Specialties: Dancing to Live Music; Improvisation & Composition; Music Interpretation; Infusing Movement with Meaning; Finger Cymbals; Arabic Music Theory for Dancers; Spontaneous Construction, a fun, fast, really cool group choreography process.
A full slate of workshop ideas is below. Mix and Match or Pot Luck. What’s Pot Luck? Everyone says what they want, and I teach it. Don’t see what you want? Just ask. Technique Genre Choreography Music
Basic Technique: Movement, Line, and Expression
Interpreting Music: Mood, Melody, Tempo and Rhythm
Interpreting Taqsim
Finger Cymbals, Rhythms, and Dancing to the Music
Dance Construction: Improvisation, Blocking, and Choreography
Principles of Choreography for Solo Oriental Dance
Movement & Meaning: Persona, Scenario, and Symbolism
Theater Dance: Using Space, Concepts, & Narrative
Stagecraft: Entrances & Exits, Using the Stage, Relating to the Audience
Technique for Troupes
Spontaneous Construction: A fun, fast, really cool group choreography process.
Compose complex group choreography (that everyone will remember!) in one session.
Fan
Expressive Veil: Beyond Tricks
Cane/Stick
Floorwork: Classic Moves (easy on the knees)
Drum Solo: Hot Improv and the Rule of Four
9/8: Slow or fast, feel the music.
Zambra
Arab Music Theory for Dancers
Alia Thabit, an Arab-American dancer, explores the traditional roots of her heritage as well as cross-cultural and Western influences, bridging the gap between East and West. Alia’s inspirations range from the strictly traditional to the avant-garde. She combines a profound feeling for the music with intensive study and a remarkable ability to articulate this swirl of influences, all while retaining an authentic Eastern sensibility.