Beverly Street, Staunton, VA
Our theme this year is
REPRESENT – because representation matters
"The classes are a great entry point for audience members and people in the business to have a very up close experience with artists and their craft." -Jim Julien, Asheville Fringe Festival, Asheville, NC
Weekend Schedule
11/3/17
Friday
Opening Party with Live Music, Vending, and Bellydancing.
7:30 D
oors Open for Party $10
8pm Live Music with Carmel Clavin and Rev. Bill of The Judy Chops, and bellydancing!
11/4/17
Saturday
11-4 Vending
11-1 Bellydance ‘Clockwork Toybox’ with Yoni Biye’. $25.
1-2:30pm People of Color in Performance discussion, with Nadira Grubbs. FREE.
2-4 Burlesque ‘Choreo You Can Steal!’ with Boo Velvet $25.
7:30 Doors Open for Show $15-20.
8pm Saturday Spectacular, hosted by Ego Von Hubris
Regular Admission – $15
VIP Admission – $20
Performers include:
Boo Velvet
Nadira
Flynn Cross
Bearcat Betty
Opal
Yoni Biye’
Madame Onça
and more! Workshop Descriptions
Workshops are just $25/each! Check out the descriptions and register below! Bellydance with Yoni Biye’ – Clockwork Toy Box
This workshop will focus on basic strengthening exercises for tribal-fusion belly dance technique, as well as a combination that will be taught after an introduction to the technique. The introduction to the dance technique will include a brief history of tribal-fusion and its roots in Eastern and Middle Eastern dance styles. The technique portion of the class will include basic body isolations, body positions, and footwork, as well as a breakdown of the musicality of Yoni’s tribal-fusion style.
-Yoni Biyé has been performing tribal-fusion bellydance since 2010. Yoni has taken workshops and classes with Donna Mejia, Joe Williams, and Zoe Jakes, among others, to complement his intense independent study since 2007. His style focuses on improvisation and a theatrical, storytelling element. People of Color in Performance discussion, facilitated by Nadira Grubbs of Seven Cities Dance Studio. Burlesque with Boo – Beginner Choreography You Can Steal! and Musicality Exploration
If you ever have a hard time coming up with enough choreography to fill out an entire number or are looking for new moves to spice things up this workshop is for you! You will learn several phrases of movement to a specific song. After learning the movement we will start changing the music to see how the choreography can shift and change to fit any song. Working with varying your own tempo and quality we will explore the many ways to use music to surprise and excite you and your audience. Steal my choreography and make it your own!
-Boo Velvet gave up her binding pointe shoes for the freedom of tassels and rhinestones in 2011. She was recently in NYC studying burlesque and pole dancing for a year and a half. She returned to Asheville to open her studio, DANCECLUB Asheville, that offers burlesque, pole, jazz/funk, and flashmob classes to adults. DanceclubAsheville.com
