Timetable & Workshop descriptions
Full details of our workshops are here. The timetable for the day – and below that individual workshop descriptions.
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| SATURDAY
22nd Feb 2025 |
Main Hall all day | Library 9 – 17.00 | Brockwell Room 9am – 17.00 | Meeting room |
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Saturday 9 – 11am |
Oxana £65 | Yasmina £45 | Naama
£35 Romantic Veil |
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| Saturday 11.10-13.10 | Oxana – Iraqi £65 Iraqi rhythms and choreography | Khaled £45 | Jo Wise: | Drumming class with Joelle 12 – 13.00 £20 |
| Saturday 13.20 – 15.20 | Levana + Joelle: Tabla player £50 Work with live tabla and create a solo | Katie Alyce £35 | Tevec: £35 | Bellydancers on film with Yasmina: Talk: 13.20 – 14.20 £10 |
| Saturday
15.45– 17.45
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Open stage 15.45 – 17.45
& Tabla solo competition 17.45 – 18.30 |
15.30 – 17.00
Jamilah Aziz £25 Belly Bollywood –choreography |
15.30 – 17.00
Yasmina: £30: The freedom of choreography |
Changing room for Open stage |
| GALA SHOW | TICKETS | £35 | 19.00 – 22.30 | Saturday Eve |
| SUNDAY 23rd Feb 25 | Main Hall to 14.00 | Library to 14.00 | Brockwell to 14.00 | |
| Sunday 9.30 – 11.30 | Oxana £65 Classic song: technique, interpretation and choreo | Dorte £35 | Moyra Banks | |
| Sunday 11.45 – 13.45 | Levana £45 Lyrical technique – inc veil work. Bring a silk veil | Joanne Miller £35 Shaabi Time – great moves and tracks that make you want to dance | Kay Taylor £35 Developing great combos for your choreography | |
| Sunday 14.15 – 16.15 Dance studio – 10 min walk away |
Oxana – exclusive to Oxana package holders |
Workshop Descriptions
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Saturday
Oxana: Technique and combinations: Saturday 22nd Feb 2025. 9am – 11am
This is a wonderful opportunity to study with one of Cairos top dancers. Oxana will focus on technique in this class and building some combinations to practice the technique.
Yasmina of Cairo: Interpretation of lyrics in your dance: 22nd Feb 2025. 9 – 11am
Are you unsure about how to express the lyrics successfully and authentically when performing Egyptian songs? In this workshop we will look at easy ways to relate to and express the sentiments and lyrics in a variety of different styles, when to do it and when not to, using body language, dance steps and gestures. A fun and immersive class for those who love dancing to Egyptian and other Arabic music
Naama: Romantic veil: Saturday 22nd Feb 2025. 9am – 11am
You will learn a lovely romantic choreography and improve veil techniques and tricks. You will also learn how to wear your veil in different ways to make the choreography more interesting. Bring a silk veil. Suitable for improver dancers. Those who join will also get a video tutorial to practice at home.
Oxana: Discover Iraqi. Saturday 22nd Feb 2025. 11.10am – 13.10
Oxana is known for her amazing Iraqi dance. In this class she will explain the rhythms and put together a piece of choreography demonstrating how they are used.
Khaled Mahmoud: Baladi. Saturday 22nd Feb 2025. 11.10am – 13.10
Khaled is going to share his own unique style of baladi. Playful yet grounded. Khaled will breakdown technique and teach a piece of choreography to one of his favourite pieces of baladi music.
Josephine Wise: The Art of Taksim. Saturday 22nd Feb 2024. 11.10 – 13.10
Use your most gorgeous, sensual moves to create a mesmerising dance to solo instruments such as the nai, violin and khanun. Jo gives you options for structure while making the most of your natural dance flow. Be prepared to fall in love!
Drum with Joelle. Saturday 22/2/25. 12 – 13.00
Do you play the tabla? Or the duff?
As a dancer it can be really useful to access the rhythms through playing them as well as dancing to them. Joelle is a master percussionist who brings out the best in her students
Levana and Joelle: Tabla solos: Saturday 22nd Feb 2025. 13.20 – 15.20
Levana of the ‘Etoiles d’Orient’ festival in Mallorca teams up with master percussionist Joelle Barker to create amazing tabla solos.
You will work with live tabla and look at the dynamics of what makes a show stopping tabla solo.
Katie Alyce: Oriental choreography: Saturday 22nd Feb 2025. 13.20 – 15.20
Katie Alyce is renowned for her intricate and beautiful choreography. Here she will teach an oriental choreography – bring a veil. Expect some great technique, floor patterns, fabulous veil work and effective use of space …..
Tevec: Dynamic Arms and Hips: Saturday 22nd Feb 2025. 13.20 – 15.20
Technique and Combinations to express feeling and captivate your audience. Tevec is an inspiring teacher and joining us for the first time at Fantasia. Lots here to take away and use in your dance.
Yasmina of Cairo: Bellydancers on Film: Saturday 22nd Feb 2025. 13.20 – 14.20
Are you interested to learn more about the role of professional dancers in Egyptian society? Yasmina shows how watching a variety of movies starring dancers through the history of Arab cinema can enlighten and explain. This is a talk not a dance class.
Jamilah Aziz: Belly Bollywood: Saturday 22nd February 2025. 15.30 – 17.00
In this festival’s workshop, Jamilah will be teaching an energetic Bollywood-style Belly Dance. Jamilah encourages everyone to step out of their comfort zones and try new dance styles, exploring the limitless joy and charm that dance offers.
Yasmina of Cairo: The freedom of choreography: Saturday 22nd February 2025: 15.30 – 17.00
There are multiple ways to express the same music! Yasmina leads you through different interpretations of popular music extracts. Lots of ideas and food for thought.
Sunday
Oxana: Classic Egyptian song: Sunday 23rd Feb 2025. 9.30am – 11.30am
This is a wonderful opportunity to study with one of Cairos top dancers. Oxana will work with a classic song and how to interpret it. This class will include technique and choreography to this music.
Dorte / Ishtar: Jazz up your dance: Sunday 23rd Feb 2025. 9.30am – 11.30am
Jazz up and light up your Bellydance. Broadway meets bellydance in this workshop where we’ll infuse bellydance with some of the best moves, combinations and techniques from Jazz, Modern and Theatrical dance styles.
Moyra Banks: The Power of Saidi: Sunday 23rd Feb 2025. 9.30 – 11.30am
Moyra looks at the roots of ‘Tahtib’, how it has been adapted to stage and embraced by dancers everywhere. From the tahtib competitions which are a part of the cultural roots of saidi dance in Upper Egypt. Follow its journey to Reda style folklore and into cabaret settings. Music, technique and combinations to illustrate. Bring a straight stick.
Levana: Lyrical Technique: Sunday 23rd Feb 2025. 11.45 – 13.45
Join Levana to develop your flow and musicality. Levana looks at technique to create a beautiful flow to lyrical music. This includes veil work. Bring a silk veil to class if possible.
Joanne Miller: Shaabi Time: Sunday 23rd Feb 2025. 11.45 – 13.45
Joanne shares some funky shaabi moves and puts them in to a piece of choreography. This will be great fun ….. but with lots of content to take away. If you want to add to your shaabi repertoire, this is for you.
Kay Taylor: Developing great combinations: Sunday 23rd Feb 2025. 11.45 – 13.45
Take a simple combination and explore how to develop it. Take it to a new level and look at how it can be incorporated into different styles of choreography. Useful techniques and ideas to take away and use yourself.
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Access all of Oxanas workshops PLUS an exclusive 2 hour workshop limited to package holders. Subject to be confirmed. You will vote on it in December to agree the content.
This also includes access to the open stage plus priority performance slot on the open stage for those that want (subject to availability) and a Gala show ticket.
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