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It’s less than two weeks away, and we’re so excited! Us girls of Navah have been working really hard to make this a truly special evening. This time around we’ll be doing our take on the Cinderella fairy tale.
*We have some beautiful guest dancers – Farasha from Tokyo, Leyla Lee & Top Belly, Jimin Park & Bellymaster (bellydance project team) and MAy & GoldenVardo Tribal Bellydance.
*Our bellydance drama will be featuring recordings by local artists such as Apollo 18, The Plastic Day, Bomb n Tree and Kingston Rudie Ska.
Saturday, October 9th
@ Theater Zero (Hongdae, Seoul)
Doors open at 7pm, Show starts at 8:30pm
20,000 won
Directions to the venue:
THEATER ZERO
http://theater0.com/home.html
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SeoulStyle October 2010
The studio will be open during the Chuseok holiday, regular class schedule.
Come dance with us! ~.~
~September 2010 Orientale II Choreography~
Class Time: Sundays 3pm-4pm
Choreographer/Instructor: Shailee
Music: “Ndyahimbisa” by The African Children’s Choir
0:00 pose
0:10 [Combo A]
triple step (RLR LRL) with arm wave (R)
turn x2 cw (L arm up, R hand waving)
triple step (LRL RLR) with arm wave (L)
turn x2 cc (pinwheel arms)
0:29 step crossing L foot behind R, arms to R
step crossing R foot behind L, arms to L
0:40 Combo A
1:00 R arm out, undulation
L arm out, undulation
both arms up, undulation
both arms down, undulation
1:10 ommi cw, arms up out down, hula arms R L
shimmy step
front, R side, back, L side with corresponding arms
to pose
The spirit of reconnection is in the air.
It is nice to be back in the studio, dancing with lovely girls who love it as much as I do.
NNII is going to be an amazing experience.
Looking forward to dancing, creating and performing.
Let’s reconnect together ❤
Hi Girls
This is just to let all the students of our beautiful studio know that you can sign up to perform in the Nirvana Nights show 10/9.
Please let your teacher know you are interested in performing.
You *must* attend a full 2 months of classes to be eligible (all of August and September).
The August and September choreographies are the ones we’ll be performing for NNII.
with Love
Eshe
Hello all you lovely ladies!
I hope the tail end of the summer is treating everyone to the best! This month we will reach for our inner Femme Fatale with our choreography, “I party” by Far East Movement
I party
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Floreo hands up over head, hands crossed
Wave down
Cut air to the left, to the Right
Raise arms up
021
undulation with chest circle to the left
reach out(5-6)
three point turn (7-8)
repeat to the right, ending in shoulder shimmy and chest lifts
036
circle head down while hand runs down into an undulation
mya going down
chest pump up shoulder shimmies on accent
side wave to the left and back ending with a head slide
walk forward, reach out, wrap around head and roll down into a shimmy
104
repeat undulation combo
121
step to the side with a mya
heart beat chest pump
roll shoulders back, L & R
undulate down
omi bringing arms up (8 counts)
vertical 8s (4 counts each side)
hip hits
L/R/R
R/L/L
Trail hands down body, looking down
148
Look up to accent
head slide
Right arm up/head slide
Left arm up/ head slide
frame body, trail arms down while hip bumping to the back
203
Undulation combo
217
Walking towards the back, cut air R/L
Hip hits to accent (7 times)
L hip drop 2x to bring down
shoulder rolls L/R 2x
Snake arms to profile, coming up
245
head circle
chest circle
omi into a mya (2X)
300
Undulation combo
315
head slide accent combo
328
Undulation combo
344
first half of undulation combo 2x
put your gloves on, look in the mirror
arch
face the front
mya
Pose Femme Fatale style
~August 2010 Orientale II Choreography~
Class Time: Sundays 3pm-4pm
Choreographer/Instructor: Shailee
Music: “Ole y Ola (Salma Ya Salama) [Full Spanish Version]” by Alabina/Ishatar & Los Ninos de Sara
0:00 intro
0:13 [Combo Ole]
triple step w/ right foot, w/ left foot (& arm sweeps)
turn cw x2 (RL RLR)
triple step w/ left foot, w/ right foot (&arm sweeps)
turn cc x2 (LR LRL)
0:23 [Combo Verse]
R hip sweep forward
L hip sweep forward
horizontal hip fig. 8 forward (R L)
hit R hip forward, back
1/2 horizontal hip fig. 8 forward (R)
maya (R), w/ level change (L R)
cc chest circle
hips down (R L)
undulation down
shoulders (R L)
undulate back (R L Rx2)
big cc hip circle to face left
R leg kick back
0:43 Combo Ole x2 (traveling)
1:02 bounce to shimmy….
chest U D
hips R L
1/2 circle cc
stop shimmy &
cw ommix3
roll up
1:12 Combo Verse (w/ a couple modifications)
1:32 [Combo Salma]x2
triple step w/ right, w/ left (w/ high arms)
hips stepping back (R L RLR)
triple step w/ left, w/ right (w/ high arms)
hips stepping back (L R LRL)
1:51 undulation (facing right)
big cc hip circle to face left
shoulder rolls (R L)
undulation
hip downs (R L R)
bring arms up, R leg sweep back
undulation
cc hip circlex2 to face center (brings arms down)
cc chest circle
cc head circle
shoulders (R L)
2:10 shimmy!
bounce x2
shimmy (bringing arms up)
w/ hip slide (L R)
2:20 step forward with hips (L R LL)
turn and walk back (R L RR, looking over shoulder on doubles)
L R LL in place
turn to face front (R L RR in place)
2:29 step back with left to Combo Verse
2:50 Combo Salma x2
3:09 Combo Ole
3:18 Combo Salma to pose
~August 2010 Tribal Fusion II Choreography~
Class Time: Sundays 5pm-6pm
Choreographer/Instructor: Shailee
Music: “Dream” by Ertan Tekin (off album Istanbul Groove)
0:00 taqsim with seaweed arms
0:28 1/2 chest circle -> undulation down
0:30 snake arms/chest with 2 ccw chest circles
0:52 snake arms/chest walking forward (R on relevay, L, R, L together)
0:57 shoulder rolls (angle left)
1:03 arch, contract, arch
1:10 drop down, jump up to face right w/ shoulder rolls
1:13 chest lift, drop, tuck
ccw chest circle to face front
chest lift, drop, tuck
hips drops R L R
cw ommi x 4 stepping left
1:24 hip drops moving back (RLR, LRL, RLR, LRL), arms coming up and out
figure 8 (R hip sweeping forward)
step left with snake arms, arms come down
1:36 hips ups, drawing arms up, out and down
ccw chest circle
1:43 reverse chest circle x 4
1:55 undulation x2 (stopping hip ups on second undulation)
2:00 walk forward R L
2:03 egyptian step with low arms and ccw turns with left foot x2
bring arms up and out
leg sweeps back R L R L
into angled leanback
2:16 hit beat
bring right arm down, right leg sweep back
left hand float down to R hip
2:21 look up and pose
As the the new moon is coming upon us, so is a new choreography to challenge our minds and get our bodies moving. For this cycle, we’ll be slowing it down with the luscious sounds of Pentaphobe
So Do Cerebral by Pentaphobe
00:00
mya/reverse mya then hip drop
drop the left arm/drop the right arm
1/2 spin to the back with slightly wavy arms up
3 hip hits omi
Turn to the front and reverse bringing arms down
chest pump 2x/chest circle
Cross step 2X Piston hips 4X
roll up to snake arms 8 counts
0:38
snake arms rotating to the right 8 counts
reverse the snake arms 8 counts
go down with snake arms 8 counts
0:50
L/R shoulder roll back
R shoulder roll front 2X
head slide
1:04
chest drop the 4X chest pump getting up
on 4th, roll down to shimmy R to L 8 counts
keep shimmy for 5 counts then roll up
1:23
with shimmy, shoulder roll back R/L
shoulder roll front L2X then back
1:32
shimmy with chest circle 8+5 counts
on 6 kick wave up into L arms
bike wheel 2X
piston hips foreward, back
bike wheel 2X
wave down
Pose
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