MSC: Belly Dance Choreo Card Combo Class #1 "Shashkin" - ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE CLASS
Moody Street Circus Presents:
Choreography Card Combo Classes Asynchronous Online
Belly Dance - Edition 1
“Shashkin” - a dance combination with twist shimmies, grapevine steps and dramatic, emotive play!
Class Length: 23:00 - and provides endless content for review, practice and new creations!
Combo Song: Shashkin
This class is appropriate for all levels of dancer - even complete beginners. Get ready to PLAY in your movement!
The automatic download link for this ONLINE CLASS PDF expires 24 hours after the first download. Make sure to save the PDF to your desk top or phone for continuous access!
* Once you purchase the digital download, you will receive a separate email within 8 hours of purchase containing the password to unlock all the content that is hyperlinked throughout the pdf. *
Choreography Card Combo Classes Online:
CARDS: Melina chooses her choreography tasks and movement prompts to generate this choreography card combo. One by one she talks through the cards and what possible steps or pathways come to mind for her. She goes over the classic way to play with the cards, choosing 5 choreography tasks and 4 movement prompts to create a flow. Follow along to understand her mapping process for choosing the order of the combo, the transitions between steps, and the different ways of interpreting the cards she draws. The CARDS section of class ends with the fully mapped combo laid out for your view.
CREATION: In the CREATION part of this online class, Melina takes to the dance floor to start piecing together the card combinations. She’ll pick a section generated from the map, or a specific card to start with. During this section you will see how she chooses to piece the movements together and style them, layering on the movement prompts. This is an organic part of class that results in the full pieces of the flow being demonstrated.
CHOREOGRAPHY: Once the choreography card map has been rehearsed, Melina “performs” the choreography to a song. In the choreography you can see how the choreography tasks and movement prompts have been layered and added to to create a flow full of movement, technique, styles and musicality linked into one.
TECHNIQUE: During the technique part of class, Melina goes back to break down each of the steps and pathways that were involved in the choreography. Making sure to include positioning tips, variations, stylistic ideas and ways to practice basics steps for mastery and exploration!
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During “class” students are encouraged to take notes and use their own decks (if they have them handy). Pausing the video to practice alongside Melina can be helpful - or you can watch it like a lecture to then practice independently later. After learning Melina’s way of interpreting the set of cards drawn in the video, students are encouraged to go back to the basic choreography tasks and movement prompts to see if they can create their own map of the skills - a new flow - a new combo - or just think of other ways the cards could be interpreted to fit their own skills or movement style!
WITH PURCHASE OF THIS ONLINE CLASS…
Students will receive a digital download file which includes a link to class video including CARDS, CREATION, CHOREOGRAPHY and TECHNIQUE sections. Students will receive an email with the password to access class content within 8 hours of purchase! The video service VIMEO generates automated closed captions for the video if you’d like to use those. The time codes for each section of class are also provided so you can look back at specific skills and parts of the combo as you wish.
