Khalida's Blog: May 2012

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Epic Update! - DREAMBOOTCAMP 2013!

UPDATE: DREAMBOOTCAMP enrollments will start on 12th of December 2012, at 12:12 local time (Amsterdam, Berlin, GMT +1)

Team DREAMBOOTCAMP is waiting for you!

Issam and Aziza

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Khalida and Queenie proudly present... DREAMBOOTCAMP, in Belgium!
July 1-7th 2013 in Aalst, BE, featuring Aziza of Canada and Issam Houshan of USA

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Watch these spaces for more info.. SOON!

DREAMBOOTCAMP!

The official enrollment countdown for your convenience :)

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Summer love specials - The details!

Presenting our beautiful guest teachers and their workshops for our Summer Love Specials Thursday Workshop Series in Würselen June-July-August 2012, whoop!

Enrollments now open - Signup form - Early bird prices (16 per workshop, 125 for all 8 workshops!) valid until 1st of June 2012!

28 June 2012

18:30-19:45 Chadia – Hot Salsa Fusion
Chadia Buikdanseres of Belgium - Combining her two greatest passion, Chadia will teach you some basic salsa steps with belly dance moves on top. Join us and feel the hot summer full of love :-) Thursday June 28 in Würselen - Summer Love Specials! - Workshops with Chadia and Majidah in Würselen!


Chadia of Belgium

20:00-21:15 Majidah – Summerlicious Combo's
Multi-award winning Majidah Bellydance of the Netherlands will teach some beautiful combinations to build into your own dances and shares her tips for stage confidence and shine on Thursday June 28 - Summer Love Specials! - Workshops with Chadia and Majidah in Würselen!

Majidah of the Netherlands

Signup form - Enrollments now open!

12 July 2012

18:30-19:45 Zahra – My Pelvis wanna Just Dance ;)
Zahra Danse Orientale of Belgium, who won 3rd place at Leyla Jouvana Roland's Bellydance of the World competition in 2011 will be teaching Combinations and movements with the pelvis as well as tips and tricks for relaxing while you dance! on Thursday July 12th Summer Love Specials! Workshops with Zahra and Marratu Sekhmet in Würselen!

Zahra of Belgium

20:00-21:15 Marratu Sekhmet – Crazy Hips and Layering
The beautiful Goele Joachims of Belgium (Marratu Sekhmet) will be teaching layering exercises and combines juicy and strong hip techniques into one crazy hip combination, something for everyone! on Thursday July 12th Summer Love Specials! Workshops with Zahra and Marratu Sekhmet in Würselen!

Marratu Sekhmet of Belgium

Signup form - Enrollments now open!

26 July 2012

18:30-19:45 Luna – Veil Romance
Multi-award winning Luna LLena of Belgium will be teaching romantic veil combinations and technique for silk veil to take home with you and love ♥ on Thursday July 26th :) Loaner veils available on request! Summer Love Specials! Workshops with Luna Llena and Sylenna in Würselen!

Luna Llena of Belgium

20:00-21:15 Sylenna – Voi/Poi Techniques
Multi-award winning Sylenna Bellydance will be teaching poi spinning basics and voi (veil poi) on Thursday 26th of July ♥ She won first place with her beautiful Voi dance at Sakinah Yanara's Stars of Bellydance competition this year. Loaners available on request! Summer Love Specials! Workshops with Luna Llena and Sylenna in Würselen!

Sylenna of the Netherlands

Signup form - Enrollments now open!

09 August 2012
18:30-19:45 Saida – Sizzling Drum Solo

The gorgeous Sonia Saïda of Belgium will be teaching a spicy new mini drum solo routine on Thursday 09th of August, one of her absolute specialties! Come see it in action during the Wereldbuikdansdag België event in Ham, BE this Saturday on 12th of May! Summer Love Specials - Workshops with Saïda and Johanna in Würselen!

Saida of Belgium

20:00-21:15 Johanna – Summer Saidi

Multi-award winning Johanna Rediers of Belgium, Star of Bellydance 2012, will be teaching saidi technique and funky combinations on Thursday, 9th of August. Come check out her award-winning moves! Loaner sticks/canes available on request! Summer Love Specials - Workshops with Saïda and Johanna in Würselen!

Johanna of Belgium

Signup form - Enrollments now open!

Looking forward to these workshops, hope to see you all there as well! :)
xxx Khalida

Event flyer:

Summer Love Specials in Würselen

Friday, May 11, 2012

Zills zils zills! ..or Sagat/Finger Cymbals :) @ WBD tomorrow!

Hello all,

As I'll be teaching a workshop on Finger Cymbals for the benefit Wereldbuikdansdag Event in Ham, Belgium on 12th of May (tomorrow!) I'd like to share some of my favorite articles on the topic here :)

First one: How to choose your finger cymbals, from Gildedserpent.com http://www.gildedserpent.com/cms/2010/06/01/lara-choosing-finger-cymbals/#axzz1uYO76vWk

An extensive article about zills by Shira http://www.shira.net/advice/learning/zills-intro.htm

A link to my favorite finger cymbals: http://dwp.bigplanet.com/saroyan/advancedprofessional/ The Saroyan Pro - they have a lovely bell-like tone. Will be ordering the silver ones next week as well, curious to hear the sound difference with the brass set :)

And last but not least, a video of one of my favorite performers with Sagat: Sophie Armoza of Israel!

Group Jahanára (the L3/4 ladies from Würselen) and I will be performing at the hafla as well
Come check us out!

Group Jahanára in Aachen, DE

Here is the link to the event page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/296382267081927/

And the event flyer :)

Hope to see you all there!

PS: Bonus video!! The lovely Shabnam and Mandana

BellyDance Trophies Quarter Finals in London - pics!

Ooo, I'm running a bit behind here :) Last weekend I had the honor to teach 2 workshops and judge the second round of the quarter finals at Bellydance Trophies, a competition/coaching event series in London, UK.

With Farah Nasri (check the vid below which explains the ears!)

Facebook page BDT: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bellydance-Trophies-UK-Dance-competition/212559492175235

I saw some fantastic performances that night and was impressed by the thoughtfulness towards the guest teachers and participants by the organization team. Thank you very much Nafiseh and Farah! Much much respect to all of the participants, can't wait to see the results of the next rounds!

Piccies of the first workshop - the double veil ones, where we danced to Wael Kfoury's 'Omry Kellou' will follow shortly!