National Dance Week Classes
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All National Dance Week Classes are free of charge
Each class is an introduction to the concept of Poetic Dance, combining poetry and dance into a unified art form. Use of facial expressions, significance of specific moves, use of various props and the dyanamics of stage positioning will be only a few of the topics discussed and practiced each session. Please register in advance with Natica Angilly, 510-235-0361 or naticaaei@aol.com.
Classes change each year, but the following is a sample of what Poetic Dance classes offer for National Dance Week. Please look for updates when they are available.
Monday, April San Pablo Sports Hall, 5220 Glen Ave., San Pablo, CA. presented as part of National Dance Week by Natica Angilly in conjuction with Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company. This is an introduction to the concept of Poetic Dance, combining poetry and dance into a unified art form. Please register in advance with Natica Angilly, 510-235-0361 or naticaaei@aol.com.
Wednesday, April Activity Center Church Corner, 2441 San Jose Ave., Alameda, CA. Class description is the same as above. Please register in advance with Natica Angilly, 510-235-0361 or naticaaei@aol.com.
Wednesday, April Activity Center Church Corner, 2441 San Jose Ave., Alameda, CA. Class description is the same as above. Please register in advance with Natica Angilly, 510-235-0361 or naticaaei@aol.com.
Thursday, April San Pablo Sports Hall, 5220 Glen Ave., San Pablo, CA. Class description is the same as above. Please register in advance with Natica Angilly, 510-235-0361 or naticaaei@aol.com.
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| Natica Angilly (facing front near stage) teaches exhuberance and how to convey energy. Be yourself. Dance yourself. Be a poem. Learn to apply poetic concepts to your dance, no matter what your genre or ability level. Become a dancer who is uplifting, gives a universal message and leaves the audience with a feeling of fulfillment. |
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| Classes and Workshops in Poetic Dance by Natica Angilly |
Call Natica at 510-235-0361 for info
Classes are on-going. Call for current times and locations
Enhance your dance with exquisitely individual uniqueness
A Splash of Passion
Natica’s Stardust Veils with
Dynamic Use of Style and Space.
Ascend beyond your current realm of dance
Inspire, amaze and wrap your audience with awe
Choreography for inspired life ceremonies
Focus on flow of the 6 directions
Hot spots on stage empower your dance persona
Cultural Tambourine Dancing
With Natica’s Glorious Innovations
Dance moves in the ethnic styles of Gypsy, Spanish, Middle Eastern, Russian, Greek
Dance techniques for cabaret, improv, ceremonies and other dance venues
Choreography for single, double, multiple tambourines in solo and troupe acts
Easy self accompaniment
Passion poses
Dance feats of grandeur
Dance Passions
Expressions, Motion and Emotion
Your face connects with your soul
Ancient and universal theatrical dance archetypes
Explore qualities, intensities, relationships
Movement & expressions that illicit the audible awe
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| Learn to swirl like Shukriya, director of Rakkasah, with Natica's Stardust Veils |
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| Learn to incorporate tambourine poses and techniques from Natica's long list of ways to dance with tambourines |
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| Learn gestures and facial expressions as only Natica can teach. Her book, Facial Expressions For Dancers, will be a reference. |
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| Advanced Rehearsal and Understudy Program |
Advanced Rehearsals and Understudy Program is offered each Thursday from 7:30-9:30 at the Sportsman Hall, San Pablo, CA. Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company rehearses for their performances around the world. If you are interested, please contact Natica Angilly at 415-681-0610 or 510-235-0361 or Naticaaei@aol.com
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| Poetic Dance Workshop Series |
Dance Poetics and Poetic Dance Fusions
Natica’s DANCING POETRY WORKSHOPS
Call for Reservations and Directions: East Bay 1-510-235-0361 or San Francisco 1-415-681-0618
Ask about our inexpensive class fees and series packages
Study Syllabus provided free of charge.
Props are provided for class practice and may be purchased as desired.
Purchase of Books optional.
Four Introductory Workshops offered:
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1. DANCING POETRY
Includes: development of dance movements to convey the depths of the heart of poetry.
Stepping beyond the conventional expression with Natica’s unique Poetic Dance Language.
Fuse with the Muses of the arts: Lyricism, Music, Drama, Love, Sacredness, Fame, Comedy, Heroism, and your own Dance Epic.
(Based on Natica’s Books: Dancing Poetry and Facial Expressions for Dancers)
Right: Natica, center front with back to us, teaches the movement "fountain of light" at Rakkasah East, 2005
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2. Natica’s STARDUST VEILS - Spectacular inventions in lyrical veil work.
Includes techniques useful for extension into dance with poetic intent for contemporary American Art Dance, Middle Eastern Dances, Life Celebrations, Sacred Ceremonies (as weddings, graduations, dedications), and poetic panorama.
Right: Natica teaches Stardust Veils on the Rakkasah stage in Somerset, New Jersey.
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3. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND THE MOVING WORD, your face connects with soul, using ancient and universal archetypes.
Expression, moves, qualities, and pictorials created with passionate poetics.
(Based on Natica’s Books: Dance Passions and Facial Expression for Dancers)
Natica (left front) teaches facial expressions combined with hand motion and forward movement at Rakkasah East in Somerset, New Jersey
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4. TANTALIZING TAMBOURINE DANCING,
Innovative multi-cultural dance techniques. How to enchant your audience and woo the senses of motion, emotion, sight and sound with one of the oldest and most universal instruments of dance. Includes exciting dance styling from Gypsy, Russian, Greek, Egyptian, Ceremonial, Improvisational, plus Double and Multiple Tambourine Dance Innovations with the instrument long used for phrasing, recall, to punctuate poetry, and to elicite “the audible awe!”
Natica (center back) demonstrates a classical Gypsy pose while students learn the stance.
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For details about this class series, contact Natica Angilly at naticaaei@aol.com. Please include your name, phone number, town and something about your dance interests. Natica will phone you back and discuss directions of how to get to the studios and answer any additional questions you might have. All classes in this series will be taught in the San Francisco East Bay Area.
$30 per class or $100 for all four classes. We hope to hear from you soon.
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