A specialty of Roshana’s, this technique workshop will polish and loosen your upper body for fluid, effortless movement and effective body language communication. These techniques can be applied to many disciplines of dance, from traditional Raqs Sharqi to Classical Persian, Lyrical/Contemporary, Fusion, and beyond. As Persian dance plays a significant part in her dance background, Roshana will share fundamental upper body movements from the genre to add greater depth and flow to your dancing as well as serve as a sample introduction to the dance style.

Skills: All Levels

Friday, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm CDT.

Do you need help with stage presence? Connecting to your audiences? Courage to push through the fourth wall on stage and fully entertain a crowd? Ahava presents exercises, tips and combinations on how to emote while on stage. Then she will guide you to develop your individual personality and magnetism on stage!

This workshop is designed to help dancers explore their stage presence while performing so that it is tangible for their audience. Ahava breaks down how to push through the fourth wall on stage to fully entertain a crowd. This workshop includes exercises, tips, and combinations on how to emote while onstage, and allows for students to explore their individual personality and magnetism on stage!

Skills: All Levels

Friday, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT.

Are you ready to feel stronger, more graceful and have better balance during spins and turns? Want to learn how to create clear and dramatic transitions from spins without losing your balance? Get ready to feel the exhilaration or spins and turns in a new way! This workshop is more than just detailed technique! With additional focus on timing, musicality and fancy footwork transitions, you’ll learn how to use spins and turns to create a more powerful and dynamic performance, provide clear cues to your fellow dancers and break out of habits that are holding you back from experiencing all the beauty and magic the movements are capable of adding to your dance experience! Familiarity with FCBD®Style is recommended but not required. Bring a tissue, spinning or ten yard skirt.

Skill Level: All Levels

Friday, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm CDT.

This is a mini seminar. Same for both workshop times.

Friday, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm CDT.