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Suhaila
Editorial
Level
4 - The Advanced Performer
This will
be one of the highest artistic and technical
belly dance performances you have seen.
It is the cultivation of many years of hard
work, sacrifice, blood, sweat and tears
(and I mean tears)! It is a night of pure
dedication to the certification program
and its demands. It is the ADVANCED PERFORMER
TEST…..LEVEL 4. Read
More Here
Tickets
On Sale Now!
SSBD Advanced Performer
Testing Recital
Join members of Suhaila's certification
program for their Advanced Performer Certification
Performance Recital. The Knight Stage Theater
at the Lesher Arts Center is an intimate
theater in the half-round. The dancers will
perform classic Suhaila choreography to
demonstrate their advanced technique and
emotional range, present their personal
choreographic works including required elements,
and dance to a live Arabic band demonstrating
their mastery and understanding of Arabic
musical themes and sentiments. This will
be an incredibly exciting evening representing
the growth of this art form and representing
the personal development of each of these
advanced dancers. You will want to be a
part of this momentous and emotionally-charged
event.
Lesher Center for the Arts
Knight Stage Theater
Walnut Creek, CA
Saturday, December, 5, 2009
~ 7:15pm ~
Tickets $23.00
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Now!
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Choreography
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| Letter
To Suhaila!
Dear
Suhaila,
I just wanted to briefly share this story
with you -
I received my very beautiful level I certificate
in the mail this week. Yesterday, my adult
daughters were over to the house and I
couldn't wait to show it to them. My oldest
daughter looked at me sort of funny and
said, "Wow you are really proud of
that aren't you mom?" I've never
been much on tooting my own horn - so
even my excitement over it was odd to
my children! I was raised to believe your
accomplishments will speak for themselves
and talking about them is only being crass
and egotistical. So - it's hard for me
to yak it up about things I'm proud of.
Sometimes this is good, and sometimes
it is less than healthy - I'm working
on figuring that out.
Then I had an epiphany: I am more proud
of this accomplishment than any other
in the 20+ years I've been bellydancing.
I've won a decent showing as a soloist
in competitions and my troupe has also
done really well in recent years.....
but this? I am damn proud of this!
There are many in the widespread Pac NW
bellydance community who still don't GET
it - "How can you certify bellydance?"
"It's a racket to make money."
and the ever present, "Why do you
want to dance like Suhaila?" It continues
to amaze me that there is sometimes such
resistance to accepting that what you
have created is legitimate, much less
that it is producing the most amazing
dancers I've seen in two decades of being
a fanatic about this art! I've taken to
simply saying, "Yep, I drank the
Koolaid. In fact, I drank the Koolaid
and I want MORE."
Thank you seems too simple - as I continue
down the path with my level 2 kit in my
sweaty little hands, I am discovering
more by each day and I only continue to
be amazed and frankly, grateful that you
share so freely what you could have kept
to yourself and a select few - which is
somewhat the style of our dance form.
So, I had to say one more thank you.
Until I learn more and grow more and have
to say it again. LOL. Have a fabulous
day Suhaila. You rock my world daily.
:)
Lisa in Oregon
--
Lisa Smith
Director - Sahara's Dream
2009 Belly Dancer USA Troupe!
Sahara's Mirage
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Suhaila
Endorsed DVD
Amy Sigil and UNMATA!!
From the heart and soul of one
of bellydance’s finest choreographers
/ instructors / performers, the DVD
you’ve been waiting for. . .Amy
Sigil’s first instructional
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This is the one you don’t want
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This is “tough love bellydance”,
so if you don’t get it the first
time, keep playin’ it back till
you do. If you’re wondering,
“Should I even buy this thing?”.
. . .remember. . . the first lesson
Amy teaches is “fate favors
the risky”. The fun, the funky,
the hip-hop, belly, pop, hula, modern,
rare breed fusion of Sigil Style will
have you from the first beat!
* Click
the Play Button
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Hot
Workshops!
Multi-Level Weeklong BONUS!!
January 25th-29th, 2010
Sign
up for Suhaila's Multi-Level weeklong
in January 2010 and receive a FREE two-month
subscription to Suhaila's Online Classes!
Multi-level workshops are designed for
all dancers (beginners to advanced).
These workshops are excellent for dancers
new to Suhaila's format, wanting to
get a "big picture" view of
her format and, if interested, Suhaila's
certification program. Advanced dancers
also enjoy taking these workshops for
an opportunity to learn new techniques
and choreography.
Click
HERE for Details!
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Level
4 Choreography
Prep Weeklong!
November
30-December 4, 2009
The main focus of
this workshop is to begin learning
the four advanced choreographies required
for Level 4 certification. These choreographies
require time to learn, and certification
participants are encouraged to begin
work on the choreographies as soon
as they are prepared. Participants
must have current SSBD Level 2 certification.
Sign
Up HERE!
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