Current Class Intensive: Sunday April 13 : 2:30-5:00 pm OLD SCHOOL BINT BALAD: Balady Rhythms & Cane (Assaya) Technique $45 prepaid $50 door BRIDGE FOR DANCE 2726 Broadway . 3rd Floor . NYC 10025 between 104th & 105th 2 blocks North of 103rd St Stop on the 1- train Take the #1 train Uptown/Van Cortlandt Park ... Exit 103rd St NE corner 20 mins from 42 Street - Times Square station More Info? E-mail GamilaElMasri@aol.com Prepay with PayPal On Line Use your credit card or pay directly from your checking account. Simply go to Paypal.com and click "send money". It's Quick and Easy!! Direct your PayPal payment for the appropriate amount to GamilaElMasri@aol.com

PREVIOUS WORKSHOP TOPICS:

ARMS, HANDS, UNDULATIONS & EGYPTIAN CHIFTITELLI Spot Training Intensive: Focus on the mechanics of snake arms and related arm movements; framing the body to highlight movements; spatial increment positioning for level changes; line, articulation and definition. Hands as an extension of arm movements; hand undulations and finger positioning; dramatic hand accenting and framing. Undulations and stomach rolls are two separate movements! Mechanics of the undulation; stomach rolls, flutters and contractions. All to a collection of gorgeous chiftitellis by various Egyptian musicians

BECOMING A VEILED VISION 3: Beyond, Beneath, Betwixt & Behind the Veil:How to Hide, Reveal and Play Peek-A-Boo During A Veil Taqsim with Class and Decorum Sunday May 20, 2007 BECOMING A VEILED VISION 2: Egyptian Rhumbas & Inta Omri Sunday April 22, 2007 BECOMING A VEILED VISION: Veilwork 101 and Beyond Once upon a time, in the days of Badia Massabni's Casino Opera (as well as during Manhattan's 'Elegant Egyptian Era' of the 1980s) veilwork was very much a part of the Raqs Hawanem style of Egyptian Raqs Sharqi. Rediscover the beauty and fluidity of this ever mysterious and integral aspect of the orientale performance. Veil technique includes holding positions at rest and in motion, to wrap or not, manipulating while traveling and controlling the ebb and flow as part of dance movement; then applying it improvisationally to musical selections including several fabulous Egyptian rhumba pieces.

The Real Deal Zeffa & Triple Threat Drum Solo Workshop Live Music by Gamal Shafik's Zeffa Band The Zeffa processional: how and when it is used with focus on the wedding zeffa; the history, development and contemporary application. Then explore drum solos with more than one drummer: learn to identify and follow each rhythm line and then utilize and blend them effectively during your performance. Each student will have the opportunity to experience performing a solo (or duet/trio) to a spontaneous drum solo within the class as well as group grooving!

The Art of Egyptian Angst: TAQSIMS, RHYTHMS & DRUM SOLOS Live Drum Solo Section with GAMAL SHAFIK Technique and technique and more technique! 'Egyptian Angst' is all about interpreting the emotion of the music and how in turn to relay that to your audience through movement, and will be applied in each topic. 'TAQSIMS' will cover how to handle them and the different tenor each instrument brings to it: nai, oud, kanoun, accordion, etc. 'RHYTHMS' will take you through all the most used Egyptian rhythms and how to recognize the accent signature patterns and what movements/steps are appropriate. 'DRUM SOLOS' will drill the phrasings of Egyptian drum solos and how to interpret them. This section will be accompanied by master tabla player GAMAL SHAFIK

ULTIMATE HIPNIQUE The Secrets to Everything Hip Technique and mechanics of cursive and stuccato hip movements Applying and retracting energy within hip movements and accents Spatial directions and aiming hip accents The Four Degrees of Shimmy Manipulating shimmies and hip accents for drum solos Traveling while executing hip movements, shimmies and accents and more ...

DOUBLE THE DRUM ::: DOUBLE YOUR RAQS Live Drum Solo Workshop with Egyptian Tabla Master GAMAL SHAFIK accompanied by HANI on duff Explore drum solos with more than one drummer: learn to identify and follow each rhythm line and then utilize and blend both effectively during your performance.

DOWN & DIRTY* CABARET BELEDI #2 Let's Get Dirtier!!! NOT a repeat of the previous beledi workshop ... review plus several new music selections averaging 6 - 7 minutes. DOWN & DIRTY* CABARET BELEDI Get Some Dirt Between Your Toes!!! *In the Egyptian culture "dust/dirt between her toes" refers to the barefoot bint balad (country girl) who creates a desert sandstorm with her dance!

LIVE DRUM SOLO INTENSIVE with Egyptian Tabla Master Gamal Shafik & Gamila El Masri TAQSIMS, RHYTHMS, DRUM SOLOS and the Art of Egyptian Angst