Khalida's BD Student Space!

We've moved! Wir ziehen um!

2011-06-01T15:35:19+02:00

Hello all! We will continue this blog at http://khalidabiz.blogspot.com/

Hope to see you all over there

xxx Khalida

Pictures Bellydance Festival online - FB

2011-03-09T23:06:06+01:00

Check out this FB album with some fabulous pictures of the bellydance festival in Heerlen:

Thank you Franziska for the beautiful shots!

New spring classes with Khalida!! May 2011

2011-03-09T23:17:15+01:00

Come and shake it in spring with Khalida!!

An exclusive mini-session of belly dance classes, with 3 dates only: May 05, 12 and 19 2011. Not to be missed!

Class levels
18:30-19:30 L1/L2 Beginners/Beginners2
19:30-20:30 Drills and Conditioning
20:30-21.30 L3/L4 Intermediate/Advanced

Enrollments now open!

Location: Studio Sarossy
Oppener Str 44/1 (44 voor GPS!)
Würselen - DE

Discounts for combined classes!

For more information: See http://www.bauchtanzschule -khalida.de/

PS: Now is the time to reserve your private class spots (or online coaching) as well! Spots are limited, so don't wait too long :) See http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/private_tuition.html for more information

Hope to see you all there!
xx Khalida

www.khalida.biz

Workshops and show in Heerlen this weekend!

2011-02-26T20:38:55+01:00

Pictures of the workshop on Saturday (today), you really rocked it ladies!

Song lyrics - Baed Anak

2011-02-26T12:34:24+01:00

Check out this great website with Arabic lyrics and translations to english:

http://www.arabicmusictranslation.com/2007/05/om-kalthoum-far-from-you-baeed-annak.html

DVDs, Events and Wedding preparations - Busy months ahead!

2011-02-21T02:21:50+01:00

I'm very excited about the events and new projects that are coming up!

Khalida instructional DVDs

Woohoo!! I am currently working on the 'call lists' or the scripts for both a 'Shimmies with Khalida' DVD as a DVD with 'Isis Wings combinations and technique'. Am super super excited about it all. Actual DVD recordings will happen in April in Montreal (in cooperation with Azizaraks productions!) and editing will be done April through June, so with a bit of luck the DVDs will be available by THIS SUMMER! Yay yay yay! :0)

Next to that new choreographies will have to be made, and I am testing the DVD material on my students (lots of shimmies! and playing with Isis wings) in the coming few weeks ;0) New photos are in the planning for the DVD cover as well, as soon as I have those I will be happy to share!

MK Festival

So far all the information we have about the MK Festival is already on the website (I've added the workshop descriptions, venue directions and hafla lineup recently) But the biggest news is: enrollments are NOW opened!

Bios and pictures of the dancers will be sent to Milka in the coming months, and I am waiting to receive some of the workshop descriptions at the moment. All the rest can already be found on www.mkfestival.com so feel free to browse, check and ask me (Khalida) if any extra information is needed!

In any case we are super pleased with our 2 international guests this year (Milka and I counted ourselves as 'insiders', haha): Razia and Sophia Chariarse. I've worked with Razia during our RAKS Summerschool for 3 years now, and the 2011 edition of RAKS has sold out completely in 23 hours and twenty minutes, unbelievable!

In any case she is a fantastic teacher and performer, you will see. And well, what else is there to say about Sophia than that we are super proud to have her in our lineup!! She is truly one of the best fusion performers in Germany, and very knowlegdeable in different styles.

Special guest performers at our hafla this year include Penthesilea, a gothic group from Germany, which have also been featured on Hagalla.de

We are also very happy to present Queenie, a fantastic dancer from Belgium (www.belly-dance.be ) and Harlemin from Holland, who won multiple prizes in the Dutch and Benelux championships. Also we will greet Artemisia, international performer who runs the RAKS summerschool with me and Razia in Belgium every year.

Other than that we will have RAKS PRO, an award winning (second place at Leylas Contest 2010!) professional troupe from Belgium www.rakspro.com who will be performing a drum solo choreo by guest teacher Razia. You will see a few of the guest dancers of last year featured in this group, and I am happy to say I've helped coach them for the competition as well.

Then we have Sylenna, who studies with me in Würselen as well as with Leyla in Duisburg. It will be one of her first solos, and she is a very promising dancer, one to be watched!

Amirah from Belgium (the Belgian half of duo Kokoro ;0) will be dancing a solo too, as well as Saida, a dancer from Belgiun who also owns the bellydance shop 'La Bellini', which was featured at the festival last year.

Another group performance will be by Ispahan from the Netherlands, and there will even be some live music this year, as Shemza and her partner Chris (aka Mr Boem-Taka-Boem) will be showing us their best with a live drum solo and live drum intermezzos during the break.

Festivals - events

But, before the DVD shoot begins, I will be visiting 6 different festivals in 5 different countires to teach and perform:

Yamilas festival in Heerlen 27, 28 Februari, with workshop on Saturday and show on Sunday

Workshops en show in Thessaloniki 5-6 March (yay )

Workshop weekend in London 11-12 March (almost sold out already, whoop!)

Euro RAKS Congress festival in Katowice 17-20 March

Jewel of Yorkshire festival in Saltaire, 1-3 April

Stars of Bellydance Festival in Brugge, BE 9-10 April

And last but not least: I will be getting married this year too! 27th of May is the date :0) Whoo! So a busy time is at hands.. But good busy of course ;0)

Pwew. And now I'm going to get some sleep ;0)

Talk to you soon!

Kim/Khalida

www.khalida.biz

MK Festival - 3-5 Juni 2011!

2011-01-27T16:50:12+01:00

Milka and Khalida will be coorganising the second edition of the MK Festival, 3-5 June 2011!

Guest teachers this year will be Razia (USA), Sophia Chariarse (DE), Milka (NL) and Khalida (DE). Hope to see you all there!

Website:www.mkfestival.com

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176978875677602

RAKS Summerschool enrollments open soon!

2011-01-26T21:16:05+01:00

Hi everyone! Enrollments for our international RAKS (Razia Artemisia and Khalida) Summerschool in Leuven, 24-28 August 2011 will open on Saturday 12th of Feburary! Places are limited, so be ready to (en)roll!

xx Khalida

See www.raks.be

Workshop piccies - 23 Jan in Würselen

2011-01-25T01:35:06+01:00

Workshops 'Dance with attitude' and 'Saidi smackdown' in Würselen :)

The workshops were a hoot to teach and I truly enjoyed the good athmosphere and pure enthousiasm. Thank you so much ladies!!

FB Page Khalida: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Khalida/32734239893

FB Page Bellydance School: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=132066063499204

Workshops in Würselen - piccies!

2011-01-16T20:04:30+01:00

The workshops were lovely, thank you all super students!! Looking forward to the workshops of next Sunday already!

Still spots available for next weeks workshops on Sunday 23rd of Jan! Email me at info@bauchtanzschule-khalida.de if you're interested :)

xx Khalida

New class season is starting!!

2011-01-15T16:00:01+01:00

Woohoo, getting ready for the new dance season!!

4 new workshops in Würselen on Su 16 Jan (this weekend) and Su 23 Jan. Still spots available! Email us at info@khalida.biz to enroll.

Weekly classes are starting again on Tuesday 18. Jan in Stolberg and Thursday 20. Jan in Würselen. Come and join us! :)

I will be traveling for some fab workshops and events again in Feb, March, April, May and June as well after that! Can't wait!! Hope to see you all there!

Happy shimmies!

xx Khalida
www.khalida.biz

Back from Eilat!

2011-01-15T16:09:19+01:00

Am back from Eilat Festival in Israel organised by Orit Maftsir.

Four days of non-stop dancing, workshops with fantastic teachers, beautiful shows, a spectacular live band, great food, good weather.. Ahh.. it's like dancers' paradise..

I was so happy to be there, catching up and dancing with old friends and meeting new ones. Thank you Orit and Yael! See pictures of this fantastic event: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=276941&l=5284af0ab1&id=32734239893

Next year there will be another Eilat festival in January, so be sure to mark the date!

xx Khalida

Happy holidays!!

2010-12-25T10:12:26+01:00

Fantasia Festival - thank you!!

2010-12-25T10:11:57+01:00

A big big thank you to the organisers, dancers and students that made Fantasia Festival in London such a great event this December. Happy holidays to you and your loved ones and hope to see you all again soon! xx Khalida

Back from England! Celebrating Dance festival and video of 'Kemal'

2010-11-06T11:13:03+01:00

Just got back from a FANTASTIC weekend teaching and performing at Afra Al Kahira's Celebrating Dance festival in Torquay. So happy and proud to have been dancing along such wonderful people like Yasmina of Cairo, Artemisia of Belgium, Vashti and many more..

The hafla/belly dance party was great fun and the show on Saturday was just amazing..I had a wonderful time teaching at CD as well, the delegates there were super enthousiastic and warm, and they worked it all weekend!

On Saturday morning we did shimmies, pops, locks AND undulations ;) plus traveling steps and transitions in the afternoon, and on Sunday we did the veil choreo called 'Kemal'. For the students looking for a youtube of that dance, check out this clip from my performance in Duisburg a while ago.

The composer of this song is Manis Hadjiakis, and the singer is Savina Yannatou. Translated Lyrics can be found here: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/Kemal-Kemal.html

And a fun (albeit freely translated ;) English cover by the band 'Raining Pleasure' here:

A few piccies of the weekend can be found in my Facebook album, the official show pictures will follow soon!

PS: I've already been asked to dance and teach at Celebrating Dance again in October 2011, yay! Looking forward to it a lot!!

xx K.

Videoclips - Samia Gamal

2010-10-17T15:12:25+02:00

Stars of the old days.. The fabulous Samia Gamal:

New Workshops with Khalida/ Neue Workshops mit Khalida!

2010-10-17T15:21:13+02:00

Sunday 16 January and Sunday 23 January in Würselen!!

16-Jan 2011 - 11:00-13:00u: Samia Style! - 14:00-16:00u: B is for Belly
23 Jan 2011 - 11:00-13:00u: Dance with Attitude! - 14:00-16:00u: Saidi Combinations

Signup/Anmelden: info@bauchtanzschule-khalida.de

Info: www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de and www.khalida.biz

Enrollments now open - Anmeldungen geöffnet via info@bauchtanzschule-khalida.de

Newsletter October online!

2010-10-17T01:24:44+02:00

Hey peeps, check out our October bellydance newsletter here:

- English version: http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=6f4db0fe55545029362cf76a1&id=1ab1aae719

- Nederlandse versie: http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=6f4db0fe55545029362cf76a1&id=a6994a95da

- Deutsche Version: http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=6f4db0fe55545029362cf76a1&id=fb407856b2

PS: 2 links seem to be not working in the English verison: Private classes by Proxy: http://www.bauchtanzschule -khalida.de/bellydance/private_tuition.html and Design by Khalida: http://www.khalida.biz/bellydance/design.html

Tip: You can sign up for free for our newsletter at www.khalida.biz !

Excellent article for dancers by Ozma

2010-10-14T23:18:11+02:00

Hey peeps, here is a lovely article by Ozma of Japan about expression in dance and how to practice it:

Enjoy! http://www.facebook.com/notes/ozmas-costumes/ozma-has-an-invisible-posse/438692206617

New class season has started :) Stolberg, Brunssum, Würselen represent!

2010-10-14T23:08:32+02:00

The new class season is up and running, finally

For the coming season (Okt-Dec 2010) we will have 6 groups in 3 different locations: Stolberg (Tuesday nights), Brunssum (Thursday noon) and Würselen (Thursday nights).

Ready to rumble!

All class locations and exact dates/times can be found here: www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/class_schedule.html

Themes for this season:

Beginner/Beginner2: basic isolations, veil work and choreo 'Eih'
Drills and Conditioning: hip work, upper body, traveling and layering
Intermediate/advanced: arabic rhythms, zills and combinations :)

PS: If you're still interested enrolling our classes: It's not too late!! Check out the links our Class schedule page (for all class locations) or go directly to the Signup page (for Würselen)

Looking forward to seeing you all in class!

xx Khalida

Yay, we made it to the newspaper!

2010-10-14T22:51:27+02:00

Woohoo Both coachee Hanaa from Belgium and Majidah from the Netherlands won silver at the IDO Championships this year, AND they made it to the newspapers, yay!! Go ladies!!

Check out the articles here:

Short fall break - we'll be back end of September!!

2010-09-05T18:30:24+02:00

Hi peeps, during the coming 3 weeks there will be no classes or workshops with Khalida, but after that we will be back with a bang!

Classes: On Thursday 30. September we will have 2 FREE TRYOUT CLASSES: One in Brunssum (12.00-13.00) and one in Würselen (18.30-19.00). All students are welcome! The first week of October our regular weekly classes in Stolberg, Würselen, Brunssum and Geilenkirchen will start. See www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de for all details!

For workshops and events: We've just updated the Fall/Winter tour schedule for 2010/2011, so check out the latest news at www.khalida.biz/bellydance/events.html

Email replies and enrollment confirmations may be delayed slightly during the coming weeks. If you already signed up online for any classes or workshops before September you can expect a reply from us the coming week, otherwise we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Enjoy these last summer days, can't wait to dance with you all again soon!!

xxx Khalida

www.khalida.biz
www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de
www.raks.be

Back from Orlando!

2010-09-04T16:29:26+02:00

Just returned from an amazing weekend in Orlando with Aziza of Canada and Lena Helt of Sweden :) It was absolutely fantastic, I am still on my cloud, totally inspired :)

I originally heard about the event from Aziza herself at Leyla's festival in Duisburg, it was held at the Doubletree Resort in Orlando, organized by Andrea of Stellaradvantage during her birthday weekend, and thusly called 'Aziza's birthday bash'.

Aziza invites international teachers she loves to take classes from, and this year it was the fabulous Lena of Sweden.

Thursday - travel day

A failed attempt at packing light, a (very) early morning coffee in Düsseldorf airport, takeoff to Atlanta and Orlando. The meanwhile view = international clouds. I arrived just in time at the hotel to have a quick stroll in the beautiful gardens before the official 'meet and greet', where the festival teachers and international guests *waves at Nelleke and co* gathered to celebrate our birthday girl.

Friday - day one - workshops and show

A hearty hotel breakfast, just the thing to prepare for Aziza's drum solo craft workshop! It was fun and challenging at the same time, with the classic 20-minute shimmy drills plus a new spin on 'environment management' for dancers :) Lena's oriental workshop on Friday was FAST but also very musical, with a super cute melaya nod in between.

There were 2 shows at this event, one on Friday and one on Saturday. I was pretty nervous to perform there myself.. Aargh. With Aziza watching, my inspiration and dance hero. But I survived, somehow, happy there would be a second event. Did not get to catch the whole show sadly, but I did see some beautiful and incredibly innovative performances.. Karolina, Mia Sha'uri and her brother Al Hassan.. Those are definitely dancers to watch! Loved Leela's baladi, Sherena's fiery performance and the awesome Sheherazade girls. Lena did a super cute number in part 2 and Aziza was absolutely gorgeous in red.

Saturday - day two - workshops and gala show

Loved loved loved Lena's shaabi classes on Saturday, I feel I've learned so much and the choreos were a hoot. I enjoyed being able to hang out with her and Aziza for a whole weekend so much, truly great personalities and very generous people. It was a lot of fun to be able to meet some of Aziza's intensive students as well *waves at Lorena and co* and to see some great dancers from Bhuz *waves at Mahsati and others* 'live' for the first time at this event.

The gala show on Saturday night was on, and my preparations for this one were a bit more.. eventful. I had brought the mirror costume with me, and while unpacking I found one of the mirrors on the skirt was missing. Panic! I found it thankfuly after some rummaging in the costume bag, then had the luminous idea of trying to fix the skirt by ironing the glue to activate it again. And lo, it WORKED! I sat there feeling super smart for a few minutes, then had the even more luminous idea to start ironing my white veil.. with that same iron. Oops. The stain did not show much on the veil in movement thankfully, but the rest of preparations were done with a shaky hand and a careful eye..

The show on Saturday was even more spectacular than the one on Friday. I had never seen Aziza dance in her white costume before, and she simply took my breath away. Lorena was beautiful, Kaitlyn was awesome, the Swedish girls rocked, the whole show was simply top notch, everyone brought their best to the table. Lena closed the evening with the Shaabi number we learned in class, and boy did she bring it! Got the birthday girl up to dance and worked the tables, joked with the emcee and danced like there's no tomorrow. We didn't want the evening to end!

Alas, good things do still end in the end, so after some winding down with a late-night snack it was time for..

Sunday - day three - workshops, goodbyes and after party

Aziza taught an amazing class on improvisation techniques in the morning. I have taken this workshop before in Germany and Sweden, but every time I learn something new. The concepts she touches on are great for performers as well as teachers, and the information she shares is invaluable for students of all levels. She challenged us with assignments and joined us in the fray.. after the workshop there were emotional goodbyes, as she had to leave for the airport right away.

Lena's baladi class on Sunday was super sweet. She talked a bit about the music and styles, as well as her life in Egypt as a dancer, and we learned the choreo she performed on the first night.

The classes ended in the afternoon, which meant there was some time left for relaxing in the pool (finally! lol) and a memorable afterparty with the Swedish and Hawaiian girls at Greek taverna 'Opa!'

Monday - return

Flying back from the event was hard, too many good memories to leave them behind. I was picked up by Andrea and June in the morning for our trip to the airport. We quickly said our goodbyes, I took a last airport picture (with palm trees), shopped and had more coffee, then headed off home again. Feeling very grateful, with a head full of dance and a heart full of inspiration I'm sitting here writing.. Can't wait to dance some more soon and see my dance friends again!

The End!

PS: Check out the complete picture album here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=206460&l=1a8bd8941e&id=32734239893

PSPS: The costume coverups you see on me and Aziza in the show pictures are from Jewel of India Imports -> Bipin indjewel@bellsouth.net ;)

Classes, workshops and events with Khalida Oct-Dec 2010

2010-08-14T15:13:22+02:00

A lot of updating todo!

After the workshops and hafla in Diest tomorrow and the last summer class in Würselen on Thursday Khalida will be taking a well-deserved rest ;) Well, except for travelling to dance in Orlando and Luxor that is :) In any case, regular weekly classes will resume in October, and there will be a free try-out class on Thursday 30th of September in Brunssum (NATO base) and Würselen for students of all levels. Next to that: Lots of shows coming up in the coming months, so hope to see you at one of these wonderful events!

Masterclasses and try-out classes
Date: Friday 03 september - Masterclass with Khalida in Würselen
Where: Studio Sarossy, Oppener Str. 44/1 (44 voor GPS), Würselen, DE
Time: 19:30-21:30u
Enrollment: info@khalida.biz
Info: http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/bellydance_classes.html

Date: Thursday 30th September - Free try-out class with Khalida in Brunssum
Where: NATO JFC, Rimburgerweg 30, Brunssum, NL
Time: 12:00-13:00u
Enrollment: TSVELINA.DERMENDZHIEVA@jfcbs.nato.int
Info: http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/class_schedule.html

Date: Thursday 30th September - Free try-out class with Khalida in Würselen
Where: Studio Sarossy, Oppener Str. 44/1 (44 for GPS), Würselen, DE
Time: 18:30-19:30u
Enrollment: info@khalida.biz
Info: http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/class_schedule.html

Shows/Events:
Saturday 02 October - Show with a.o. Khalida for festival Amira's bellydance fantasy
Who/What: Performances by Khalida, Helia, Aisa Lafour, Kokoro, Amira, Azaryah, Sarabi, Shemza & Mr. Boem-ta-ka-boem, Nashwa, Chadia & Luna, plus live muziek with band al-Hajer + bazar with shops, henna tattoos and hand-made jewelry
Where/time: Details follow soon!
Enrollment/info: Sharon Reijnders bellydancefantasy@me.com

Monday 04 October - Show with a.o. Khalida for charity show in Verviers
Where/time: Details follow soon!
Enrollment/info: Valérie Lyon vava_xxl@hotmail.com

Friday - Sunday 22-24 October - Bozenka show and workshop weekend in Belgium
Who/What: Workshops with Bozenka in Leuven and Saturday night show in Brussels with performances of: Khalida, Artemisia, Queenie, Serkan, Kokoro, RAKS Pro dancers and The A-team.
Enrollment/info: See http://www.emotionvzw.be/

Friday - Sunday 29-30 October - Celebrating Dance Festival in Devon
Who/What: Workshops and show with Yasmina of Cairo, Khalida, Artemisia and many others
Enrollment/info: See http://www.celebratingdance.co.uk/

Weekly classes:
October - December 2010: Bellydance classes with Khalida in Brunssum
Where: NATO JFC, Rimburgerweg 30, Brunssum, NL
Time/level: Thursday 12:00-13:00u Beginners/Beginners2
Class dates/enrollment info: http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/class_schedule.html

October - December 2010: Bellydance classes with Khalida in Geilenkirchen
Where: NATO AWACS, Lilienthalallee 100, Geilenkirchen, DE
Time/level: Thursday 13:30-14:30u Beginners/Beginners2
Class dates/enrollment info: http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/class_schedule.html

October - December 2010: Bellydance classes with Khalida in Würselen
Where: Studio Sarossy, Oppener Str. 44/1 (44 voor GPS), Würselen, DE
Time/level: Thursday evening

18:30-19.30 Beginners/Beginners2
19:30-20.30 Drills and Conditioning
20:30-21.30 Intermediate/Advanced

Class dates/enrollment: http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/class_schedule.html

Workshops
Thursday 18 November - Workshops with Ruby (USA) in Würselen
Where: Studio Sarossy, Oppener Str. 44/1 (44 voor GPS), Würselen, DE
Time/Workshop theme: 18:30-20:00h Turkish oriental with zills20.15-21:45h Floor work introduction
Enrollments: http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/signup.html
Information: http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/bellydance/workshops.html

Saturday 04 December - Workshop with Khalida in Aachen
Where: VHS - Volkshochschule Aachen, Raum 233, Peterstr. 21-25, in Aachen, DE
Time/Workshop theme: 14:00-17:00h Veil and double veil
Enrollments: https://www.vhs-aachen.de/$abe/vhs/kurse/P0-1-anmeldung.htm?sucheNummer=09143
Information: http://www.tanzwelten.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=24&Itemid=29

Thats it for now :0) Let me know if you'll be at any of these events!

Best wishes and happy shimmies,
Khalida

Khalida Bellydance
International Belly dance Artist, Choreographer, Teacher
http://www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de/
http://www.khalida.biz/
http://www.raks.be/

Week 5 - 'Raks Leila' by Farid El Attrache

2010-08-14T12:36:52+02:00

Week 5: Leila by Farid El Attrache

Hello dear students! The song of the week for Thursday's summer class will be 'Leila' by Farid El Attrache. More information about the composer of the music and names of the albums where you can find versions of it can be found below. Happy dancing!

Music: Leila or Leyla or Raks leila
Composer: Farid Al Attrache / Farid El Attrache
Where to find this song: George Abdo's 'the Joy of Bellydance', 'Bellydance with Farid El-Atrache' and 'Very Cairo Vol.3 - Kings favorite'

Videoclip: A clip of Nelli from a movie, dancing to Farid El Atrache's Leila (posted by Shems): Note the Farid cameo halfway!

Back from RAKS August Summerschool!

2010-08-10T23:35:20+02:00

This blog post will be in Dutch, for now, I shall translate it later if I had more sleep.. maybe If you are curious then translate.google.com is your friend for now The short version: RAKS 2010 totally kicked ass!

Can't wait for RAKS 2011!!

RAKS Summerschool 2010 August

Yaaah! Afgelopen weekend was het zover, RAKS Augustus Summerschool in Belgie, onze derde (pfoe het gaat snel!) vierdaagse voor buikdansleerlingen in Leuven.

Deze keer vonden we het extra spannend, omdat er inschrijvingen waren van maar liefst 9 (!!) verschillende landen wieww

Én daarnaast waren er ook leerlingen die ons (Artemisia, Razia en mij) al een beetje kenden vanuit de lessen en/of workshops, waarvan sommigen vorig jaar ook al meegedaan hadden.. Wat zo mogelijk nóg enger was haha

We hadden na de RAKS van afgelopen jaar en die van Juli flink zitten brainstormen (per email haha) over het programma, maar ook hoe we het beste de indeling van de groepen konden aanpakken, zodat iedereen ongeveer alle onderwerpen kon meedoen, de eigen wens onderwerpen zéker kon meepikken, ongeveer even vaak van alle drie de leraressen les kon volgen, in beide zalen les kon volgen, etc etc etc.. kortom, een heel gepuzzel dus

Dit jaar hebben we ook heel bewust niet voor 2 groepen met verschillende niveaus gekozen, maar meer een indeling per les aangeboden, en sommige lessen herhaald zodat iedereen de kans had om ze mee te maken, en dat is denk ik wel een leuke extra.

Op woensdag zijn we samengekomen in het centrum van Leuven, een 'meet and greet' voor de bezoekertjes van ver en dichtbij, en ook een kans om al een beetje in de sfeer te komen. Vooraf hebben Razia, Artemisia en ik nog de inkopen gedaan (lunch, kantoorspulletjes, CD hoesjes, makeup remover voor de makeupworkshop etc..) en de laatste hand gelegd aan het programma voor de donderdag.

Donderdag begonnen de eerste lessen. Het was voor ons de eerste keer dat RAKS plaatsvond in de Sportoase, een nieuwe locatie (mét airconditioning) met grote spiegelzalen en een lunch gelegenheid. Deze viel wat duurder uit, maar bood wél meer comfort dan de locatie in kessel-lo.

We zijn gestart met een namenrondje en een kleine introductie met de 'practicalities' en daarna ging Artemisia aan de slag met de groepsindeling. De eerste groep werd 'random' (één - twee - één - twee..) ingedeeld, de helft mocht mee met Razia en de andere helft met mij. Na een flinke opwarming was het tijd voor de tweede les, en aan het einde van de dag gaven zowel ik als Razia les in ritmes en combinaties. De dag werd afgesloten met een lange cooldown en als avond activiteit was er de 'egyptian oldies movie night' Heerlijk excuus om al onze favoriete filmpjes en DVDtjes van de 'classics' en 'modern stars' nog een keertje uit de kast te halen

De vrijdag was gelijkaardig ingedeeld, maar daar eindigde de les ietsje eerder met een makeup workshop, daarna broodjes smullen en klaarmaken voor de hafla. De hafla zelf vond deze keer in de sportoase zelf plaats, ook nieuw dus best wel spannend voor het organisatie team!

We hadden een leuke, kleurrijke afwisseling van optredens, inclusief twee debuuts (Meri en Monique), optredens van Hyvertjes Luna (met zills!), Sarabi (met wings!) en Hanaa (met tromsolo ) maar ook van onze internationale gasten Saffron, Ingunn én team RAKS (Razia, Artemisia, ikzelf en Queenie) afgewisseld met veel "shakey time" tussendoor.

De dag erna ging het programma weer verder (na een verkwikkende portie koffie welteverstaan ) met performance tips en uitwisseling, Khaleegy, golden age styling en sluierdans, en op zondag was het al tijd voor de afsluiting met baladi, tromsolo techniek workshops en trommel solo choreografieen van mij en Razia.

Na de pauze nog even tijd om aan elkaar de dansjes te tonen en de evaluatie/afsluiter en bedankjes.

Het was een super positieve ervaring voor me, ik was heel erg onder de indruk van de inzet en het enthousiasme van alle leerlingetjes. Wat vliegt de tijd als je lol hebt ook

Heb nu even een danskatertje (kan niet stoppen maar ook niet verder doen haha) maar dat zal snel genoeg weer overwaaien Volgende week gaat de party verder in Diest, dan host Mr Habieb uit Belgie mij en Artemisia voor een 'mini-encore': twee workshops en een hafla met gastoptredens van leraressen, guests en leerlingen, ik heb er zin in!!

Nou, een hele boterham Ik zou nog uren kunnen schrijven maar nu is het tijd om verder te oefenen oefenen oefenen

Nogmaals een hele hele grote dankjewel aan alle RAKS deelnemertjes, jullie inspireren ons er het allerbeste van te maken!! Love you all!

xxx Kim/Khalida
www.khalida.biz
www.bauchtanzschule-khalida.de
www.raks.be

Facebook photo album: RAKS August 2010

interesting article

2010-08-14T12:38:49+02:00

Fun article by Princess Farhana (USA) about useful household items to make your life as a belly dancer or belly dance student easier Check it out! http://princessraqs.blogspot.com/2010/05/everything-but-kitchen-sink-common.html

New website online - Khalida's school of oriental dance!

2010-07-23T22:03:02+02:00

Hi all!

Our brand new website - Khalida's School of oriental Dance is finally online! Ch-check it out!!

The new online registration forms for the summer and fall-winter classes and workshops in Würselen are now active as well!

Come give it a try

Happy dancing!

xx Khalida

Week 4: Zeina

2010-07-23T21:52:07+02:00

Song of the week:

Zeina

Composer: Mohamed Adbel Wahab (composer of Leilet Hob and many other well-known classics)
Where to find this song: http://bellydancedownloads.com/songs/1-zeina

Videoclip: Samia Gamal performing to 'Zeina'

Videoclip: Djamila performing to 'Zeina' (live music)

Week 3: Alf Leyla wa Leyla

2010-07-19T15:19:22+02:00

Song of the week:

Alf Leyla wa Leyla - 1001 nights

by: Baligh Hamdi (Music) and Morsi Gamil Aziz (Lyrics)
Original version sung by Om Kalsoum

Lyrics - translation: http://www.shira.net
Where to find the music: http://bellydancedownloads.com

Videoclip: original version Alf Leila wa Leila by Om Kalsoum (one part)

Videoclip: Performance of Saida of Argentina to Alf Leila Wa Leila