How to Create an
Irresistible Egyptian Dance Performance
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How this Course is organized
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What makes an extraordinary Egyptian Dance Performance?
Send your answer to our first challenges to [email protected]
Questions to ask yourself before we start
"How to Create an Irresistible Egyptian Dance Performance"
(please, answer the assessment below - keep scrolling down in order to find it👇👇👇)
The Music used in our Choreography
("Majancé" - entrance on stage; also sent to you via email)
Bonus Resources
(for you to enjoy before we start our course)
Module #1
Your Why & your How
What´s happening in Module #1?
Replay of Live Masterclass #1
Homework assignments:
1. Define your Why (Ego Motivation & Soul Motivation, as taught in this masterclass)
Pick the strongest Soul Motivation/Why you can think of. Stick with it. Write it down. Paint it. Claim it out loud. Let if be the Driving Force behind your next Dance Performance.
2. Do an honest assessment of your HOW (Dance Technical Skills) following the 6 assets mentioned in this masterclass.
Check what aspects are underdeveloped and which are strong.
Feel welcome to ask for guidance on where and how to improve via email - write at [email protected]
3. Learn and practice Part #1 of our Choreography as taught in this masterclass.
4. Check the Bonus Classes in this module (available on the 28th of January)
Have fun!
Our Choreography - Part #1
Learn and practice our choreography having your WHY & your HOW in consideration:
- Why do I want to present this dance piece in public/in front of an audience?
- How am I going to present it? What are the technical skills I have in my tool kit (go back to the 6 basic Egyptian Dance Technique Assets I´ve shared in the Live & Recorded Masterclass #1)
Your Why (Bonus Class)
(Preparing to Launch)
NOTE: NEW BONUS CLASSES AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON THE 29TH OF JANUARY
Your How (Bonus Class)
You can send the answer to the questions shared in this bonus class to [email protected]
Replay of Live Masterclass #2 - Part #1
Replay of Live Masterclass #2 - Part #2
Our Choreography - Part #2
Learn and practice our choreography having your Identity & the Confidence in it as a focus/guidance:
- Listen and feel the Music your way;
- Season the Choreography in your way - add your details to it. An accent, a shimmy, a pause, a little step.
Use your imagination and make it "yours".
Asset #2 - Raw Exposure
(Bonus Class)
Part #1 of "Raw Exposure" - Back to Your Identity
(Bonus Class)
- You can send your answers to the questions shared in this bonus class to [email protected] for a bonus Personalized Feedback
Part #2 of "Raw Exposure" - Self-Confidence
(Bonus Class)
Part #3 of "Raw Exposure" - The Willingness to be Seen
(Bonus Class)
Revealing Yourself - Bonus Dance Challenge & Personalized Feedback
- You may send your 1-minute "Reveal Yourself" choreography to dancemagica@gmail.com using www.wetransfer.com (free program; it doesn´t require a registration/account).
Replay of Live Masterclass #3
Our Choreography - Part #3
Mona el Said,
an eternal Queen, showing us what Emotional Engagement (with Yourself, the Music, and the Audience) looks and feels like.
Asset #4 - Emotional Engagement
(The Triad of Emotional Engagement)
(Bonus Class)
Part 1 of Emotional Engagement -
Engagement with Yourself
Action steps to develop this asset:
1. Know yourself on a deeper level. Pay attentiont to your behaviour, recurrent thoughts, emotions, words, and actions. Observe and learn.
2. Practice being in the NOW/PRESENT MOMENT.
3. Allow yourself to be who you are and feel what you feel at every moment (and "that too shall pass"), bringing it to your dance.
4. Stop pretending to be and/or feel whom you´re not, what you don´t feel. Offer yourself, and your audience, the gift of honesty.
Part 2 of Emotional Engagement -
Engagement with the Music
Action steps to develop this asset:
1. Listen to the Music on a deeper level.
2. Use the 3 Gates of Egyptian Dance: Ears + Heart + Movement.
3. Slow down and pause, whenever possible, to feel the music.
4. Allow the Music to guide you - surrender to it instead of acting like a "control freak".
5. Ask the Music: how do you make me feel? And how do you want me to move?
6. Do the necessary movement, while you´re dancing; don´t fall into the trap of overdoing.
7. Breathe more, deeper, slower, and from the belly.
Part 3 of Emotional Engagement -
Engagement with your Audience
Action steps to develop this asset:
1. Be intentional about creating a BRIDGE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR AUDIENCE - wanting to connect is essential.
2. Focus on creating a Connection instead of a "Dance Exhibition".
3. Project your dance, physically and energetically, towards your audience.
4. Make eye contact - not in a creepy way - but the way humans do when they wish to create a relationship with other people.
5. Open your Physical Posture - particularly the chest (heart) and the womb. Dance in a vulnerable predisposition.
6. Remember we´re all human; your audience is not superior or inferior to you - everyone fears and dreams; everyone sleeps and goes to the bathroom. We´re ALL ONE.
Do NOT edit your Emotions
(Bonus Class)
Acceptability Versus True Connection
(Bonus Class also available on Youtube)
Bonus Audio Exercise - "Dancing in the Now"
Reserve 20 minutes for yourself; make sure you´re in a comfortable place by yourself where you won´t be disturbed; and enjoy this exercise.
Replay of Live Masterclass #4
- For further personalized guidance, you may send the 3 musical pieces with clear contrasts between the Invitation to Go Inward & Outward to [email protected]
Our Choreography - Part #4
Asset #4 - Going Inward & Outward
How to Manage your Inner Space
Action Steps:
1. Read the Music - notice when it´s calling you in or out. And follow that guidance.
2. Pick Music that moves you, emotionally; that stirs your inner world.
3. Close your eyes, once in a while, while you´re dancing; particularly in the most emotionally charged sections of the music. Allow yourself to take the music in and feel it, fully.
4. Slow down and pause, whenever the music allows; create a balance between high-speed and slowness, action and stillness.
5. Get in contact with yourself through Presence, Meditation, Conscious Breathing. Develop Self-Awareness and Empowerment.
➡️If you wish to go deeper into this aspect of your dance & performance skills, I´d suggest you join the next edition of Joana Saahirah´s Signature Course (more information, below👇👇👇)
"Joana Saahirah´s Signature Course - authentic Egyptian Dance & Personal Empowerment from the ABC till Mastery"
(If interested, JOIN THE WAITING LIST FOR THE 2ND EDITION OF OUR SIGNATURE COURSE- click on the button below - and you´ll be warned about it via email)
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A Transformative Training that´ll take you from the ABC to the Mastery of Egyptian Oriental Dance (aka "belly dance") & Personal Development.
Learn authentic Egyptian Oriental Dance while you (re)discover who you are and empower yourself.
In this Training, Joana Saahirah delivers the juice from more than 20 years of work in the field of Egyptian Dance, first in Egypt and then, around the world.
Using her original Teaching Method, bringing the best of the East and the best of the West together, Joana facilitates your evolution. In dance, as in life.
Click HERE for more informationHow to Manage your Outer Space
Action Steps:
1. Read the Music - notice when it´s calling you in or out. And follow that guidance.
2. Pick Music that allows you to go outward - with expansive, rhythmic, extroverted sections.
3. Develop your Dance Technique, specifically Traveling Steps, Footwork, Arms and Hands.
4. Empower yourself. Develop your Self-Confidence.
5. Be willing to Communicate with the Outside World. Believe there are connections worthy of our attention and effort - the world can be a beautiful place.
6. Have fun while you´re dancing. Don´t take yourself too seriously. Enjoy the ride.
➡️If you wish to go deeper into this aspect of your dance & performance skills, I´d suggest you join the next edition of Joana Saahirah´s Signature Course (more above this class)
Bonus Class - The Creative Use of the Stage
"How did you use the stage, creatively? How did you manage to make the best out of the space you were given to perform?"
- You may send the answer to the challenge shared in this bonus class to [email protected] for additional bonus personalized feedback
Music with Contrast
Music with Contrast - Examples
(Bonus Class to help you identify the Inward & the Outward Invitations in the Music)
Enjoy the replay of our Bonus Masterclass
"Aesthetics & Musicality for Performers in Egyptian Dance"
with Joana Saahirah & George Sawa
Click HERE to watch the Masterclass & check your BonusesReplay of our Live Masterclass #5
- You may send your rendition (video) of our Choreography to [email protected] to receive a bonus Personalized Feedback.
Use www.wetransfer.com, or similar, to send your video.
Have fun!
Asset #4 - Personal Charisma
Where does your Magic Lie?
(Bonus Exercise)
- You may send the answer to this question to [email protected]
I´ll be glad to offer you further guidance in the direction of your Personal Charisma
How to Develop your Charisma
(Bonus Class)
Our full choreography (front & back angle)
Examples of "Duende"
(according to Flamenco dancers)
Presence. Personal Aura. Magnetism. The Power of our Presence.
Wrap-Up Module
How to Pick the Right Music for your Performance
A Gift & your Feedback
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