Omana's Kitimat Workshops

It was lovely to spend the day dancing with you all at the Riverlodge in Kitimat. It was a pleasure to work with such a wonderful group of women. In addition to learning the dance moves quickly, you all danced your hearts out. I appreciate your enthusiasm and your determination.

Drum Solo Workshop

You all did a wonderful job learning the drum solo choreography (to the song "Drum On" by Ali Darwish). Here is a video of me dancing to the entire song. This video will be a great reference for you while you master the dance on your own.

When you are working on this dance, don't be afraid to colour outside the lines; you don't have to perform the dance exactly as I do it on the video. In fact, I strongly encourage you to alter the dance to make it your own. If certain moves just doesn't look or feel right to you, then you should change them. Use my choreography as a starting place and then make the dance your own.

Wings of Isis Workshop

So now you know what it is like to fly...in my opinion, there is nothing that compares to the beauty of wing dancing (of course I am absolutely biased). It was so great to watch you all spread your wings and dance.

I am going to make a video of the dance ("Harem" by R.E.G. Project) that I taught you in the wings class. It will not be available until late June. I will video the dance when some of the members of my Hipnosis Bellydance Troupe and I perform at our big year end show on Friday 13th in June. The video will be available on this page by the end of the third week in June.

If you would like to see the dance performed live, then you should come to our show. The show is called "Poetry in Motion." It will take place at the Della Herman Theatre in Smithers. Contact me if you would like to order tickets. The show will most likely sell out, so if you would like to go you should get your tickets well in advance.

I do have wing dance video of me dancing to another song that I can share with you right now. The video is of me dancing to a choreography that I made to the song "Butterfly." The dance is on youtube. Click here to view the wing dance.

Sincerely,

Omana