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IMPORTANT NOTE:
All the contents shared in this Course will be available until the 1st of April 2023. From that date on, all the contents shared in this course will be gone.
What is "Modern Shaabi Dance"?
Modern Shaabi Dance is one of the most modern, controversial, and hip dance styles in the wide spectrum of Egyptian Dance & Culture.
It´s the dance of the people ("shaab"=people), their raw, public, often ecstatic or desperate expression.
It´s a cocktail of elements coming from Egyptian Culture, and sub-cultures - like the "Mawaled", the "Zar", and the "Sufi" -, as well as a meeting of the Eastern and Western world.
It´s a dance style that has been modernized, in recent years, in the streets of Egypt, specifically in the "Mahraghanat" (Festivals/Parties/Gatherings) where the youth gathers to create, go against the system, have fun, and express themselves.
It´s raw, out-of-the-box, creative, rule-breaking, fun, cathartic, savage, liberating, and empowering.
Replay of the Live Masterclass #1
Homework Assignment:
1. Practice the first unit of our Modern Shaabi choreography as shown in Live Masterclass #1;
2. Answer the following questions:
Name one Emotion you need to release;
How comfortable are you experiencing and expressing the so-called negative emotions?
What makes you mad (in your private life)?
What makes you mad (in the world at large)?
Write the answers to these questions on paper; share them in our upcoming live masterclass.
"Modern Shaabi Choreography" - Part #1
(Front & Back Angle)
Replay of the Live Masterclass #2
Homework for the Live Masterclass #2:
1. Practice the updated version of our "Modern Shaabi" Choreography
2. Watch the Bonus Class on the Attitude for Modern Shaabi (available at the bottom of this page)
"Modern Shaabi Choreography" - Part #2
(Front & Back Angle)
Replay of the Live Masterclass #3
"Modern Shaabi Choreography" - Part #3
(Front & Back Angle)
Replay of the Live Masterclass #4
Homework for this class:
1. Practice the updated version of our "Modern Shaabi" choreography;
2. Ask yourself: how can I turn this choreography into a Pleasureable, Fun, Celebratory experience as opposed to focusing on the "performance" (how well you´re executing the movements and steps, how impressive your dance is, the impact it´ll have on others).
"Modern Shaabi Choreography" - Part #4
(Front & Back Angle)
Replay of the Live Masterclass #5
Homework for this class:
1. Practice the updated version of our Modern Shaabi Choreography;
2. Revise the previous choreography units and check if there are movements, steps, postures, or transitions that are unclear to you. If, after having watching the replays of the live masterclasses and the pre-recorded units of choreography, you´re still unsure about something, bring your question(s) to our upcoming live masterclass, the last in this course, or send your question to me via email before our last live masterclass takes place (write at [email protected])
3. Bring the energy of the Masculine Polarity and of the Feminine Polarity to our choreography as explained in this live masterclass.
"Modern Shaabi Choreography" - Part #5
(Front & Back Angle)
Replay of the Live Masterclass #6
Homework Assignments for this class:
1. Practice our entire choreography, memorize it, allow your muscle memory to acquire new Modern Shaabi Vocabulary.
1.2. If you wish, record yourself doing our full choreography and send the video to me for a bonus personalized feedback.
Send it to [email protected] using www.wetransfer.com
3. Do the last Bonus Class - The Value of Freedom, available in this home page - as well as the other bonus classes available.
Have fun!
"Modern Shaabi Choreography" - Part #6
(Front & Back Angle)
Bonus Extra Live Masterclass
The History of Egyptian Shaabi Music and Dance
Replay of the Live Masterclass & Bonus Resources
Click HERE to access the Masterclass & Bonus Resources
Stay tuned!
- You´ll receive updates for the Course via email
- All the contents shared in this Course will be available until the 30th of February 2023. From that date on, all the contents shared in this course will be gone.
Bonus Resources
3 Reasons why you should Embrace Madness
(for Modern Shaabi & for Life)
***BONUS EXERCISE***
Write the following sentences down and complete/end them:
1. It´d rather be Free in my Dance and receive negative feedback, or no feedback at all, than...
2. I´d rather be Creatively Free and do unpredictable, crazy, out-of-the-box things, than...
3. I´d rather enjoy myself - in my dance and in my life - and be called "weird" or "crazy" than...
4. The illusion of "perfection" is something that I...
5. I´m dropping the Competition Mindset and the Expectations that limit me. Instead, I...
6. Having fun is essential because...
The Attitude for Modern Shaabi
Homework:
1. Write down the 5 Attitudes for Modern Shaabi;
2. In a scale of 0 to 10, where are you in each of the 5 Attitudes shared in the video?
(0 being the minimum and 10 being the maximum punctuation)
3. Ask yourself: how can I develop each of the 5 Attitudes in my character?
Write your answers down and make a commitment of actually applying them. In your dance & in your life.
Sense of Humor in Modern Shaabi Dance
(Tips to bring it into your Dance & Life)
"Celebration Mindset"
(for Modern Shaabi Dance & for Life)
Further Guidance to help you to apply the Celebration Mindset:
Aside from doing the exercises proposed in this bonus class (go back to the class and do the proposed work), here are a few things you can do in order to bring this aspect of Egyptian Mentality into your Dance & Life:
1. Stop waiting for life to be "good" or "perfect" or "in the right place". Life is messy, it´s full of ups and downs, and the concept of "ideal" or "perfection" is an illusion;
2. Make the decision of having fun today, every day, unconditionally, no matter what´s happening in your life. Stop postponing your happiness - happiness is only now. Decide to go for it, consistently.
3. Replace the need to be accepted and liked with the need for freedom. Be free to enjoy your dance and life, caring less about external approval and more about inner joy.
That´s it!
Do the proposed work (shared in this bonus class) and have fun while at it.
*** NEW BONUS CLASS ***
"The Value of Freedom"
(for Modern Shaabi Dance & for Life)
More Shaabi Bonus Resources to inspire you
"Halawet´Roh" by Hakim, choreographed by Joana Saahirah
This music and the choreography I created for it - and taught in several countries - are absolute classics of the Modern Shaabi universe.
Click HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO
What Knives & Dust can do to a Person
An exciting real-life story about the transformational power of Modern Shaabi recounted in the first person.
Come and walk with me into the wild side.
My Aunt & Me at a Shaabi Party
Another hardcore - and hilarious - real-life story that´ll take you into the magical kingdom of Modern Shaabi.
There´s me. My aunt. A street party. Hashish. And some of that Egyptian Magic I learned to love. And fear.
Get our Shaabi song on Spotify
Want to practice our Modern Shaabi choreography using the corresponding audio file?
If so, get the musical file on Spotify.
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"Modern Shaabi Course"
is provided
by
Joana Saahirah´s Online Dance School
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