Dancing goals for the year
missdaisy79
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So, belly buddies, what are your dancing goals for the year?
Personally, I would quite like to get back to dancing after suffering a quite unpleasant back injury just before christmas, but only when the pain has subsided enough to feel comfortable with it.
At the end of last year I was starting to feel quite disillusioned with dancing, so hopefully I can recover my mojo and rediscover the love for belly dancing that I know I still have somewhere.
I also have two saiidi workshops booked this month, so I'm looking forward to doing those. I'm interested in the folkloric dances, so a bit of stick swinging should be fun.
Personally, I would quite like to get back to dancing after suffering a quite unpleasant back injury just before christmas, but only when the pain has subsided enough to feel comfortable with it.
At the end of last year I was starting to feel quite disillusioned with dancing, so hopefully I can recover my mojo and rediscover the love for belly dancing that I know I still have somewhere.
I also have two saiidi workshops booked this month, so I'm looking forward to doing those. I'm interested in the folkloric dances, so a bit of stick swinging should be fun.
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I want to dance to live music and learn to drum.0
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Awesome!! I have a cane workshop coming up in the next month or two as well! I did a couple folkloric numbers last year (Hagallah and Ghawazee). Ghawazee involved cane and zills... yes, at the same time!! I have a choreography workshop on Saturday, which is being taught by a dancer I really admire. She's THE belly dancer at our local Rennaissance Festival, and she's amazing.
The choreo will involve a veil intro.
This year my goals, besides my constant goal of becoming a better more versatile dancer, are a bit different. Last year I nearly impoverished myself with all the workshops I attended and costuming bits I bought. This year, I vow to be a bit more choosey, because I simply can't do/buy EVERYTHING like I wish I could. It also cost me energy. I felt so overwhelmed with all the shows to be performed, workshops to attend, and costuming to be completed that I started to dread going to classes and practices.
That is certainly not why I got into dancing. Like you, I want to rekindle my love for the dance, and that means giving myself breaks every now and again. It seems like that has a way of recharging your mojo (love that you used that term) and creativity. Let's get our belly love back and allow ourselves to enjoy!!
As far as specific dance goals, I'd like to learn how to use the fanveils I have and maybe start working with some voi. I have a pair of poi, and I would love stick some veils on there, and start swinging!! I also want to improve my flexibility and liquidity in my dance. Thanks for creating the topic!! Hope I haven't written too much of a novel here!! Cheers to 2013, bellybuddies!! :drinker:0 -
My belly dance goals are similar to Izanami's. I am hoping to reduce the number of performances, workshops, and costuming this year and focus more on dancing for me.
I would like to learn to drum this year. I'm not certain my schedule will work for the class I want to take though. I'm hoping I can make it work.0 -
As a beginner, I am awaiting my first public performance. We have a recital the first week in March. Depending on how I feel about that, I may sign up for more classes. Even if I don't take more classes this year, I will still keep dancing for exercise.0
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I have taken the very big step of joining a performance troupe, so that's my goal for the year -- getting to the point where I am comfortable performing in public. I now have three classes a week -- technique, the troupe, and a rehearsal.
I also joined the troupe midway through the year, which means I will have the challenge of learning their existing repertoire on my own before the big performance in June. Choreography is most definitely my weak point as a dancer, so this is a daunting jump for me.
An unexpected goal: I'd danced with many of these women before, and it was wonderful to get hugs when I walked into the class. It was equally wonderful to discover that they have a tradition of happy hours after class. (I'll have to budget in the calories!) Slipping into an hour or so of bawdy girltalk was such a treat -- something I didn't realize was missing in my life. So another dance goal is to become more deeply engaged with the wonderful women I dance with.
I've offered to help with a shimmymob fundraiser -- if the powers that be in the school agree, that's another goal.0 -
I am so happy to be in this group! I have only been dancing about 3 years and my first performance was at Tribal Fest last year! It was an amazing experience. I really loved seeing all of the beautiful dancers of every age and size absolutely owning the stage! My goal is to get stronger and healthier for this year's performance! Good luck to all of you with your goals!
And thank you Aya for friending me and pointing me towards this group!
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As a beginner I want to be able to perform along with our ATS student troupe. I paticipated in our Holiday Hafla for friends and family, but would love to improve and gain enough confidence to perform in public. I also want to work on my costuming and make it to some more fusion classes.:happy: .0
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As a beginner I want to be able to perform along with our ATS student troupe. I participated in our Holiday Hafla for friends and family, but would love to improve and gain enough confidence to perform in public. I also want to work on my costuming and make it to some more fusion classes.:happy: .
Just performing in the Holiday Hafla is huge -- congratulations!
My first public performance (restaurant, part of a troupe) will be March 24. Only the thought of fitting the costume is saving me from two months of stress eating!0 -
As a beginner I want to be able to perform along with our ATS student troupe. I participated in our Holiday Hafla for friends and family, but would love to improve and gain enough confidence to perform in public. I also want to work on my costuming and make it to some more fusion classes.:happy: .
Just performing in the Holiday Hafla is huge -- congratulations!
My first public performance (restaurant, part of a troupe) will be March 24. Only the thought of fitting the costume is saving me from two months of stress eating!
Thanks! A restaurant? How exciting!! A friend of mine loves doing this. Have fun
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that is quite exciting. The only restaurant dancing I've ever done was where I was a customer and they encourage you to get up and dance with the dancer. They had to turn the music off to get us to sit down!0
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This is with a troupe and 99% of the audience will be our friends and family!0
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My goals for the year are to master my fan veils for a solo performance and get some fab group performances in at Haflas coming up.
No workshops planned yet but we usually get to a few through the year.0 -
To be able to do an entire routine and not look like akward doing it *LOL*0
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I survived my first performance! We're starting rehearsals for the next already -- a big veil number.
And just to defuse the stereotype that we only dance to Middle Eastern music -- check this out, from another company in the school. It was by far the highlight of the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ZzZ6FBEZc&sns=em 0 -
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1) to restart dancing and 2) actually be on on time with the music and 3) and convince myself that I'm worth spending money on for a nice bedlah set.
goal 1 Is currently in work as I went back for the first time in a year and a half and danced at practice with my old troupe last night.0
