Workshops in Vancouver, 2009
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June 5, 6, 7 and 19, 20, 21, 2009
Instructor Training Levels 1 & 2 New Westminster,, BC

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Middle Eastern Dance Instructor Training with Venus

Each Level: 21-hours of
lecture, dance class,
discussion and practical exercises.
Seventy-five page manual and teaching handouts included.

About Venus

• 26 years Middle Eastern and Western dance training/performance
• 16 years teaching experience
• BSc in Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University
• BA in Art & Culture Studies, Simon Fraser University
• Independent science research in bellydance movement analysis
• Masters Candidate at McGill University, researching bellydance movement.

Venus is reknowned for her

• Ability to break down and explain moves
• Mechanical understanding of body function
• Comprehensive background knowledge on
  Egyptian dance, styles and cultural context
• Well rounded approach to the physical, stylistic and
  expressive aspects of learning to bellydance

More about Venus

Scroll down for detailed course outline.

Reviews on Middle Eastern Dancre Instructor Training with Venus

• Stages of learning
• Importance of feedback and correction
• Different modes of learning

• Class structure
• Pacing
• Course planning
• Developing group trust and camaraderie

• Analyzing movement
• Understanding the movement vocabulary: defining, describing, communicating
• Individual and group attention
• Presenting technique: analysis, breakdown & progression
• Evaluation of student progress; expectations for results

• Warm-ups & Cool-downs
• Movement and step syllabus
• Understanding the music and rhythms
• Rhythms Part 1
• Creating Skill-Building Movement Combinations

• Refining your technique
• Exploring the roles of the Teacher
• Getting feedback, evaluation
• Identifying your goals, strengths, weaknesses

• Rhythms Part 2
• Improve YOUR technique
• More on understanding the music
• Folkloric styles – assaya, melaya, khaleegy

• Functional anatomy
• Biomechanics of bellydance
• More movement analysis
• Fitness & bellydance
• Injury risk & prevention
• Posture – assessing and improving, issues

• Counting movements and combos to improve learning
• Making combinations
• Encouraging the creative process - improvisation, games, approaches to choreography

• Cueing for less confusion and more cardio benefit
• Refining technique
• Increasing movement complexity and challenge
• Teaching finger cymbals
• Teaching performance skills and preparing students for performance

Registration Information

Please send cheque or money order to:

Venus Bellydance
2253 Grant Stree
Vancouver, BC V5L 2Z6

Registration is limited to 25 participants
Please register early to secure your spot!

Registration form

Accomodation in Vancouver

If you cannot come to Venus, why not bring Venus to you?

The Venus Method consists of comprehensive training in Middle Eastern dance technique with an empasis on correct anatomical function and development of strength and improved posture.

Workshops can be tailored to your group's needs and can consist of technique, choreography or both. Venus teaches original and traditional choreographies in oriental solo, folkloric styles and modern raks sharki for solo or group.

Venus also offers a number of one-of-a-kind innovative workshops (click on links below for detailed descriptions). These can be offered on their own in entirety or in parts, or in addition to technique and/or choreographies as part of a larger workshop format. Workshop Reviews

Bellydancing the Chakras

Combines chakra energy, body alignment concepts and movement analysis with bellydance technique and inspirational readings/meditations to enhance understanding and clarity of movement and to deepen connections with self and audience.

Anatomy of a Bellydancer - Great for Teachers!

• Overview of functional human anatomy.
• Practical exercises for identifying muscle groups/function.
• Anatomical understanding of bellydance movements.

Improve Posture & Function for Bellydance
Great in combination with Anatomy of a Bellydancer

• Analysis of common postural/functional problems that affect bellydance performance and technique.
• Exercises to correct posture & function and thereby improve technique and body shape.
• Do's & dont's for warm-ups and stretches.

Principles of Choreography

• Creativity & improvisation exercises.
• Creating movement combinations, transitions, formations.
• Lines of travel, use of space & focus.
• Theme & variation, structure.

Bellydance Instructor Training

Comprehensive theory course on all aspects of teaching, including:

• course planning
• class structure
• teaching methods
• understanding/organizing/breaking down the movement vocabulary.

Understanding the Music & Rhythms

• Recognizing and counting the rhythms commonly used in Middle Eastern dance.
• What steps to what rhythms.
• Recognizing & understanding the muscial structure in individual songs and oriental routines.

Accommodations In Vancouver:

Travelodge
1304 Howe 682-2767

Sandman Inn
180 W Georgia 604 681-2211

YWCA
733 Beatty 604.895-5830 Fax: 681-2550
hotel@ywcavan.org www.ywcahotel.com

Hostelling International
1 888-203-4302 toll free

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