egyptian style.

Course includes instruction in zills/finger cymbals, veils, choreography, plus information on the historical and musical elements of Middle Eastern dance.

Since this is a technique-driven class, follow the 9 to 11am class with another hour of Amani's excellent choreography-based teaching method, located just 10 blocks away at Studio B.

Marah's classes are Saturday morning 9 to 11am at The Dance Factory, taught through LCC's Community Education Listings under Personal Enrichment. Ten week session beginning April 8, 2006

Shimmy your way into shape for summer!

Marah's upcoming performances :

~Culinary School Dinner : March 2, 2006

~Luna : March 11, 2006 duet Samar, live music by Americanistan

~The Strand : March 17, 2006 Monthly Middle Eastern Dance Guild of Eugene (MEDGE) Show




trilliumdance at gmail.com