Archive for July, 2010
First ever workshop with CopperClock @ Skin Deep Dance Studios in Seattle!
July 30th, 2010
Hi Everyone!
SK and I are getting super excited to teach our first ever workshop Saturday, August 7th, 11:45am – 2pm at Skin Deep Dance Studio!
I’m going to be teaching some awesome possum drills the first part of the workshop to help you cultivate powerful fusion movements. For the second part, SK is going to pull out some of her tango magic and show y’all some lovely steps to incorporate into your dancing. At the end, we’ll pull everything together in a leetle combo that you can use for drilling or performance! 
We always like a good hard workout, so bring a yoga mat and water bottle. (Yoga mats are available at the studio if you don’t have one.)
So, to summarize the knitty-gritty:
What: Super amazing workshop of awesome!
When: Saturday, August 7th from 11:45am – 2:00pm
Where: Skin Deep Dance Studios (2524 16th Ave S #311, Seattle WA)
How much: $25 if you register before Aug 1st, $35 after
So after all this awesome (only $25 for a two hour workshop? yeah, for realsies…), you’re probably wondering how you can sign up. Well, you can find all the info and register here: http://www.skindeepdancestudios.com/workshops.html
Hope to see you there!
~lettylou
Raqs Macabre @ The Morgue & MedFest!
July 16th, 2010
Helloooo out there!
So, SK and I have been feverishly getting ready for the next couple days! Two days, two performances, one new number!
A few days ago, I posted the following on our facebook: “What’s that you say? Punk cancan bellydance fusion = too much? Only if by too much you mean too awesome.” Now’s your chance to come out and judge for yer scurvy selves!
Tonight, Friday, July 16th:
Raqs Macabre
@ The Morgue
5901 Airport Way S
Seattle, WA
Show starts at 9 and we’re first on the lineup! There’s a lot of incredible talent at this show, so don’t miss out: Medea, Twilight, Katana, Raqs Steady Eddie, Miss J9 Fierce & Xtina, Katrina Outcast, Lady Corrine, & Koreshakti (from Spokane!)
Saturday, July 17th
MedFest!
Indoor Stage
2700 California Ave SW
West Seattle, WA
CopperClock will be the first to take the indoor stage at 10:52am (on the dot!) A super fun festival to check out! Performances on two stages all day Saturday and Sunday, plus workshops, plus some seriously wicked vending. Be there or be square, friends. 
Embracing Novicedom
July 07th, 2010
This past spring, I took an introductory modern dance class at my university. It was a great class, but also very, very humbling. I went in thinking I had a head start—after all, I’m a dancer already!—only to discover that in fact my five years of dance training didn’t do very much to make me a competent beginning modern dancer. Sure, some things carry over—mostly having to do with posture and general ease of movement (my theory is that those things may both be linked more closely with being comfortable in your body and the dance space than with number of years of previous training)—but both the vocabulary and the technique were by and large absolutely new.