BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:32636@arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20240420T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20240421T140000 DTSTAMP:20240408T024921Z URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/nolaamazigh-dance-workshops-with-am el-tafsout/ SUMMARY:NOLA'Amazigh: Dance Workshops with Amel Tafsout DESCRIPTION:New Orleans\, LA.\n\nSaturday\, April 20\n\n10am-Noon\n\nDANCES OF MOROCCO: MOROCCAN CHAABI/SHAABI &\; HOUARA\n\nMorocco is home to va rious types of dances. Music and dance are an integral part of the society . The dance is related to indigenous Amazigh people and their heritage.\n\ nChaabi\, meaning "folk"\, refers to different music genres in North Af rica such as Algerian Chaabi\, Moroccan chaabi and Egyptian Chaabi.  Chaabi music is frequently found in weddings and is associated with f estivals. The use of popular language and the creation of new rhythms have made this style an essential complement to the dance. Chaabi music is f or the people\, but it has been made more popular by the Chikhat who fem ale professional dancers and singers are performing together in cities and villages at various festivities. This dance style focuses on slow then fa st and energetic isolated hips\, quick and sharp body movements\, pelvic u ndulations\, belly drops\, shimmies along with more graceful\, flowing han d movements inspired by string sections in the music and rotations of the head that let the dancer’s long hair flow freely. There is a possibility to see men performing the Chaabi dance style\, dressed as women but hid ing their faces in public spaces such as Djama’ El Fna in Marrakech.\n\n Join Amel for an invigorating exploration into the Chaabi dance style. C ome and be ready to sweat!\n\nVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSl s-_svngg\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA2yQKU9BgY\n\nhttps://www.you tube.com/watch?v=BZ9YnLAp_H0\n\nHouara\n\nA lively community dance of the Houara tribe\, from Inezgane and Taroundant\, South of Agadir\, the Houara incorporates singing\, footwork\, flamenco like barrel turns\, “vuelta que bradas” and jumping. The houara dance is a mixed gender folk dance \, but the performance troupe includes several men and only one woman. All dancers form a tightly packed circle and take turns coming into the middl e to show off intricately choreographed routines. One man may come into th e circle alone. As the tempo speeds up\, the woman rushes into the center of the circle to end the dance. The houara has traditionally been used a s a spiritual folk dance by Amazigh tribes. When the rhythm reaches its pe ak\, the woman rushes to the center. There follows a whirling dance of gre at power. Uncommon physical strength is required to keep up the rhythm and do such elaborate steps. The dance is without doubt one of the most spect acular in Moroccan folklore and arouses the enthusiasm of the audience.\n\ nVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNBkBmFL8Lo\n\nhttps://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=RrOhXGmBhUE&\;t=433s\n\n1-3pm\n\nAMAZIGH SHIMMIES: DANCE OF HE KABYL PEOPLE:\n\nThis fertility dance comes from the North-Eastern Algerian Mountains of the ‘Kabylie’ and is performed with a long scarf while the dancer is doing very small and fast hip movements. The shimmy a nd the trembling movements are related to pregnancy and fertility because they help the woman to give birth without too much pain. It is a very eart hy and proud dance. Traditional Berber dances are mostly ritual in nature. The dance is both a public and personal expression\, rich in symbolic dim ensions that deal with subjects such as the fertility of Mother Earth\, th e rites of marriage and birth\, and the communication between the earthly and the Divine. The Kabyle Berber dances are drawn from this rich colorful dance tradition that has been sustained by the unveiled\, earthy\, powerf ul\, and proud women of Kabylia.\n\nVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=b09bG3DygUA\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Edib01sESM\n\n7pm-10pm Hafla ($10 at the door)\n\nDance party potluck with social dancing\, drumm ing\, and short casual performances.\n\nSunday\, April 21\n\n11am-2pm\n\nD ANCE AS HEALING RITUAL: GUEDRA\n\nThis will be a ritual and spiritual topi c. This workshop will include chanting and sound healing along with a focu s on the Guedra. Guedra is a traditional circle dance that belongs to the Blue People of the Tuareg Amazigh\, from Mauritania into Morocco and Alger ia. Only women take part in the dance\, and they usually wear loose blue r obes and festive headdresses decorated with cowrie shells. To perform Gued ra\, the women start singing and clapping\, and one woman moves into the m iddle to perform a solo. The soloist starts her dance covered in a veil th at is gradually removed as she moves her hands and shoulders in sharp\, qu ick movements. The dance ends when the solo dancer throws off the veil and collapses on her back. For the Blue People\, Guedra is a ritual which aim is to envelop all present with “good energy”\, peace and spiritual lo ve transmitted from the depths of the Guedra’s soul via her fingers and hands.\n\nVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoFrm_kaRIw\n\nhttps:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y28VkeCrwio\n\nAll dance workshops take place at C rescent Lotus Dance Studio in New Orleans. Class sizes will be limited to 20 participants.\n\nAmel will be presenting lectures around New Orleans in the days leading up to the workshops. A hafla and/or short performance ar e in the works. Stay tuned. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2 024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-07-at-10.47.48-PM.png CATEGORIES:Arab American,Community,culture LOCATION:Crescent Lotus Dance Studio\, 3143 Calhoun Street\, New Orleans\, LA\, United States GEO:29.947275;-90.113047 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=3143 Calhoun Street\, New O rleans\, LA\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Crescent Lotus Danc e Studio:geo:29.947275,-90.113047 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR