Monica Raqs: September 2012 News and Updates

What Would Fifi Do?

                August 31, 2012

            Monica Raqs: September 2012 News and Updates

            There's a reason locals call this month Fogust...but September is close, and along with warmer weather I'll be back teaching weekly classes at Lines.

Weekly Group Classes
All classes are held at the Lines Dance Center, 26 7th Street, 5th Floor, Studio 4

Fall Classes begin Tuesday, September 4 and Monday September 10, 2012

Mondays will now feature a single 90-minute powerhouse of a class!

                Tuesdays

                6:00PM

                to

                7:00PM

Belly Dance Basics: Fundamentals of Raqs Sharqi

                This 60 minute weekly class focuses on movement, posture, technique, and music. Ideal for new dancers and those returning from a break, and for more experienced dancers who want to keep up with their solo technique on a regular or drop-in basis.

Basic and even a bit beyond--but never boring! 

                Monday

                6:00PM

                to 7:30PM

Intermediate II & Advanced I

                This 90-minute mixed level class aims to challenge and inspire dancers ready to move well beyond the basics, and to strengthen bodies while refining and improving technique, alignment, balance, and confidence. We'll expand our knowledge of movements, rhythms, and songs, and explore finding our own dance voices within the form of raqs sharqi and shaabi/beledi. Monica includes related folkloric dance tracts as well, and we even get a little conceptual now and again. Choreographed group and repertory performance opportunities are available for interested students in this class.

Planning ahead: No class Monday, October 8, 2012 (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day)
Did you notice the Fall schedule change?
Fall 2012 class rates (beginning September 4):
Single Class (1 hour/Tuesday): $15
Single Class 1.5 hours/Monday: $20
Class cards (for both classes):
5 classes: $70 (good for 8 weeks from purchase)
10 classes: $120 (good for 12 weeks from purchase)
There will be a student group performance opportunity or two in late 2012 for interested Monday night students. Along with regular class attendance where we all will learn choreography, I'll be holding extra rehearsals on pre-annouced Mondays from 7:30 to 8:00 for folks who want to perform (and no pressure, ever, on anyone who doesn't!).

Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive
September 6-9, 2012

Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
I'll be teaching a workshop in Sunday, September 9, and performing Saturday, September 8.
Event page

Monica's workshop
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Tuesdays	6:00PM to 7:00PM	Belly Dance Basics: Fundamentals of Raqs Sharqi This 60 minute weekly class focuses on movement, posture, technique, and music. Ideal for new dancers and those returning from a break, and for more experienced dancers who want to keep up with their solo technique on a regular or drop-in basis. Basic and even a bit beyond--but never boring!
Monday	6:00PM to 7:30PM	Intermediate II & Advanced I This 90-minute mixed level class aims to challenge and inspire dancers ready to move well beyond the basics, and to strengthen bodies while refining and improving technique, alignment, balance, and confidence. We'll expand our knowledge of movements, rhythms, and songs, and explore finding our own dance voices within the form of raqs sharqi and shaabi/beledi. Monica includes related folkloric dance tracts as well, and we even get a little conceptual now and again. Choreographed group and repertory performance opportunities are available for interested students in this class.