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CLASSES TAUGHT BY ARTEMIS at Studio Artemis

iI continue to teach classes, workshops and intensives in my home studio in Maryland on numerous topics and this year includes: Stage Craft, American Cabaret, the 5 day Totally Turkish Oriental and Romany Intensives and the yearly Turkish follow ups (with lots of new Turkish material) and other workshop topics such as taksim, beautiful arms and hands, the history of Belly dance and much more. I will team teach with June Seeney from Ithaca, New York and we will teach a weekend workshop on Romany dance, music and culture throughout the world, plus Turkish Romany dance and June will teach Russian Romany dance and Balkan Cocek Romany dance. Miasia is teaching at my studio on Wednesday nights and at Joy of Motion! Click here for her information www.Miasia.org. For classes, private lessons, and studio rental please register directly with me. Always check the website for last minute changes and note the inclement weather policy is that if the Montgomery County schools are closed, the studio is automatically closed (and please mind the parking rules).

My classes are on Mondays for the mixed level class which is from 7:30 - 8:30 and on Thursdays 7:30 – 9:00 for an advanced class. There is no class at Studio Artemis on May 28, June 4, 11, 18, 25, September 3, December 24 and December 31 of 2012. I offer private lessons by appointment only at Studio Artemis and I charge $70 an hour. Feel free to call or email to set up an appointment. The fee for private lessons out of town is determined on an individual basis.

You can rent Studio Artemis for rehearsal space or for teaching SMALL groups (remember parking is limited). The price is approximately $25 an hour by appointment only. This private studio has beautiful sprung wooden floors, big mirrors, CD, I-pod and cassette capability, a DVD and video player, central AC and heat, spring water and a private bathroom.

WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS BY ARTEMIS AND FRIENDS

February 10 - 12, POSTPONED FOR A FUTURE DATE Artemis, Miasia and Yasmin Henkesh will offer a weekend of miniworkshops, a history lecture, a movie night and a Swap Meet

February 24, Miasia will perform as part of the Ooh La La Belly Dance and Sideshow Revue at Montserrat House, 2016 9th Street NW in Washington, DC 20001. Doors at 8, Show at 9pm, www.miasia.org or www.montserrathouse.com for details.

February 12, Please join Devra Giles at the Grand Opening for the Creative Sanctuary Studio from 2:00 – 5:00 in downtown, historic Havre de Grace, Maryland. This wonderful studio and boutique will support classes in all types of art: painting, sewing, drumming, dance, yoga, the healing and spiritual arts and much more. This lovely community is a fun place to visit, with beautiful antiques, old buildings, casual and fine dining, a nature walk by the water, parks and boating…and now there is a brand new art studio that honors all forms of wellness and art. The location is: 114 North Washington Street, Havre de Grace, Maryland, 21078. Telephone is: (410) 937-0024. Website is cshdg.com

February 16 – 19, The Second Annual Viva La Difference Weekend Workshop Intensive: A Compare and Contrast between Turkish and Egyptian Dance Intensive, Part I, at Serpentine Studio in Bethesda, Maryland. Discover the differences and similarities between these two branches of the Middle Eastern Dance tree. Learn from two well-known master teachers and historians. Artemis and Yasmin Henkesh will teach together in one exciting week-end. Thursday 8:00 PM through Sunday Feb 20th 4:00. The 4 day workshop includes over 20 hours of instruction and the classes are on the following subjects: history lectures and movie night (unavailable footage from private collections), Ghawazee versus Turkish Romany, Finger cymbals: zills versus sagat, Rhythms: Shared and separate, Veil: Egyptian entrance versus veil dancing, Hipwork: Turkish hip and pelvic articulations versus Egyptian styling, shimmies and steps. We will have an informal in house hafla. For information, go to www.serpentine.org or yasmin@serpentine.org

March 3 – 4, Alessandra Belloni will teach sacred dance in the Tarentella and Southern Italian traditions, some of which dates back to the ancient Dionysian cults. The location is Studio Artemis in Maryland. Classes will be from 2:00 to 6:00 on Saturday and Sunday. The topics for Saturday will be Tammorriata (a couple dance related to Cybele and the Black Madonna) and The Ritmo e Danza di San Rocco (a spinning dance from the Middle Ages followed by a chant). The topics for Sunday are The Pizzica Tarantata (a circle dance in the 6/8 time signature done to combat the mythical bite of the tarantula) and the Tarantella de 600 (an energetic folk dance from the Renaissance period). Please wear white. Cost is $80 per day. Contact Artemis at artemisdances@yahoo.com to register.

March 10 – 11 Princess Ferhana will teach 3 two hour workshops on Taksim, Abdominal articulations and Oriental Noire, all sponsored by Belladonna. Princess, Belladonna and Artemis will perform in Belladonna’s recital in Washington, DC. Contact Belladonna at belladonnafusion.com for details and locations.

March 17, Artemis will teach and perform in Dallas. Contact Dee Dee Assad at: www.littleegypt.com

March 31, Artemis will teach and perform in Iowa. Contact: Rebecca Harless at harlessr@wdmcs.org

April 19 – 22, Artemis, Aegela, Helena Vlahos and Kweilin Nassar will teach and perform in Pittsburgh. Contact: legendsofraq@gmail.com or http://www.legendsofraq.us

April 28 – 29, Artemis will teach and perform in Detroit, Michigan. Contact: Krisztina at www.Czigany-Dance.com

May 2 – 6, Join Ozgen and Reyhan in Turkey for the Hidrellez Romany Celebration. For information, go to: www.orientalistanbul.org/hidrellez.html

May 18 – 20, Artemis will teach in New Hampshire and Rutland, Vermont. Contact: Shelby Jones shelbymjones@me.com for Vermont and Gina at Gina@GinaDances.com for New Hampshire events.

May 25 – May 28, The 9th Annual Folk Tours Middle Eastern Camp for Dancers and Musicians in New Jersey, featuring world class dance and music. Thus far the teachers and performers will be Nourhan Sharif, Asharah (Ca), Zenaide, Aszmara, Blanca, Ayshe, Alexia (NJ), Ibrahim Tunc, Tayyar Akdeniz, Souren Baronian, Ali Kahya, Sami Abu Shumays, Rachid Halihal, Seido Salifoski, Mike Uzatmaciyan, Ossama Farouk, Umut Yasmut and Soner Cicek. Contact www.folktours.com

June 1 – 17, Artemis will teach in Japan. Dates are: June 1 – 3 for Osaka, June 9 – 12 for Tokyo, and 15 – 17 for Sapporo. Contact: shahmerandance@yahoo.com.tr for Osaka and http://izumiorientaldance.com for Tokyo and Sapporo for information

June 23, Artemis and Yasmin Henkesh will teach sacred dance in Bethesda, MD at Serpentine Studio. Subjects will include Zar, ancient dances of Greece, Crete, Egypt and liturgical dance. Times are 4:00 - 10 PM (one hour break for dinner, bring your own). Cost is $80 early bird and $100 full price. Register with Yasmin at www.serpentine.org

June 29 – July 1, Artemis and June Seeney from Ithica, New York will teach one special weekend workshop on Romany dance, music and culture throughout the world including lecture and DVD footage, plus classes in Turkish Romany dance and June will teach Russian Romany dance and Balkan Cocek Romany dance. Location is Studio Artemis, Maryland. Contact Artemis for information: artemisdances@yahoo.com.

July 13, 14 and 15, Artemis will teach two workshops at Studio Artemis, Maryland. One is stagecraft and the other one is American Cabaret aka Vintage Orientale. The Stagecraft Workshop is Friday 7:00 – 10:00 and Saturday 12:00 - 7:30 (with a 1/2 hour break). Regardless of your style of dance, this workshop is perfect for every performer. Subjects will include: commanding your space, smooth transitions, keeping it interesting, accessing your vocabulary in the heat of the moment, deciding when to use which step, how to analyze a song, understanding the music, floor patterns, dancing for the camera, dealing with distractions, beautiful arms and hands, where the 8s are and improvisational skills. The cost will be $180. The Sunday workshop is from 12:00 – 4:00 and the subject is American Cabaret AKA Vintage Orientale. This is the exciting dance that made America fall in love with belly dance and it is making a big comeback. “Vintage Orientale” is a more accurate name for this vivacious and legitimate style of belly dance. It is commonly referred to as "American Cabaret" but there is very little about it that is American except for the pazzazz and some of the dramatic elements. It is made up of Middle Eastern dances and combines Pan Arabic and Turkish techniques to many different forms of Arabic, Turkish and Greek music. It includes a 5 to 8 part show, many props, extended veil work, floor work, audience participation and more. This workshop will teach you about the history of Vintage Orientale dance and the multi part show concept, the elements of a typical show, lots of steps that typify this style of dance and some great video footage. Cost is $80. Contact Artemis at artemisdances@yahoo.com to sign up for either or both workshops.

July 15 – 22, join Eva Cernik and Rachid Halihal and other wonderful teachers at their week long music and dance camp in Colorado. Contact evacernik@earthlink.com

July 15, Yasmin will perform with Darbuka Dawg at the New Deal Café in Maryland. Go to: www.serpentine.org or yasmin@serpentine.org

July 22, Yasmin will teach Sagat Speak, a finger cymbal workshop at Serpentine Studio in Bethesda, Maryland. Go to: www.serpenine.org for information or yasmin@serpentine.org

July 27 – 29, Artemiswill teach in Fairbanks, Alaska. Details are pending.

August 1 – 5, Artemis will teach her 5 day Totally Turkish Intensive on Turkish Oriental dance and Turkish Romany (Gypsy) dance at Studio Artemis in Maryland, Contact Artemis at artemisdances@yahoo.com

August 11, Artemis and some of her advanced students will perform at Mosaic Café in Maryland. www.mosaiccafe.net

August 20 – 27, Alessandra Belloni, will teach a wonderful sacred dance workshop in Tuscany Italy. Rhythm is the Cure is a 7-day intensive healing workshop featuring Southern Italian ritual dances used as music and dance therapy for centuries throughout the Mediterranean. Contact: ABelloni@aol.com or Tuscanyworkshop@aol.com

Aug 24 – 26, Amel Tafsout will teach for Latifa in Maryland. Contact: Latifa at latifa@bintbeled.com

Sept 7 - 9, Artemis will teach in Chicago at Hipstastic. Contact Christina King at haflagirl@gmail.com

September 16, Artemis and Miasia will hold our 18th Annual Student Recital and swap meet for students of Artemis and Miasia at Mem Sahib Restaurant in Rockville, Maryland. Join Artemis and many of her students (past and present) in performances. Doors open at 12:30 or later, show starts at 1:00. Cost is $16 for the show and a lunch buffet. Call the restaurant for reservations (not Artemis). Their number is (301) 468-0098. Contact Artemis at artemisdances@yahoo.com for details.

September 23, Artemis will teach workshops and we will have a Hafla show and an Artemis Reunion for all of Artemis’ students past and present at Devra Giles’ Creative Sanctuary in Havre de Grace, Maryland. Artemis will teach intro to Turkish Oriental dance from 12:00 – 2:00, Turkish Romany (Gypsy) dance from 3:00 – 5:00, the show will be at 6:30 and the reunion party will be at 8:00.  The location is: 114 North Washington Street, Havre de Grace, Maryland, 21078. Telephone is: (410) 937-0024. Website is cshdg.com. To register, for class or get tickets to the show, please contact Devra Giles through the website

Sept 28 – 30, Artemis will teach and perform in Miami for Kira and Kareen. Contact: www.kismetdancers.net

October 5 - 7, Artemis and Yasmin Henkesh will teach Viva La Difference Part II which compares and contrasts Egyptian and Turkish dance at Serpentine Studio in Bethesda, Maryland. For information contact Yasmin at www.serpenine.org or yasmin@serpentine.org

October 5 – 6, Chelydra will present Beach Blanket Beledi in Nags Head, North Carolina. Featuring Riskallah Riyad and Chelydra and other. Go to www.chelydra.com for details.

October 25 – 28, Artemis and June Seeney will teach in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Go to www.bellydanceamina.com for information.

November, Artemis will teach in England:
November 3 – 4, contact Kay Taylor aka Farida at faridadance@mac.com in England
Nov 10 -11, contact Beverly at www.qamar14dance.co.uk in Leeds, England
November 17 – 18, contact Catherine Bartholomew at cat@sevenveils.co.uk and Rachael Borek at president@omeds.org.uk in England (details pending)
Nov 24 - 25, contact Sacha Tremains at www.sachabellydance.co.uk in England

December 7 – 9, Artemis will teach her annual Totally Turkish Follow Up which is open to all people who have completed her Totally Turkish 5 day intensive at Studio Artemis, Maryland

Workshops and Events pending in 2012

Aegela and Artemis will teach and perform in a Turkish and Egyptian Intensive in Ohio. www.aegela.com

Artemis will teach and perform in Greenville, North Carolina. Contact: Nahla Hamad at christie0928@suddenlink.net

Mae Tina de Souza will teach some sacred dance weekend workshops in 2012 in Maryland. Details are pending. Contact: puis-dc@hotmail.com

Ozgen will teach in the US for a month long tour. He will do a mid week workshop at Studio Artemis in Maryland. Contact Artemis at artemisdances@yahoo.com for the Maryland workshop and go to www.ozgen.co.uk for details about other places.

Calendar for 2013

January 3 – 6, Artemis will teach and perform at Third Coast Tribal in Dallas. Contact: www.3rdcoasttribal.us

April 5 - 10 Artemis and many other performers, many of whom are Roma people, will gather together for an amazing educational and entertainment event in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Contact: Brandy Riddle, at http://2013worldwideromagathering.weebly.com/home.html

August or September, Artemis will teach in Houston, Texas, dates are pending. Contact Patsy Bucki at plbucki@yahoo.com

Artemis will teach a series of workshop at Studio Artemis, Maryland in 2013. Subjects will include How to Be a Teacher, So You Wanna be a Star (on how to put on a professional show A to Z), How to Work with a Band, The 14 Rhythms every dancer should know, Finger Cymbals A to Z, Sacred dance and its history, the annual 5 day Totally Turkish Intensive, the annual Totally Turkish Follow – up and more.

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SUPER TURKISH PRODUCTS AND EVENTS

Tayyar Akdeniz is back in NY from Turkey and he is available to teach. info@folktours.com.

Tayyar’s instructional and performance CD on Turkish Rhythms is available which you can buy from him or from me. The price is $20 plus P & H

There is a wonderful 2 1/2 hour Turkish Romany DVD out now and there is also music available! Reyhan Tuzsuz who is a Turkish Romany woman and her friend Delpha Reihs have created a wonderful product. There is also music available.http://www.dhavir.com/shop/product.php?id_product=44   This is a must have for all Turkophyles!