Nouveau
Noir Dance
- April 26th, 2008 in NYC
-
2 hour workshop with Tempest
Workshop Description: - Tempest's area of specialty within the
realm of Gothic Bellydance is "Nouveau Noir" - dance pieces
that reflect the art and society of the early 1900's, pulling from silent
films, vaudeville-Denishawn style, art nouveau, art deco, and the Oriental
craze. Students will learn accents and combinations that capture the elegant
form, fluid movement, and dramatic stylings of these eras, while being
taught in a format that will enable them to absorb what they learn into
their own personal choreography.
TUITION: $45 cash at door after if space allows.
TO REGISTER:email to confirm your
space
DATE
& TIME: Saturday, April 26th, 2008, 12-2pm
STUDIO DETAILS: 440
Studios, 440 Lafayette, NYC, studio 3A (located on the third floor),
website
Make a day/weekend out of it, and attend the
Venus Uprising "Cult of Myth" show either Friday or Saturday
night!
About Tempest, Your Instructor
Tempest is an artist, designer, dancer, and writer recently relocated from Bay Area of California to the Jersey Shore. Although she enjoys studying what tradition has to offer, Tempest loves exploring the dance through unusual music and creative costuming, pulling on her visual arts background to "paint a picture" with the dance; engaging the audience through dramatic embodied storytelling, passionate expression, and sensuous, mesmerizing movement.
She finds inspiration for her dances in many eras, places, and faces, from ancient cultures and spiritual myths worldwide, to the work of silent film star and original vamp Theda Bara, and turn-of-the-century dance goddess Ruth St. Denis. She is most well-known for her Gothic Belly Dance performances and instruction, and is featured on the first ever GBD performance DVD produced by WorldDanceNewYork entitled "The Darker Side of Fusion", it's sequel "Gothic Belly Dance: Revelations", and Hollywood Music Center's "Bellydance Underworld". She also has an instructional DVD geared towards the alternatively-minded entitled "Bellydance for Beautiful Freaks" produced by WorldDanceNewYork.
-Med’Devi Ink (art, design, the original corset belt...) www.meddevi.com
-Tempest’s Nouveau Noir Dance: www.darklydramatic.com
-The Gothic Bellydance Resource: www.gothicbellydance.com