The Bridgewater Babes will be dancing along with lots of the other Belly Dance Amethyst dancers and some invited guests. Should be a great night.

Starts at 7 pm & tickets are $14 at the door.

The Bridgewater Babes class performing the beautiful Vashti choreography to the Majesty of Dawn at the last Bellydance Amethyst hafla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz0yQA-Zwm8

Fusion Babes

The fusion Bridgewater Babes performing Beauty Beats:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4oToU_gUzg

Welcome to the new students who joined last night: Wendy, Leanne, Carol & Ros!

The Bridgewater Babes performing at the Belly Dance Amethyst end of term hafla

The new term of Thursday night classes at Bridgewater Hall are starting this week.

Be there at 7pm to learn a new fusion choreography with veils and skirts.

Hope to see you there [read more]

Be there at 7pm on Thursday the 19th of July to start a new tribal fusion choreography with veils & skirts.

Keep the cold at bay with a choreography that blends belly dance and tribal moves with oriental and folkloric influences in a fusion piece that builds from an ethereal and haunting veil entrance to an engaging and dramatic climax.

New combinations and a focus on the dramatic quality that veils can add to your performance will give intermediate dancers a chance to refine their technique while still being a choreography that is suitable for less experienced dancers.

Thanks to Myra & everyone who helped out on the night.

And a big congratulations to the beautiful Bridgewater Babes who did a fabulous job with both of our performances last night.

Skirt dance

Fusion choreography

Velvet Caravanj

Bellydance Amethyst is having our end of term Hafla this Friday night at the Hungarian Hall.

The Bridgewater Babes will be dancing a gypsy skirt dance and a tribal fusion piece.

Come along to see the Bridgewater Babes, Velvet Caravan and all the other lovely Amethyst dancers.

Tickets are $15 at the door, drinks are available at the bar, BYO supper. Check out the Bellydance Amethyst site for more info.

I’m running two classes on Thursday nights at Bridgewater Hall.

At 7-8pm is a flamenco inspired skirt dance and at 8-9pm is a tribal fusion to Beats Antique’s Beaty Beats.

If you’ve missed the first week but you’d like to come along, why not come to both classes this week to make up the missed week and then decide which you’d rather come to for the rest of term?

Contact me if you have any queries.

And a special thanks to all the Bridgewater Babes for doing such a beautiful job with our term’s dances. You all looked wonderful!

Come along to the Astor hotel and see the students perform the choreographies from this term from 1:30.

7-8pm THURSDAY NIGHTS with Karinishka (open level – aimed at beginners+)
Majesty of Dawn – Belly dance Flamenco Fusion
This is a dramatic skirt dance choreographed by Vashti to Amaya’s beautiful Majesty of Dawn. The choreography is based on a fusion belly dance and flamenco with a dash of South American folkloric influence thrown in for good measure

8-9pm THURSDAY NIGHTS with Karinishka (open level – aimed at intermediate)
Beauty Beats – Tribal Fusion
Exploring the contrasts of tribal and belly dance moves – fast and slow, sharp and smooth, evocative and dynamic – blending tribal moves and combinations into dynamic fusion choreography to the gorgeous song Beauty Beats by Beats Antique.

10am MONDAYS
with Myra – ph 0408 115 044

Prices for the 10 week term
$90 for 1 class/week
$145 for 2 classes/week
Payments can be made through the Belly Dance Amethyst website or bring along to the first class.

The Bridgewater Babes will be performing Roustabout & Nebtidi Mnain El Hikaya. Come along at see them and all the fabulous Belly Dance Amethyst students perform.

More info: http://www.facebook.com/events/256191194466130/

If you choose to do your make up class tomorrow night you can have a taste of both choreographies and then decide which one you want to come to for the rest of the term.

7-8pm THURSDAY NIGHTS with Karinishka (open level – aimed at beginners+)
Building basic belly dance moves and combinations intro a dramatic choreography with a touch of gypsy flair. Bring along a veil and enjoy the drama of the classic Arabic song Nebtidi Mnain El Hikaya.

8-9pm THURSDAY NIGHTS with Karinishka (open level – aimed at intermediate)
A blending tribal and belly dance moves with the opportunity for some improvisation in a quirky and fun circus/burlesque fusion choreography to the hypnotic “Roustabout” by Beats Antique.

10am MONDAYS
with Myra – ph 0408 115 044

Prices for the 10 week term
$90 for 1 class/week
$145 for 2 classes/week
Payments can be made through the Belly Dance Amethyst website or bring along to the first class.

Classes have wrapped for the year and we’ve had a few bubbles to celebrate all the good times we’ve had over the year. I’ve had a great time teaching the Bridgewater classes and have loved dancing with the wonderful ladies who have shared Thursday nights with me. Can’t wait to dance with you all next year!

Karinishka & Jamileh

It was a perfect day for shimmying down the main street of Stirling yesterday – and Jamileh and I did our best to show the crowd why they should take up belly dancing and come along to the Bridgewater Belly Dance Amethyst classes.

Even Paddy the Platypus from the SES joined in the shimmying!

Drum solo

We had a fabulous time dancing at the Bagels Lunch at the Beit Shalom Synagogue.

The audience were really appreciative and it was a pleasure dancing for them. It was lovely to see quite a few of the same ladies who had been at the lunch when I danced for them a couple of years ago.

Thanks to Sue, Jamileh, Elisa, Sarita & Marlene for their fab performances.

Veil dance

The Jewels of Isis Bridgewater Babes

Finale

The kids at Linden Park Primary vacation care celebrated the end of the school holidays with a belly dance bop workshop. They had a great time and especially loved dancing with the veils.

Some of the Bridgewater Babes will be doing a nursing home performance with me tomorrow which should be great fun – for us and the residents. And then Sunday we’ll be performing along with some of the other Belly Dance Amethyst performers at the Mylor fair.

And I wanted to give a special thank you to the Beautiful Bridgewater Babes who were there to perform on the night. You all made me so proud! And I think you looked gorgeous in the masquerade masks and billowing veils. You all did a fab job!

A hen’s party for beautiful Marie was a very special event on Sunday afternoon at the Belly Dance Amethyst studio. The ladies were a lovely audience for the performance and then they dressed up and became performers themselves. After learning a few moves and learning a choreography they all got into the spirit and danced the afternoon away.

Keep Friday night the 30th of September free for the Harem show at the Hungarian Hall, Norwood.

The Thursday night class are putting the finishing touches on their choreography for the show – a beautiful floaty veil intro which morphs into an energetic drum solo.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

The class is progressing really fast…and we’ve also had quite a few members join us along the way, so next term we’re looking at holding two classes on a Thursday night.

The 7-8pm class will be a beginners/progressive beginners class focussing on basic techniques and combining them into a fun choreography. The 8-9pm class will cater to more experienced dancers (at a progressive beginners/intermediate level) and will look at other elements of bellydance, with a fusion choreography next term.

The Thursday night 7-8pm class, held at Bridgewater Hall, is open to all and is particularly aimed at beginners/progressive beginners.

This term we’re doing a drum solo choreography to Hossam Ramzy’s Halloween. Over the term, we’ll build on basic accents and techniques to learn the dynamic and dramatic drum choreography -with plenty of moves and shimmies to warm the winter nights.

If you have missed the start of term but would like to come along, contact me for information on 5 class passes and other options.

It was a great night – and fantastic to perform with the troupe for the first time!