Belly Dance, West Afican Dance, Latin Dance Workout (events » arts) Monday, December 31, 2007 - 12:00 PM Next six week session begins Jan 12
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Jan Mini Session Jan 3 - 10
Jan 3 - West African Dance with Audrey Davis
Jan 5 - Belly Dance Folkloric Fusion
Jan 5 - Funk Fusion Dance Workout
Jan 8 - Belly Dance Floorwork Workshop with Rayhana
Jan 9 - Conditioning for Dance: Pilates with Phil
Jan 10 - Zumba! Latin Dance workout with Vin
Jan 10 - Belly Dance Drum Solo Choreography: Sahra Saidi
Jan 10 - Middle Eastern Percussion
Jan 10 - West African Percussion

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www.drumdancecenter.com/registration.html

The Drum & Dance Learning Center
The Barracks Trading Post Plaza
Rt 206 & Elizabeth St
Bordentown, NJ
609-324-7383

Free Drum & Dance Performance March 8 Willingboro, NJ (events » arts) Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 2:00 PM Drum & Dance Learning Center Ensemble
Performance
Women's History Month Program
Saturday, March 8, 2008

2:00 - 3:30pm
@ The Kennedy Center
429 JFK Boulevard, Willingboro, NJ
Free Performance - Reservations suggested (609) 265-5068

Celebrating Women, Past and Present Music & Dance from:
West Africa
Spain
North Africa
the Middle East
the Caribbean and more!!
Read the September 2007 Showcase review: www.drumdancecenter.com/2007review.html

Performers
Kim Leary, Dave Merritt, Dan DiFlavis, Gus Johnson, Alex Lewko, Kazutaka Horinouchi, Donna Manalo, Kirsten Mascioli, Naylon Dunbar, LaToya Morgan, Janessa Jones, Jennifer Bridgewater, Dawn Davis, Marilyn Ham, Erika Meyer, Mary Nogami, Suzanne Onesti, Stephanie Campbell, Aisha Khan, Rosibel Mota, Donna Sullivan and Vino Iyer.

Guest Artists:
Audrey Davis
Patricia Irizarry - Barreto
Lisa Botalico

Sponsored by the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders; Department of Resource Conservation; Division of Cultural & Heritage Affairs and Tourism. Also made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more info about classes and workshops at the Drum & Dance Learning Center, visit our website: www.drumdancecenter.com

BELLY DANCE FUNK FUSION WORKSHOP DEC 7 (events » arts) Sunday, December 7, 2008 - 11:00 AM BELLY DANCE
FUNK
FUSION WORKSHOP
with
Alexia

Sunday
December 7, 2008
11am - 1pm

$25 if pre-registered
$30 after November 30


The Drum & Dance
Learning Center
The Barracks Trading Post Plaza
Rt 206 South & Elizabeth Street
(Across from Chickies & Pete's)

Kim Leary (Alexia) is a belly dance performer, choreographer and instructor in Central New Jersey. Her dance accomplishments include teaching both credit and non-credit dance at Princeton University. She is past advisor of (2000-2006) Raks Odalisque, Princeton University's Middle Eastern Dance Company. She is Co-Artistic Director of Groove Merchant Drum & Dance Ensemble and Co-Director of her school, The Drum & Dance Learning Center in Bordentown, New Jersey. Ms. Leary has performed at numerous prestigious venues such as Lincoln Center, The Ohio Theatre (SOHO), CAMI Hall (NYC), DanceSpace (NYC), FIT (NYC), The Evolving Arts Theatre (NYC), The Black Box Theatre (NJ), as well as at many colleges, universities, and festivals as a soloist and with her own dance company, with SaZ Dance Theatre and Jamila Salimpour's Bal Anat. She also has taught regularly at Rutgers University and Middlesex County College.

As an artist-in-residence in various schools throughout the state, her arts-in-education training is from Union County's CATALYST Initiative, Artsgenesis, and the Kennedy Center through the New Brunswick Cultural Center is certified in educational training and development. Kim is a Level 2 Certified Dancer and has been training in the Suhaila Salimpour Format since 2000.
She has studied dance for most of her life and has received extensive training in jazz, ballet, tap, contemporary, Middle Eastern, Turkish and Afro-Caribbean dance.

Philosophy: "A strong foundation of dance movement, belly dance technique, musical understanding and the creative process are the things that drive me. My hope is that each time you see me dance you learn another facet of what is going on creatively for me at that particular moment. And for my students, that each explores their own path and has their own voice with a strong base and ongoing process of growth to support that." - Kim Leary (Alexia)

Groove Merchant Drum & Dance Ensemble, Alexia, Asharah, Tasha & More! (events » live music) Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 7:00 PM July 25, 2009
7pm @ Arts Youniversity, Hamilton, NJ
Alexia's 20 Year Dance Anniversary Celebration featuring Alexia & Groove Merchant Drum & Dance Ensemble, Asharah ~ Modern Tribal Fusion, Flamenco Fusion by Lisa Botalico of Alborada Spanish Dance Company & Classic Belly Dance by Tasha
Get your tickets NOW! www.drumdancecenter.com

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Suhaila Level 1 & 2 East Coast Certification workshops (events » arts) Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 9:00 AM 1 RSVP Suhaila Salimpour Level 1 & 2 Certifications New Jersey 2009
Suhaila Salimpour Certification Workshops & Testing Schedule
NJ September 2009
Sponsored by The Drum & Dance Learning Center, New Jersey


These workshops are definitely happening Sept 16 -19, 2009 in New Jersey.
We are currently set up for this in Bordentown. Please note that the workshop may move to the Red Bank area. You can confidently sign up for the workshop now but hold off on hotel reservations until June.

The Drum & Dance Learning Center
The Barracks Trading Post Plaza
Route 206 South & Elizabeth Street
Bordentown, NJ
(609) 324-7383
ddlcnj@gmail.com
Contact: Kim Leary
www.drumdancecenter.com

Level One Workshop (No experience necessary)
Sept 16 – 18, 2009
9-3pm (15 hours of instruction)
$425
Early Registration $400 (payment in full by June 30, 2009)

Optional Certification Testing
Friday 3:30 – 5:30pm
Testing fees and eligibility will be handled directly by Suhaila International.

Level Two Workshop (Must be Level One Certified)
Sept 16 – 19, 2009
(20 hours of instruction including Level Two Certification Choreography)
9/16 3:45 – 10:00 pm
9/17 3:45 – 10:00 pm
9/18 6:30 – 10:30 pm
9/19 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
$550
Early Registration $525 (payment in full by June 30, 2009)


Option Level Two Certification Testing
9/19 4:40 6:30pm
Testing fees and eligibility will be handled directly by Suhaila International.