Details of upcoming workshops I am teaching are given below. Please follow the links for booking information.

Conditioning for Body and Mind – 6 session workshop course throughout 2012, Reading UK
I will be teaching this workshop series from January 2012 in Reading at Dance Reality studios. It consists of six, three-hour sessions which focus on personal development and student-centred learning to help students find room for practice in busy schedules, deal with issues relating to self-confidence, stress, and stage fright, and develop creativity.

Creativity and play workshop in Southampton – June 2012
Facebook event – Workshop hosted by Heike Humphreys.

Come along for a workshop that explores creativity and play in dance.

This will be three hours long, on either the Saturday or Sunday, depending on what suits best (please let us know!), and will look at ways to make dance creation fun, and interesting for both the dancer and the audence.

It will cover a basic introduction to musical structure and how we can use it to best effect, and then a variety of techniques that you can use to create either full choreographies or combinations that you can use in improvisation, especially if your prone to getting stuck in a creative rut.

Tribal Fusion Fluidity and Layering Workshop – 16th September 2012, Derby UK
This workshop will take students through exercises and drills to develop both of these skills, and should bring new challenges to all levels of dancer. Booking info soon.

Celebrating Dance – 26th – 28th October 2012, Torquay UK
I will be teaching at this festival from 26th – 28th October 2012. Please see the festival website for details.

I offer a range of workshop topics which can be tailored to suit event length. Current topics are:

* Bellydance taster workshops – a fun, fast-paced workshop to introduce complete novices to bellydance. A few basic moves are covered, and there is an opportunity to put them all together in easy combinations to Middle Eastern music. This workshop is ideal for community and fund raising events, hen or birthday parties, or as part of a larger dance showcase.

* Introduction to Tribal Fusion – Tribal fusion is a modern style of bellydance derived from Middle Eastern dance, including stylisations from Indian dance and Flamenco as well as being influenced by modern dance, ballet and street dance among others. It grew out of American Tribal Style (ATS) and has been increasing in popularity for the past ten years.

I have studied this style extensively for many years with some of the greatest dancers in the world and I am Certified Rachel Brice’s 8 ElementsTM Phase 1: Initiation. This workshop introduces students to Tribal Fusion, its history, aesthetic, and basic movements.

Tribal Fusion is a challenging dance style and not suitable for beginners or people with significant mobility issues.

* Music theory for dancers – when students are introduced to Middle Eastern music and its rhythms they can find that teachers use technical musical terminology that they haven’t come across before. This workshop draws on my lifetime’s experience as a musician, to introduce dancers to basic concepts of music theory. It covers topics such as structure, tempo, time signatures and musical notation, and applies this to Middle Eastern music, introducing students to popular musical instruments in Middle Eastern music, musical scales and popular rhythms.

Useful for students of all levels who lack confidence with music.

* Creativity and play – This covers a basic introduction to musical structure and how we can use it to best effect when dancing. It then explores a variety of techniques that you can use to create either full choreographies or combinations that you can use in improvisation, especially if your prone to getting stuck in a creative rut. For improver level students and upwards.