Intensive Study

with

Mira Betz

 

 

 

Week-long Performance Intensive Seminars

Lexington KY: July 30th-Aug 3rd, 2009 SOLD OUT

San Francisco CA: Aug 20-24th, 2009
to register email here

Brighton UK: Nov 18-22nd 2009 SOLD OUT

Toronto Canada: Dec 3-7th 2009 Contact Audra

A unique, versatile approach to the bellydance intensive, a weeklong designed for experienced dancers, already performing or who want to start, that are looking for inspiration from an artistic standpoint and who are interested in honing their ability to express through dance.
This intimate group exploration will stretch your notions of how dance can be striking on stage, and allow you to unlock new areas of creativity in your bodies, and your mind.
The seminar brings together many of the styles and forms from dance to theater which Mira has carefully integrated into an exciting, powerful, liberating approach to creation, including: personal expression, musicality, historical and contemporary contextual analysis, structured improvisation and choreography, focused writing exercises and more.
~Explore ideas of shaping thought and feeling into meaningful forms of musical expression
~Develop your stage persona through your artistic voice
~Challenge your ideas of history, dance, choreography, and context
This will be run more akin to a college seminar than a "bellydance class", complete with research projects, presentations, and critique. The class size will be VERY small in order to ensure personal development, encourage process, and increase individual attention. This class will fill up quickly; register early to save a spot!

What people are saying about this Intensive:

"The short review is that you should just send Mira money now and reserve your spot for the next one. A tremendous workshop, thoughtfully orchestrated. The "intense" part of "intensive" was no joke. I just got home and am still processing, and I fully expect this workshop will shape the rest of my life. I gained more than I imagined, the growth was palpable, and I got a whole bunch of new close friends that I already miss -- all powerful beautiful women.... you should know that you should give yourself NO excuses -- SIGN UP NOW for the next one. Mira has created an amazing amazing thing here. A true gift to the art." --Lisa, Berkeley, CA

" It was an incredible experience that has irrevocably shaped who I am as an artist and dancer. I'm so inspired and the breadth of artistic tools at my disposal has increased exponentially. When another opportunity like this arises, TAKE IT! ..and I'll probably see you there." --Raven, Berkeley, CA

"I feel like I knew what was wrong with my dancing, but I had no idea how to access the answers. Now I feel like the tools are all there for me to explore the options, come up with some answers and do better/more than I've been able to do before. I'm exhausted and happy." Alyssum, Lexington KY

"I feel transformed and so much more. I have gone so deeply, not only into dance, but into myself as a person and as an artist. It is truly one of the most amazing things i have ever experienced, it was verging on religious, and i am so, so grateful to have been able to be there." --Eve, Mountain View, CA

 

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3 Day Seminar with Mira Betz: Technique and Ethics

New York City: June 26-28th, 2009
for info or registration email Sarah
sarah@alchemyperformance.com

Mexico City: Jan 29-31, 2010
registration email Fabiola

Mira will take you to the core of her practice in this 3 day (13 hr)intensive, addressing movement with intension, strong form and execution, and cleaning technique for a sharper more poised dance presence. An outspoken advocate for the ennoblement of this dance form, Mira will also explore, through lecture writing and discussion, such themes as ethics, pricing, and how the present trends in this dance are affecting its progression. She believes it is important to not only hone your abilities as a technician, but to also develop your art within the context of its place socially and historically; to explore our responsibilities as dancers, artists and humans. Mira creates a safe dynamic learning space to do just that.