WORKSHOPS and ACTIVITIES 2025
FRIDAY 21st FEBRUARY
WS 1 – LECTURE
February 21, 2025 h 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CET (ONLINE)
CLEAR CUES & SMOOTH TRANSITIONS
A lecture with Kathy Stahlman
€ 40,00
As an early member of FatChance®, Kathy participated in the making of FatChance® Tribal Basics DVD 5: Cues & Transitions.
In FCBD® style we learn how to give and read clear cues, what we know of as leading and following. The flow and elegance of FatChance® style comes from dancers giving clear cues and completing smooth transitions between movements.
By expanding on the concepts presented in the Tribal Basics Vol 5: Cues & Transitions, this workshop will enrich your ability to be a confident leader and flawless follower.
OPEN LEVEL
February 21, 2025
h 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CET
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WS 2 – PERFORMANCE PROJECT
February 22, 2025 h 11:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. CET
Practice Session w/Agostina (in presence)
The practice sessions are a 200%ATS® unique format: grab your zills and your favourite skirt and be ready to join our facilitator Agostina Massazza, freshly certified FCBD Partner Studio for a whole hour of dancing fun
February 22, 2025
h 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CET
THE CLASS IS FREE BUT DONATIONS ARE WELCOME
WS 3 – CLASSICS OF FCBD® Style MUSICAL REPERTOIRE “Kakore Ja” by Helm
February 22, 2025 h 4.00 – 6.00 p.m.
Musicality Workshop with Isabel De Lorenzo
In this workshop we will study this song under different perspectives. We will study rhythm, melody, musical phrases, musical instruments played, the atmosphere and interpretation possibilities. We will count it and create a musical map. We will play zills. We will analyze which movements from the FCBD® Style vocabulary fit better the song, dance to it many times and then create a group improvisation with all the knowledge you got.
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SUNDAY 23rd FEBRUARY
WS 4 – CAFE STYLE AND AUDIENCE AROUND
February 23, 2025 h 11.00 a.m.– 1.00 p.m.
Technique Workshop with w/ Isabel De Lorenzo (online+in presence)
LEVEL INTERMEDIATE AND UP
Cafe Style is the very origin of some beautiful formations that we use when dancing ATS/FCBD®.
We will look into the roots of group improvisation, simulating how to perform on a narrow space. Then we will go into a more complex situation and learn how to dance with the audience in multiple directions. Slow and fast.
Props: zills.
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WS 5 – ANATHOMY OF A SUCCESSFUL IMPROVISATION
Building Blocks & Telling a Story with Dani Niemietz
February 23, 2025 h 1:30 – 3.30 p.m. w/ Dani Niemietz – (online+in presence) OPEN Level
Improvisation is at the heart of FatChanceBellyDance® Style, and this workshop will equip you with the essential tools to craft improvisations that flow naturally while telling a powerful story.
This workshop focuses on the art of creating combinations of fast steps that build seamlessly over 4×8 counts to keep the audience excited. We will start with fun exercises to help you develop a natural feeling for your sequencing. Throughout the workshop you will get a deeper understanding of how to create a successful build up during your improvisation. And finally you’ll learn and practice Dani’s favorite combinations that give your dance structure and momentum.
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WS 6 – SACRED SWORD AND BEYOND!
Sword Dialect workshop with Anna Sollini
February 23, 2025
h 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. CET
In this workshop, Anna presents using FatChanceBellyDance steps, Melody Bustillos ‘Sacred Sword’ dance, and teaching some of Anna’s own Single and Double Sword dialect, taking sword dancing from its ‘Flesh and Bones’ foundations, into exciting new levels of dialect stylization.
We will be using the sword as an extension of our body’s movements to create fluid beauty, as solo, or troupe improvised dancers, in combination with this powerful prop.
OPEN LEVEL
Please bring your own sword
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