Wild Hips, Gypsy Heart: Belly Dance as Self-Empowerment

For women only; beginners are welcome.

Unleash your primal energies and learn to move your hips in a million ways as Melina shares her family’s ancient belly-dance secrets. Using poetic yet precise instruction, somatic storytelling, chakra imagery, rhythm response, and principles of ancient Greek dance, Melina will teach beautiful and empowering belly-dance movements. You will learn strong and graceful meditative poses; wild, sublime shimmies; snake-like undulations; graceful hands and arms; traveling steps; and body isolations galore.

Each day, Melina will introduce fun, easy-to-follow belly-dance combinations in her signature Greco-Turkish style to help you connect with the proud, independent gypsy forces within. You will learn

• The basics of belly dance with an emphasis on energizing breath
• Proper posture and body alignment
• How to divinely present and balance a prop on your head
• Artful whirling with veils
• How to play finger cymbals and tambourines while dancing.

No previous dance experience is required, only bare feet, an open heart, and the readiness to celebrate life, creativity, community, and your vibrant self.

Note Eat lightly before opening night.