Belly Dance Classes in Naperville Aurora Plainfield Oswego IL » Gallery http://www.raksanna.com Learn to belly dance, the art of Oriental dance, raks sharqi, raqs sharki, folkloric dance, tribal, bellydance, fusion, how to become a bellydancer with Raksanna, international award-winning instructor, choreographer and performer. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:21:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Raksanna and the Desert Flames http://www.raksanna.com/portfolio/raksanna-and-the-desert-flames/ http://www.raksanna.com/portfolio/raksanna-and-the-desert-flames/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:32:55 +0000 rp-admin http://www.raksanna.com/?p=848

Raksanna, is pleased to present the Desert Flames, her professional competition team under her artistic direction. Raksanna and the Desert Flames are available for performances at a variety of venues. Please call for more details or find our page on Facebook!

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]]> http://www.raksanna.com/portfolio/raksanna-and-the-desert-flames/feed/ 0 The Value of Guest Artists http://www.raksanna.com/blog/the-value-of-guest-artists/ http://www.raksanna.com/blog/the-value-of-guest-artists/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:23:45 +0000 rp-admin http://www.raksanna.com/?p=626  

 
 
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Raksanna - Photo by David Gore

Why is it important to sponsor guest artists, such as my upcoming April Shimmies ™ featuring Amani Jabril of Atlanta? From my perspective, it is important for several reasons:

—  Students who are not able to travel across the country (and world, in many cases) have the opportunity to learn new perspectives and techniques from credible sources they may not otherwise be able to.

—  Workshops can often times include haflas or dance parties that give dancers the chance to perform and showcase what they’ve been working on.

—  It’s great to build a network of fellow dancers who share a common goal and shared values!

These reasons, among others, are why I’m sponsoring Amani Jabril of Atlanta, GA for a workshop and show on Saturday, April 17. This event is going to be really spectacular. I’ve asked Amani to teach two workshops: one focused on Oriental Technique and Patterns that can be used by students to either train or to use in their own original choreographies and the second one focused on both technique and choreography for Khaleegy style. Khaleegy dance is from the Gulf area of the Middle East and Amani is going to teach both the Saudi and Iraqi style, as well as a fun dance routine.

Directly following the workshop, there will be a fun halfa (dance party) at Rito’s Mexican Restaurant at 3450 Montgomery Road in Aurora. The doors open at 8:00 pm and the show starts at 8:30 pm. I’m very excited that the show is featuring my new students as well as up and coming local talent, my two troupes (Alif Ba and Raksanna and the Desert Flames) and, of course, Amani and me.

Registration is taking place now for the workshops and tickets for the show are also on sales! Please visit the store to register or buy tickets! ]]> http://www.raksanna.com/blog/the-value-of-guest-artists/feed/ 1