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#Repost @serpentinestudios ・・・ How fabulous did the #uberwench ladies look last night!? Try classic or ATS (shown here) Bellydance with Elinor in the new session, starting tomorrow! Visit our website for all the details. . . . . #serpentinestudios #bellydance #ats #americantibalstylebellydance #halifax #danceclass #danceeveryday #halifax #northendhfx #novascotia #bellydancers (at Serpentine Studios)
I have found my true life calling - I am a Valkyrie! Thank you to @bluelobsterburlesque for inviting @uberwenchbellydance to perform with you! We had a great time and felt like epic badasses. Thank you also to @seymoursnap for the equally epic photos! 💋 . . . #bellydance #bellydancecostume #valkyrie #servingvalkyrierealness #uberwench #uberwenchbellydance (at The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9DgF2tHG1a/?igshid=1uru58lk1jy47
The UberWench Tribal tank tops are ready! $40 CAD, cash or email money transfer only. Any shipping costs are extra. These are super soft and comfy! #uberwench #uberwenchtribal #uberwenchtribalbellydance #bellydance #ats #tribalbellydance
Teaching another dance class in my @sockdreams rainbow socks!!! Free international shipping right now, my fellow Canadian peeps! #socks #socksareawesome #bellydance #bellydancer #UberWench
uberwench replied to your photo “Scruffy Saturday librarian.”
I'm a pretty scruffy-looking Saturday Librarian today, too!
*high five*
Wednesday's Workout: ATS 2
Belly dance class was a lot of fun! I really missed dance, and I've missed @uberwench's classes. It's been a while since I took her class, and even longer since I took a class in ATS. I liked ATS well enough the last time I studied it, but I liked it a lot more last night. It was also super cool to see a former dance buddy classmate, who has switched to the studio as well (the last time we took a class together was probably Scarlet Spark's first session at the rec centre).
Seems to me that these days, I have a lot of followers that are from more of a fitness background, so I better explain what ATS is. From wikipedia:
American Tribal Style Belly Dance or Tribal Style Belly Dance (also known as ATS or Tribal) is a modern style of bellydance created by FatChanceBellyDance director, Carolena Nericcio.[1] American Tribal Style Belly Dance is clearly defined and documented with the primary characteristic being that of group improvisation. Tribal is generally performed in a group, often at community events such as festivals and parades, with tribal dancers typically favoring a look provided by wide-legged pants gathered at the ankles (aka pantaloons), tops known as cholis and full skirts.
(Image shows a picture of Halifax's American Tribal Style belly dance troupe, Uberwench Tribal)
ATS arm posture sure is hard. With my sore arms from heavy combat, I did my best to keep my elbows up and my fingers pretty. Elinor took us through a belly dance warmup/review where we learned some cues, and then we worked on moves from the ghawazee move family (ghawazees, ghawazee accents, and ghawazee accents with a turn).
I'm just so happy to be back in a dance class. In September, I couldn't fund everything I wanted to do, so I didn't do any of it, and I don't think that was very wise. I had wanted to do belly dance and ballet. I think what I've figured out is that I can't really dedicate the time I'd like to ballet to get good at it (in part because I just really don't have adequate space to practice at home), where I have better resources to take belly dance classes and work at home as well (my spare room isn't great, but it'll do). I think ATS will help me with fitness instruction cues (specifically, timing of cues) and it'll be a little easier on the brain that I won't have to memorize choreography for this class. The improv aspect of ATS is pretty fun, and I'll get choreography on Saturdays in an Egyptian class (AND I have Shimmy Mob choreography to learn, too). I really enjoy being a dance student, and I think the group and improv dynamics of this class will help me to train like a super hero (which, frankly, is currently the theme of my blog!)
Today's Workout: Gotta finalize my class for the figure skaters (we go back to off ice on Friday!). I also have to do my resistance workout, and should work on Shimmy Mob choreography.
PS I'm in this one, pink pants, yellow hip scarf :O
VERY excited to go back to be back in belly dance classes this week! :D
Back to this wonderful lady's class today! Missed @uberwench's classes!
