.: Fusion Menagerie with Deb Rubin:.

The FUSION MENAGERIE experience with Deb Rubin, Tribal Fusion Belly Dancer and Yoga Teacher

Deb Rubin of SattyaBody Healing Arts & Dance Collective in San Francisco, will be in New Zealand in February 2010 to teach a weekend of workshops.

Deb is a fantastic tribal fusion dancer and yoga teacher, she combines her yoga and belly dance in a very Rachel Brice-like style both for performance and yoga/dance classes. She teaches and performs all around the USA is currently co-teaching with Sharon Kihara of BellyDance SuperStars. She will be coming to NZ in advance of her week long intensive with Sharon in Melbourne, Australia.

Deb has been a workshop assistant to Rachel Brice, she danced with Jill Parker and Ultra Gypsy for 5+ years as a core performer and was a regular substitute teacher for Jill Parker while she was part of the group.

I had the pleasure of completing one of Deb’s workshops at Tribal Fest 2009 in Sebastopol, USA and I attended Tribal Massive 2009 in Las Vegas with Deb, so I have a good understanding of teaching style, personality and abilities, all of which are excellent and able to be catered for all levels.

Deb will be teaching 3 workshops and performing. These workshops will include Deb’s unique, signature core Integration yoga for Belly Dance as a warm-up, and then apply it to phenomenal tribal technique and new stylized fusion choreography inspired by the heart of the San Francisco Tribal scene. A necessary foundation for any dancer. Guaranteed to rock your core, refine your technique, and take your dancing to the next level.

:: TIMETABLE ::

Saturday 20 February

10 - 12 pm:  Fancy Footwork and Flow

Sunday 21 February

10 - 12 pm: Engaging the core: Slow and Slinky

1 - 3 pm: Rocking the Core: Mixed levels

Monday 22 February

5.30 - 7.30 pm: Dance Therapeutics: Saving your Bellydance Body

Wednesday  24 February

5.30 - 7.30 pm: Beginners Tribal Fusion for Oriental Dancers

:: PRICE ::

Workshops are $75 for the first 3 you enrol in, then $50 per workshop.

Email: Elysaah@gmail.com to enrol

:: WORKSHOPS DESCRIPTIONS::

Fancy Footwork and Flow: 2 hrs (some building blocks for choreography).

Saturday 10 - 12 pm, 20 February

This workshop will focus on travelling steps in tribal fusion, moving across the floor, turns, footwork, layering hip, torso, and arm work over footwork, and developing smooth, sassy transitions between movements to create cohesive combos. Workshop begins with Deb’s Signature core-integrated yoga for belly dancers warm up, including a focus on pelvic-leg relationship necessary for travelling steps, and activating the core muscles necessary for ease-full layering and graceful movement across stage.
Combinations, arms and yoga are all applicable to ALL forms of belly dance, the movements can be used in your oriental style performances due to the languid form or punched up in a lock form for your drum solo. Whilst Deb is a tribal fusion performer her teachings are valuable for all forms of belly dance.

Engaging the core: Slow and Slinky. 2hrs.

Sunday 10 -12 pm, 21 February

Dive into a jar of molasses! In this workshop, we will deepen our slow, ooey-gooey moves to achieve that slinky, sultry, intoxication look and feel of Tribal Bellydance. Drawing from yoga, pilates, feldenkrais, and Deb’s personal ‘stash”, the warm up of this workshop will focus on core integration, spinal articulation, and building the foundational strength and flexibility in the hips, spine, and shoulders to directly support controlled, snake-like dancing; create ‘floating upper body’ dance posture for stage; and engage in healthy back-bending and lay-backs to save your low back. All this will be applied to belly dance technique, shapes, posturing, and juicy fusion combos and choreography. She has often been coined the ‘Queen of slink”. Come learn Deb’s unique tribal stylization.
 

Rocking the Core: Mixed levels . 2 hrs:

Sunday 1 - 3 pm, 21 February

This workshop will build upon the earlier workshop, with no added warm-up. By initiating movement from your core, you can free up your hips, gluts, and upper body to create jaw dropping, juicy, layering that will open up whole new worlds to your belly dancing. In this 2 hr. workshop, we will do just that! Focus will be on isolations, shimmies, and up-tempo dancing. (this one is going to be juicy! ) Recommended that you have taken previous workshop, but not required.

NEW WORKSHOPS ADDED 8 DECEMBER 2009

Dance Therapeutics: Saving your Bellydance Body . 2 hrs:

Monday 5.30 - 7.30 pm, 22 February

Drawing from Yoga, Feldenkrais, Traditional Thai-yoga Massage, Partner Yoga, Pilates, and Deb's 10 years experience in the field of Holistic Health & Mind-Body Medicine,  in this special workshop we will focus on the practices and solutions for dancer’s self-care, wellness, and longevity. Focus will be on spinal articulation, healthy back-bending, Hip, shoulder, and back openers, core-integrated dancing, personal practice, healthy lifestyle, and performance secrets. There will be opportunity for dialogue and exploration of 'hot topics' within the community, as well as tips and therapeutic tools for getting rid of dancer aches and pains, and keeping body, mind, and spirit revitalized and inspired.

Beginners Tribal Fusion for Oriental Dancers. 2 hrs:

Wednesday 5.30 - 7.30 pm, 22 Februrary

This workshop will build upon the earlier workshop, with no added warm-up. By initiating movement from your core, you can free up your hips, gluts, and upper body to create jaw dropping, juicy, layering that will open up whole new worlds to your belly dancing. In this 2 hr. workshop, we will do just that! Focus will be on isolations, shimmies, and up-tempo dancing. (this one is going to be juicy! ) Recommended that you have taken previous workshop, but not required.