Village Underground ::2.27.08:: @ the Estate feat. Copal + DJs Brother Cleve & Enrique Florendo + belly dancers Shakti & Naraya (events » live music) Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 9:00 PM 195 RSVPs We bring to you the initial unveiling experience of
VILLAGE UNDERGROUND: a monthly dance/performance event highlighting a fusion of live music and eclectic DJ sets.


Village Underground merges East-meets-West styles, featuring electronic string fusion band COPAL,
eclectic DJ sets by resident DJs Brother Cleve and Enrique Florendo accompanied by Hannah Thiem on violin, and tantalizing visual foci in the form of tribal belly dancers Naraya and Shakti.
Experience a transformation and a transmigration to a mysterious world all your own.

Arrive early, stay late for the full experience.

T accessible: orange line to Chinatown, green line to Boylston Street.

Village Underground Order of Events:

9p: Resident DJ Brother Cleve opens the evening spinning downtempo East meets West styles, merging seamlessly into the Copal performance

10:30p: electronic string fusion live band Copal with belly dancers Shakti and Naraya performing Middle Eastern and Eastern European styles, transitioning into uptempo dance grooves

12a: Resident DJ Enrique Florendo flows out of Copal's final dance number, picking up the pace with underground global fusion, Latin fusion and electro euro house accentuated with live violin by Hannah Thiem.

purchase advance tix: www.villageunderground.org

$7 advance, $10 at the door

doors at 8:45p, 21+

Asharah Workshop & Performance CANCELED (events » arts) Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 12:00 PM 209 RSVPs Hello Everyone,

Unfortunately I've got some bad news... Late last night I received word from Asharah that unfortunately she has sustained an injury and will need to cancel her workshop for this weekend. She is incredibly sad that she has to cancel and would very much like to reschedule with us. I say absolutely!!! We love Asharah!

Pre-registration fees: If you pre-registered and HAVE NOT heard from me yet, please send me an email so I can send you refund details.

My apologies to everyone!! Please rest assured that we will definitely reschedule with Asharah and I hope that you will join us the next time around!! And please feel free to forward me any questions or comments that you might have and looking forward to seeing you all at the next event!!! Thanks everyone for your patience...

oh and if you feel inspired, you can send Asharah a "Get Well" note on her tribe online: tribes.tribe.net/asharah

Blessings,
Naraya
Vadalna Tribal Dance Co.

Asharah Workshop March 15th!!!! (events » arts) Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 2:45 PM 195 RSVPs Vadalna Tribal Dance Co. Presents….

Pops, Locks, and Tick Tocks
Robotic and mechanical technique for tribal fusion belly dance

with
Asharah

March 15th, 2:45-5:45pm

“Pops, Locks, and Tick Tocks”
Inspired by robots, experimental electronic music, and the poppin' and lockin' B-Boys of the 70s and 80s, Asharah has integrated mechanical movements into her expressive tribal fusion performances. In this workshop, Asharah will lead students through an intense warm up and then will show students how to break down traditional bellydance movements such as vertical hip figure-8s, shoulder rolls, torso undulations, turns, and arm waves into smaller and sharper parts to give your performances a robotic and creepy edge. After drilling these movements, she'll teach a short combination that demonstrates how these movements can be used in a performance. She'll also briefly discuss concepts of electronic music, how it is created, and how to listen to the nuances of music made by machines and computers.

$55 Pre-Registration, $70 at the Door
Register at www.vadalna.com Click on the blog entitled “Asharah Workshop!!”
For more information contact: Naraya vadalna@yahoo.com

Asharah Workshop Button Fixed!!!! (events » arts) Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 2:45 PM Hey Everyone!

I was notified this morning that the PayPal button on our MySpace page wasn't working properly! EGADS!!!!!! It's been fixed and is ready and waiting for all you Asharah fans to sign up to this amazing workshop! YEA!!!

Blessings,
Naraya

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Vadalna Tribal Dance Co. Presents….

Pops, Locks, and Tick Tocks
Robotic and mechanical technique for tribal fusion belly dance

with
Asharah

March 15th, 2:45-5:45pm

“Pops, Locks, and Tick Tocks”
Inspired by robots, experimental electronic music, and the poppin' and lockin' B-Boys of the 70s and 80s, Asharah has integrated mechanical movements into her expressive tribal fusion performances. In this workshop, Asharah will lead students through an intense warm up and then will show students how to break down traditional bellydance movements such as vertical hip figure-8s, shoulder rolls, torso undulations, turns, and arm waves into smaller and sharper parts to give your performances a robotic and creepy edge. After drilling these movements, she'll teach a short combination that demonstrates how these movements can be used in a performance. She'll also briefly discuss concepts of electronic music, how it is created, and how to listen to the nuances of music made by machines and computers.

Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre
400 Harvard St.
Cambridge, MA

$55 Pre-Registration, $70 at the Door
Register at www.vadalna.com Click on the blog entitled “Asharah Workshop!!”
For more information contact: Naraya vadalna@yahoo.com

Asharah Workshop March 15th!!!! Reminder!! (events » arts) Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 2:45 PM Asharah Workshop Reminder!!!

The Workshop with Asharah is coming fast and spots are QUICKLY filling up! Sign up and reserve your space for this amazing workshop!!

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Vadalna Tribal Dance Co. Presents:

Pops, Locks, and Tick Tocks
Robotic and mechanical technique for tribal fusion belly dance

with
Asharah

March 15th, 2:45-5:45pm

Pops, Locks, and Tick Tocks
Inspired by robots, experimental electronic music, and the poppin' and lockin' B-Boys of the 70s and 80s, Asharah has integrated mechanical movements into her expressive tribal fusion performances. In this workshop, Asharah will lead students through an intense warm up and then will show students how to break down traditional bellydance movements such as vertical hip figure-8s, shoulder rolls, torso undulations, turns, and arm waves into smaller and sharper parts to give your performances a robotic and creepy edge. After drilling these movements, she'll teach a short combination that demonstrates how these movements can be used in a performance. She'll also briefly discuss concepts of electronic music, how it is created, and how to listen to the nuances of music made by machines and computers.


Where:
Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre
400 Harvard St.
Cambridge, MA

$55 Pre-Registration, $70 at the Door
Sign up at www.vadalna.com
Email Naraya for more information! vadalna@yahoo.com

Asharah Performance in Boston!!! (events » arts) Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 10:00 PM Just when we thought it couldn't get any better than a fab workshop Saturday, March 15th...

Asharah performs LIVE at Sin-O-Matic!!!!!!

Info from the Sin-O-Matic website:
Sin-O-Matic
@ Machine Night Club
254 Boylston st. Boston Ma. 02215
www.sin-o-matic.net
Doors @ 10pm 21+ $7 10-10:30pm $10 10:30 till close

We encourage creativity. Ex: fetish, latex, cyber/industrial, Goth, uniform, vinyl, schoolgirl, kinky lingerie, glam, kinky drag, ultra-formal. ABSOLUTELY no blue jeans, sneakers, or sportswear. Please feel free to change in our bathrooms at the club if you would like to.

Note: The best parking is the lot beside the mobile gas station across the street from the nightclub

For more information contact Naraya: vadalna@yahoo.com

Asharah Performance in Boston!!! (events » arts) Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 10:00 PM 209 RSVPs ust when we thought it couldn't get any better than a fab workshop Saturday, March 15th...

Asharah performs LIVE at Sin-O-Matic!!!!!!

Info from the Sin-O-Matic website:
Sin-O-Matic
@ Machine Night Club
254 Boylston st. Boston Ma. 02215
www.sin-o-matic.net
Doors @ 10pm 21+ $7 10-10:30pm $10 10:30 till close

We encourage creativity. Ex: fetish, latex, cyber/industrial, Goth, uniform, vinyl, schoolgirl, kinky lingerie, glam, kinky drag, ultra-formal. ABSOLUTELY no blue jeans, sneakers, or sportswear. Please feel free to change in our bathrooms at the club if you would like to.

Note: The best parking is the lot beside the mobile gas station across the street from the nightclub

For more information contact Naraya: vadalna@yahoo.com

Classes with Naraya Resume THIS Tuesday!!! (events » arts) Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 8:00 PM 210 RSVPs Hello Everyone!

FINALLY! IT'S COME

CLASSES RESUME THIS TUESDAY, March 18th!!!!

The "Beyond ATS" series with Naraya resumes this Tuesday with a NEW 6-week series entitled "The Slow and The Funk". Students will be learning a new choreography that highlights slow movements highlighted by moments of pops, locks, and the funk that we know oh so well...

Check it!!!

Every Tuesday 8:00-9:30pm
35 Wyman Street, Jamaica Plains, MA
www.heARTbeatcollective.org

$12 suggested donation

Hope to see you there! -N

LAST Tribal Fusion Class with Naraya is TOMORROW!!! (events » arts) Monday, April 28, 2008 - 6:00 PM 219 RSVPs Can you BELIEVE six weeks is over already?!?!

The last "Beyond ATS" class is TOMORROW, Tuesday, April 29th! Classes won't resume again until September so get yer buns on over to....

The heARTbeat Collective
35 Wyman Street
Jamaica Plain, MA
8:00-9:30pm
$12 suggested donation

:-) See you there!!! -N

Tribal ATS and Tribal Fusion Classes (events » arts) Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 7:00 PM Hey All!

Happy summer everyone!!! I've been receiving a lot of emails lately asking about tribal classes in the Boston area so I thought I'd post an early description of my upcoming fall classes. (Thanks for all the emails and posts ladies!!!) Currently Vadalna Tribal Dance Co, my troupe, is in full rehearsals and so I'm not offering classes at the moment. Classes will BEGIN Wednesday, September 10th. However, if you are interested in taking privates and/or have a small group of friends that wanna organize a dance play date, I'm all for it. Just send me a PM. Until then, happy dancing!!!!

Blessings,
Naraya
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Tribal Belly Dance with Naraya of Vadalna Tribal Dance Co.
www.vadalna.com

Wednesdays
Intermediate Level I - Tribal Fusion: 7-8pm
Beginners Level I - ATS: 8-9pm

JP School of Dance
284 Amory Street
Jamaica Plain, MA

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:

Tribal Belly Dance: Beginners Level I – American Tribal Style (ATS)
(16 week series)

Images of strength, fluidity and mystery swirl around tribal belly dancers from San Francisco to Tokyo, Japan. Drawing inspiration from folk as well as traditional or Cabaret belly dance, belly dance’s modern-dance sister, Tribal, has become one of the world’s most popular dance forms today. The term “Tribal Belly Dance” can also refer to a lot of different types of dance. In this series, students will be introduced to a foundation of tribal belly dance, American Tribal Style (ATS) as made famous by Carolena Nericcio, director of Fat Chance Belly Dance. In this class students will learn proper body alignment, basic movement technique and strengthening exercises that lie at the core of tribal belly dance’s powerful yet “ooey-gooey” movement. Additionally students will be introduced to Tribal Group Improvisation (TGI), a cornerstone of the ATS style. Every style of dance has its foundational moves, and Tribal Belly Dance, Beginners Level I endeavors to help students dive right in.


Tribal Belly Dance: Intermediate Level I – Tribal Fusion
(16 week series)

Building on the foundation of Beginners Level I and II (or equivalent experience), Tribal Belly Dance: Intermediate Level I introduces the student to the Tribal Fusion style. “Fusion” here means a sort of modern-dance equivalent of Tribal Belly Dance where elements of modern/interpretive dance, “popping”, as well as many others, begin to take on a more central role. Fusion movements will initially be introduced within the cued, improvisation tradition learned in Beginners Level I and II and then expand into independent fusion movements done to choreography.*
*Prior experience or teacher authorization required to take this level.