Cairo Nights Hafla Belly Dance and Live Music

Sat 27 Feb, 8 pm. Market Street Pub, 112 SW 1 Avenue, Gainesville, 32601. Leela Corman, 718-687-7433. $10. Belly Dance with Leela - [facebook][email][events]

Cairo Nights Hafla returns with an evening of live Arabic music and belly dance. Dancers Leela, Najmah, Souzan, and special featured guest Amantha of Austin TX, as well as students from Leela's performance skills series, perform with the fabulous Nour Wa Khayal Ensemble.

Egyptian Technique and Combinations
Luna will teach some typical Egyptian-styled movements, as well as some of her signature ones that she invented over the course of her dance career in Cairo. She will explain how they differ in emphasis, genesis, and meaning to American-flavored movements, as well as demonstrate how to string them together into unique and intelligent combinations. Luna will also break down the movements into "families" according to their qualities and explain how to use that categorization to develop your own unique technique.

Um Kulthoum Choreography
In this workshop, you will learn how to interpret a well known Um Kulthoum song. Emphasis will be on the relationship between lyrics and tarab, and on how to express the song without over-dancing.

Classic Shaabi
Shaabi is a dance form originating from the lower class neighborhoods of Cairo that has become extremely popular in the workshop circuit. But did you know that it's at least as old as some of the classics we're used to dancing to? In this workshop, Luna will choose a more classical piece of shaabi music and explore the relationship between the lyrics, the instrumentation, and tarab. She will demonstrate how to adjust posture, gestures, and expression to capture the feeling of this genre of shaabi music.