Tribal Oasis Bellydance
Festival And Evening Show
February 16-17, 2008

Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort

Schedule

Saturday February 16, 2008

10am-noon "Sword Secrets and Drama" with Mezdulene

12:15pm-2:15pm "Gothic Belly Dance" with Marjhani

Workshops $30 each before Feb 1st $40 after

3pm-6pm Festival Dancing $8 Admission

7:30pm Spectacular Evening Show $10 Admission

Sunday February 17, 2008

10am-noon "Pops and Locks " with Marjhani

12:15pm-2:15pm "Seamless Slow " with Gypsy Fire

Workshops $30 each before Feb 1st $40 after

3pm-8pm Festival Dancing $8 Admission

Weekend Package Special $120 before Feb 1st, $160 after

Package includes all workshops, Sat & Sun festival tickets and show ticket.

INTERNATIONAL BAZAAR

Vendors have been invited to tempt you with their wares from around the world.

Everyone is welcome to dance during the festival slots! 

No exclusions or limitations! ATS? Tribal Fusion? Egyptian Style? Folkloric? You want to dance? We want you to join us in the fun!

Register online now or send in registration form! Click on link below.

Marjhani has been belly dancing for 6 years and teaches out of Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. She has taken the knowledge and skill she learned in this style of dance and has married it with her love of the Death Rock/Gothic/Industrial movement.  Having been in the “scene” since she was 14 years old, Marjhani brings us the “real deal” in Gothic Dance. She also directs the exclusive dance tribe “Oojahm”of the original Renaissance Pleasure Faire every spring in LA and the Las Vegas Faire in October in a traditional style Bedouin re-enactment group. Let Marjhani “Deliver” you from the “norm” and take you into a world of dark beauty and charm.

Intro to Gothic Bellydance

The Gothic Sub-culture is one of mystery and intrigue. Learn to take this beautiful and dark style and incorporate it into your bellydancing repertoire.   The movement of Gothic Fusion Bellydance is really becoming popular amongst the bellydance scene and can be seen at many large events. Videos have been made to portray this specific avenue of dance.  In this workshop Marjhani will demonstrate how to exaggerate the arm and body movements to create a more dramatic and effective performance. Stage presence, make-up and costuming will be covered and broken down by sub-genre. A short choreography will be taught. This class is for most levels, some knowledge of dance vocabulary and movement is necessary.

POPS & LOCKS

In this workshop we will review the basic isolation exercises that create every move of the dance. Through proper technique and drills you will learn to use these movements to create the dramatic effects of a great pop & lock performance. This class will also focus on the importance of using pauses and stage presence and is designed for all skill levels.

Gypsy Fire of Bend, Oregon's best-known Tribal Style Bellydance troupe, has been mesmerizing audiences since 1999.  American Tribal Style is a modern American fusion of traditional Middle Eastern dance movements which celebrates the beauty, strength and grace of the female form, and the community of women who practice it.

Gypsy Fire was formed in 1998 in Bend, Oregon, by director Quinn Donovan.  Having studied since 1994 with FatChanceBellyDance (originators of ATS) in San  Francisco,  Quinn brought this style of dance to Central Oregon, and began Gypsy Fire. While our roots are firmly planted in the structure set out by Carolena Nericcio, and FCBD, we have begun to adopt movements of various dance stylings, and have adapted them to our troupe's dynamic, thus creating our unique "voice," much like  the Gypsies (Rom) we honor in our name.

"Seamless Slow:” 

Smooth Transitions and Formation Changes

The magic of ATS is improvisation.  Creating a seamless performance that gives the impression of a  choreographed piece is the result of clear, non-verbal communication among the dancers.

In this workshop, Gypsy Fire will help you learn some smooth transitions, cues and formation changes that  can open the door to creative ATS improv!

We will warm up with some stretching, and then move into cues and transitions, helping students link basic ATS moves,  along with a selection of Gypsy Fire's signature moves.  After that, we'll start moving our formations, changing the lead.  Here's where the magic happens!

Mezdulene....

Director of Mystical Oasis Dance Co. is an Internationally acclaimed performer and instructor. She is a master teacher, a teacher of teachers who has touched many thousands of lives during her career. She is the editor/owner of Jareeda Magazine, the owner of the Mystical Oasis Dance Studio, in Sutherlin, Oregon and has produced 6 instructional videos and is the sponsor of her annual belly dance retreat, Belly Dancer U.S.A. competition and Tribal Oasis.

Mezdulene has been teaching for over 25 years and enjoys watching her students blossom into beautiful dancers gaining not only a new skill but increased confidence and enhanced self-esteem. Over the years, she and her students have won numerous awards. She has taught and performed Internationally, with a career highlight of dancing in Luxor and Cairo, Egypt.

“My favorite thing about Middle Eastern Dance is that it is a dance for all women, not just the young and agile. There is so much diversity to Middle Eastern dance from folkloric to cabaret, that anyone can find a niche that feels comfortable to them.”

“Sword Secrets and Drama”
Add magic to your dance with balancing. In her workshop, Mezdulene will teach you:

Balancing tricks of the trade
Creating an illusion
Setting a mood
Dancing with a single sword
Double sword dancing
Canes, trays and baskets
Short Choreography

Bring a sword, basket, book or anything to balance. Whether or not you want to dance with a prop, this workshop will help you with isolation and technique and add a new element to your dancing.

For dance slots or bazaar space call:
Mezdulene 541-459-3115 Leave a message
E-mail: Mezdulene@jareeda.com
Or write P.O. Box 680, Sutherlin, OR 97479

All dancers are welcome to dance.

Public is welcome to attend. Come Join Us!