Soo.. January 2012 has already come and gone.. woosh! :) While we are experiencing our first bouts of winter this year (snow! frost!) I am keeping warm, working out and preparing new classes and dances for a few more fun dance events coming up this month!
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| Snow in Eschweiler city |
First of all: Tomorrow I'll be teaching
weekly classes in Würselen again, with a new beginners course and rehearsals with our advanced group Jahanára for an upcoming show in Aachen (see below) we'll have 2 more classes of season 1 (9 and 16 Feburary) and then season 2 will begin starting Feb 23rd, with our regular beginner/beginnerII at 18:30, drills&conditioning at 19:30 and intermediate/advanced at 20:30 on Thursday nights. Looking forward to it! (
Enrollments now open!)
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| Bellydance classes in Würselen |
This weekend I'll be teaching a
workshop 'Bellybreak - drum solo techniques' (scroll down the page) at
Yamila's yearly
Bellydance Festival in Heerlen, NL as well as performing solos in the Saturday evening show AND the Sunday early afternoon in the theatre :) There are still some
last-minute tickets available for both the workshops and the shows, so hope to see you all there!
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| Bellydance Festival Heerlen, NL |
Next week on
Friday, Feb 17th we'll have a new
Masterclass series with Khalida! There are a few spots available for the coming dates, so
let me know if you'd like to join! Masterclasses are accessible for intermediate to advanced/professional students L2/3-5)
Topics can be chosen beforehand and sent in by
email and there is the option to demonstrate/work on your solo/group dances as well if desired.
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| Masterclass dates 2012 - can be booked separately! |
At the end of the month (Sat, Feb 25th) I will be dancing together with the ladies of Jahanára, our advanced student group in Würselen during the afternoon show of
Karima's Gala Oriental in Aachen.
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| Gala Oriental Aachen, DE |
In the evening I will be dancing a Melaya/Iskanderany duet with the Fabulous
Magdy El Leisy and an Oriental solo, along with many other stars of the orient! Tickets are almost sold out, so be sure to
reserve a spot if you still want to join!
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| Dance group Jahanára |
In other news: We've been featured! Yay! There's a lovely review of our
instructional DVD's by Barbara of Belgium in the current edition of UK's
Mosaic Magazine as well as an extended interview/article and a (shared) front-page piccie :) AND ALSO: I just found I'm the subject of this lovely feature link:
http://www.pennyforyourshimmy.com/2012/02/international-dancer-feature.html Thank you Barbara and Tiffany!
What's up for next month? I'll be cheering on some fabulous dancers at the
Benelux Bellydance Championships on Sunday March 4th in Deurne, NL.
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| Benelux Bellydance Championships, Deurne, NL |
March 9-11th 2012 I will be traveling (road trip!) with the beautiful
Queenie Dance from Belgium to teach and dance at
Shimmy By the Sea (we've sold out in 3 days, woohoo!)
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| Queenie and Khalida |
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| Shimmy by the Sea, UK |
Saturday, March 24th I'll be teaching 2 lovely workshops (veildance 'Kemal' and drumsolo 'Habla Tabla') in
Goes, NL on Saturday, March 24th (thank you Nashwa!)
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| Workshops Veildance (Kemal) and Drumsolo (Habla Tabla) in Goes, NL |
On Sunday, March 25th, for the first time in Würselen, I'll be hosting our very own Tribal Fusion Queen
Amirah (TF BellyDancer of the World winner 2010) of Belgium for 3 fabulous new workshops. Not to be missed!
Enrollments now open!
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| Workshops Amirah, 25 March in Würselen, DE |
Pwew :) Next to that: We'll still have
weekly classes (ongoing!) on Thursdays and another
Masterclass with Khalida in Würselen on Friday, March 30th.
Happy February/March and hope to see you soon! <3
xx Khalida
www.khalida.biz
www.khalidashop.com
