This piece is a delightfully strange adaptation of a song brought to us by Swedish icon and critical darling Robyn and the Norwegian Electronic music duo Royksopp. “Do It Again” by Royksopp and Robyn has been praised for being “flawlessly produced” and “adventurous.” A throbbing electro-pop gem the track features fluttering synths and slamming drums. DIY reviewed it a “a towering edifice of electronic brilliance.”
Come & enjoy this modern tribute to electric circus, inspired by club kids, with a touch of bizarre. The piece will contain both choreography and improvisation and the course will also touch on filming techniques for dance.
Wed 620-720PM ET from August 4-25. Even if you cannot attend the live Zoom class you can still join the party we’ll provide lifetime recordings for everyone attending.
Recommended for those with 1+ years experience in fusion bellydance.
Angela will provide 2 costuming accessories for those participating in the video project. Angela Josephine is a modern fusion dancer living in Hamilton, Ontario. She is known for her expressive and evocative work that combines her 8 years of training in traditional and fusion bellydance with experimental movement concepts. Angela studies at the Dark Side Studio in Toronto under the tutelage of Audra Simmons and is a member of Lavish Dance Company. In 2019 she was awarded the Hamilton Arts Award for Emerging Artist in the Performing Arts category. Most recently, she was honored to be a part of Kami Liddle’s Lockdown Dance Party #7 and has immensely enjoyed navigating the switch to online art and performance. You can study with Angela at Mahasti the Bellydance Emporium where she teaches fusion bellydance workshops.
The reviews are in Angela’s work has been called sophisticated, intense, nuanced, integrated, creative, breath-taking and smooth like silk leaving her audiences stunned and transfixed. Her movement research features amazing control, crisp technique and moving connection.
Learn more about our studio, Mahasti at https://www.facebook.com/hamiltonbellydance
Learn more about Angela JosephineInstagram: @angela.josephine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/angela.josephine.376/
www.angelajosephinedance.com
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Chair Dance Workshop with Faith to Benefit Sexual Assault Centre Hamilton
Chair Dance Workshop with Faith Dance to benefit Sacha Hamilton.
Wear: whatever makes you feel confident & beautiful
Bring: water, open heart, padded folding chair (we have some loaners just let us know you need one please)
Level: open
Jam: Tiffany Young’s “Over My Skin”
Friday Feb 8th 7-9PM
$35
Online payment https://mahasti.ecwid.com/#!/2-Hours-1-workshop/p/80134848/category=18890056
Interac etransfer eshebellydancer@hotmail.com
Cash or credit card payment at Mahasti
Mahasti – The Bellydance Emporium
422 Concession
Hamilton, Ontario
hamiltonbellydance.com
Online classes with Eshe
If you can’t make it to the studio check out my new Patreon page! $10 unlimited access launching Nov 12th!
https://www.patreon.com/hamiltonbellydance
Pay What You Can Bellydance in Hamilton
No experience necessary. No minimum donation. No reservation necessary. Everyone is welcome. Come & enjoy dance with us!
Free parking available at our convenient downtown Hamilton location.
Quilt of Belonging – Beginner Bellydance with Eshe at Cotton Factory, Hamilton
Eshe will be sharing a 2 hour beginner bellydance workshop at the Cotton Factory on Sun July 30th from 2-4PM.
Only $10 for all that dancing!
Link to sign up in advance https://www.bruha.com/event/1142
You’ll also be able to sign up day of at Cotton Factory. They’ll accepting cash and credit/debit while on site at the Exhibit through the Gift Shop
Quilt of Belonging Exhibit is on now! They also have a lot of other great offerings you should check out!
Peace By Piece: Stitching Together Canadian Stories
Celebrate Canada’s 150th and share the stories that make Canada special with the Quilt of Belonging exhibit. In addition to the Quilt of Belonging this five week (July 10th to Aug 16th) exhibit will showcase interactive programs, talks, workshops, displays, concerts and much more. http://theheartofontario.com/
Sun July 30th 2-4PM Bellydance Basics with Eshe
Learn the basics of bellydance with Eshe of Mahasti – The Bellyance Emporium an award-winning professional artist. Bellydance is a celebratory, social dance performed at family functions. It’s a gentle and fun dance great for all ages. We’ll start with a brief warm up. We’ll learn and practice some basic movements before stringing them together in a combination. Roughly every 30 minutes we’ll begin work on a new combination. Traveling, shimmies, graceful hands and arms, powerful and playful hip articulations – this workshop will cover it all. At the end of our 2 hour workshop we will have a short cool down. We normally dance barefoot or in socks. We wear yoga or workout gear. There is no need to show your belly. We strongly recommend bringing water.
Everyone is welcome to attend. No experience necessary!
Location: Cotton Factory
270 Sherman Ave N, Hamilton, ON L8L 3Z4
http://cottonfactory.ca/
New Session & New Bellydance Classes at Mahasti in Hamilton, ON
If you’re looking to try a choreography class the next session will start Monday June 26th.
We always offer 50% off to students. We recommend regular classes for dancers 12 & up. And we offer up to 50% off your first class card.
We have some exciting drop in classes starting soon. Thursday night will switch over to 2 drop in classes from Thurs June 29th. If you have lots of vacation time, have a hectic schedule, suffer from an excessive amount of friends, try our drop in schedule. You can attend as much or as little as you like. As ever you have 3 months (from the day of purchase) to use up your class card. So if you purchase your class card on June 7th it’s good until September 7th.
We are performing at Aga Khan Museum in Toronto this week so there is no class Wed June 21st or Sat June 24th. We are open for the long weekend & all other days.
LatinBelly & Modern Bellydance Workshop in Hamilton
Expand your bellydance vocabulary with our 2nd Fusion Intensive. This is the first time ever these artists have taught together! It’s a special chance to study with them both!
LatinBelly with Sarita
Distorted Charm with Angela Jospehine
Bellydance Fusion Intensive – Sun June 4th at Mahasti – The Bellydance Emporium
Angela Josephine 11-1
Sarita Gayle Alvarez 2-4
11-1 Distorted Charm with Angela Josephine of Lavish (Toronto)
Join Angela in a workshop exploring the elements of her unique style. Equal parts moody, dramatic, strange and alluring: this is Distorted Charm.
We will begin with a warmup, followed by a review of essential technical components and drills. We will then incorporate the technique into original combinations.
All dance styles and levels welcomed. Not recommended for absolute beginners to bellydance.
‘Sabrosura’ LatinBelly workshop with Sarita of Ya Amar (Toronto) 2-4PM
We will explore the delicious combination of bellydance movement repertoire with various Cuban/Caribeño steps and music!
Sarita’s signature style, ‘LatinBelly’, blends her Bellydance repertoire together with her extensive training in Cuban/Caribeño dance forms including Cubaton/reggaeton, timba, merengue, mambo, pilón, bachata, and more! 
👉🏼Esto es lo que hay 
👈🏼 No se lo pierde! Arriba a bailar! 
1 workshop $45 https://mahasti.ecwid.com/#!/1-Workshop-2-hours-total/p/64748412/category=18890056
2 workshops $75 https://mahasti.ecwid.com/#!/2-Workshops-4-hours-total/p/64748410/category=18890056
Etransfer to eshebellydancer@hotmail.com
Mahasti – The Bellydance Emporium
1 West Ave S, Suite 300, Hamilton, ON
hamiltonbellydance.com
eshebellydancer@hotmail.com
We have free parking at our studio. We also have a fridge, microwave, oven & kitchen if you want to bring your own lunch. Dennigers, Tim Hortons & a few convenience stores are all within a 2 minute walk of the studio.
Hamilton Bellydance Summer Schedule
Our next choreography sessions start May 25, June 23, July 23, Aug 21. We recommend starting week 1 if you’re new to dance.
We also have on-going drop in classes so you can start learning bellydance anytime you like!
Monday 7PM Basics with Eshe
Tuesday 6:20PM Basics, 7:30 Drop in Lebanese, 8:40 Drop in (Pay What You Can) Egyptian with Peggy
Thursday 7PM Basics (Pay What You Can) with Eshe
Saturday 10:45AM Basics with Eshe
Full-time students in highschool, college or university always enjoy 50% off discount.
If it’s your first class you can also enjoy up to a 50% off discount. 4 classes ($39 + tax) $44 or 8 classes ($55 + tax) $62.
No questions are silly! Let us know if you have any. Contact eshebellydancer@hotmail.com
New Classes & More Pay What You Can from 3/23
We are excited to expand both our Basics & our Pay What You Can offerings from March 23.
Thursdays
7PM Bellydance Bascis – Drop in & Pay What You Can
8:15PM Improvisational Tribal Style/American Tribal Style
Starting Thursday 3/23 we’ll be opening another Bellydance Basics class at 7PM with Eshe. It will be a Pay What You Can class. You can use your classcard if you have one or make a donation. The choice is yours. We want to make sure everyone in Hamilton that wants to dance is dancing! This is a drop in class meaning you can start any time (on or after 3/23). You don’t have to commit to coming to every week (although you are most welcome to). We will be talking about good posture, weight changes, traveling, isolations, shimmies, arm & hand movements, hip articulations, transitions – basically all of the building blocks of bellydance. Like our other basics classes, this offering will also be a bridge to choreography so if you wish to eventually transition you can do so with ease.
We’ll also be offering a new ITS/ATS class lead by Eshe at 8:15PM.
ITS – Improvisational Tribal Style is a freestyle dance format inspired by Carolena Nericcio’s American Tribal Style. Moving like a flock of birds or school of fish, we’ll use the body to communicate intent. ITS is like a language, after we learn a shared vocabulary we are able to have spontaneous conversation. With a turn of the head, hand gesture or foot placement the leader will cue a preset combination. This dance is great for being in the moment, creating art right out of thin air while listening to the music, as well as joyous and playful group work. The roots of this dance are Egyptian, featuring both folklore and traditional bellydance. The ITS we explore will also be peppered with bits of Indian and Spanish fusion as well as theatrical & modern dance stylizations.
We will also explore the founding San Francisco style ATS.
Pay What You Can Beginner Bellydance Workshop in Hamilton
Tuesday 11/8
6:20PM Bellydance with Veil
7:30PM Bellydance with Fans
8:40PM Folklore with Cane (Stick/Assaya)
Pay What You Can Beginner Bellydance with Props
No donation is too small. Total beginners welcome. No experience necessary. We have free loaner props available for students to borrow.
100% of donations will go to Thrive Child and Youth Trauma Services.
“THRIVE Child and Youth Trauma Services provides professional assessment and trauma treatment services, as well as prevention and educational programs. Our treatment programs include comprehensive assessment and specialized treatment for children and youth in our community who have been sexually abused, have been involved in intrafamilial sexual abuse (children and youth within the same family), or have problem sexual behaviours. We also offer services to address the unique needs of refugee and immigrant children and youth experiencing trauma symptoms or significant acculturation stress as well as support to their families.”
We are located at 1 West Ave S, Suite 300, Hamilton, ON. We are near the Canadian Tire downtown & across the street from the First Place building.
RSVP to eshebellydancer@hotmail.com
Each month Mahasti – The Bellydance Emporium offers Pay What You Can Beginner Bellydance workshops. We want to bring affordable art & culture classes to the community while also supporting local charities that enrich the lives of Canadians.
We will also be raffling off bellydance lessons at Mahasti – The Bellydance Emporium & tickets to a future Harem at Harem vol 14 – Bellydance Show in Hamilton @ The Casbah in support of Thrive.
In April we raised $530 for Sacha Hamilton
In May we raised $300 for Cystic Fibrosis Canada
In June we raised $130 for the youth of Attawapiskat.
In July we raised $230 for Sacha Hamilton.
In August we raised $120 for Essential Aid and Family Services of Ontario inc.
In September we raised $85 for Food4Kids as well as $385 for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.
In October we raised $80 for Immigrants Working Centre
Since opening in April, we’ve raised $1860 for local & Canadian charities.
Mahasti - The Bellydance Emporium - Dance on Concession Street in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 