Waving & Movement Workshops
with Jesse Sykes
This year, we’re taking the “street” in Bridge Street Belly Dance to the next level.
Deepen your fluidity. Advance your snake arm. Level up your waving and surrender to flow. Explore your inner world and translate it for stage.
As fusion belly dancers, waving can add a level of depth to our fluidity and help us connect to & access various parts of our body. These waving workshops will give us a toolbox to deepen our body waves, snake arms, undulations, and integrate flow into the gooey movements we know and love from belly dance.
Jesse is going to take us on a journey of connecting to and integrating emotions into our creativity and how to captivate an audience on an emotional yet technical level.
Sign up for the full weekend or individual workshops. Open to all levels, movers, and dance styles.
Location:
Sadhana Yoga
403 Warren St, Hudson, NY 12534
Space is limited. It is first come first serve.
Full Weekend Rate
14 hours total
Early Bird: $535
After Apr 15: $625
Payment plan available.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Friday, June 21, 2024
10am-1pm
“The Building Blocks of Waving”
Open to all levels & dance styles
Early Bird Rate: $140 (increases to $155 after Apr 15)
Learn the basics needed to create and execute connection and fluidity in your waves. We’ll cover how to increase depth in your arm wave, body wave, and everything in between. Take your snake arm to the next level or add layers and depth to your waving. Let’s dive in and sail the seven seas together!
Click here to learn more about this workshop from Jesse
Friday, June 21, 2024
2pm-5pm
“Presence in Performance”
Open to all levels & dance styles
Early Bird Rate: $140 (increases to $155 after Apr 15)
We’ve all seen it before: the dancer who grabs our attention from the moment they step onto the stage. You can hear a pin drop as they have the audience eating out of the palm of their hand as soon as they take their first breath. How do we show up in performance and grab our audience right away? We’ll gain tools to support sustaining our presence and connectivity in our movement. This class will be fully geared around shifting the energy of any space we enter and how to access that.
Saturday, June 22
11am-1pm
“The Playground”
Open to all levels & dance styles
Early Bird Rate: $95 (increases to $105 after Apr 15)
Imagination and imagery is the base of the human experience. We’ll utilize images, words, and movement to tap into curiosity and openness within ourselves and the world around us. Through creative and playful prompting we’ll shape our waving into something closer to home for each and every one of us.
Sunday, June 23
10am-1pm
“Surrender to Flow: Waving Technique”
Open to all dance styles with intermediate to advanced waving skills
Early Bird Rate: $140 (increases to $155 after Apr 15)
Let’s take the basics of waving and evolve them to the next level. We’ve got our basic wave, and we’re going to integrate our flow into movements such as tracing, threading, and learning how to incorporate them into shapes.
Sunday, June 23
2pm-5pm
“Space & Grace: Connection in Dance”
Open to all levels & dance styles
Early Bird Rate: $140 (increases to $155 after Apr 15)
How do we integrate ourselves into the equation so we can allow for creativity to take place? What happens if we go below the surface of the music? We’ll work with tools to bring us closer to the music, our vision, and other dancers.
We can’t wait to dance with you!
All spots are non-refundable, but are transferable.
Please note: Bridge Street Belly Dance reserves the right to refuse service at any time and for any reason.