Oriental Dance
Middle Eastern Music and Dance Camp 18th – 20th of June 2010
Situated on a beautiful site for camping with changing rooms and showers available.
Workshops and performances take place in the community hall with dance floor, kitchen & bar.
For bookings and more info contact Maren: 01761-420664
marenlueg@yahoo.co.uk www.arabicdrum.co.uk
Venue: Camerton Hall, Meadgat, Camerton BA2 0NL, Bath North East Somerset
The Comerton Hall is about, 1 mile from Timsbury and about 6 miles south of Bath.
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SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
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TRIBAL FUSION WITH A TWIST OF BELLYDANCE
Accompanied by live music
MICHELLE PENDER
An upbeat workshop designed to bring a sparkle to your eye and a spark into your hips. A fusion of flavors combining Belly dance with Tribal Fusion Twist, teaching you technique, fluidity and combos to take away.
Michelle Pender (Whirling Dervish Bazaar): www.whirling-dervish.co.uk
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BALADI – THE SOUL OF EGYPTIAN DANCE
Accompanied by live music
With Carmen Jones, Chas Whitaker and Maren Lueg.
A workshop designed to bring depth and understanding to one of the most essential styles of Egyptian dance. Baladi is an urbanized folk style that has an earthy yet sensual feel and is generally almost always improvised.
This workshop will take you through step by step suggestions of dance technique, musical understanding and emotional content that is required for you to create your very own Baladi experience.
CARMEN JONES: www.raqsarabia.co.uk
Carmen found her true passion in life, Arabic dance, in the early 1990s. She now travels nationally teaching and performing with the bands MAZAJ and the ARABIC BALKAN GYPSY BAND.
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TURKISH GYPSY DANCE WORKSHOP.
Accompanied by live music
Enjoy the freedom and of this fiery dance and learn to dance to 9/8 rhytmns. Learn the moves of the Roma to create your own improvisational free-spirited dance.
RAHEESHA
Raheesha, teaches weekly Middle Eastern Dance classes in Somerset, England however, her dance career has taken her further afield. It was while living in Morocco in 1988 that she fell in love with the dance, and soon after moving to the United States her dance career took off. Raheesha is the director of MAJMA Dance Festival.
RAHEESHA - www.desert-divas.co.uk
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____ MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC WORKSHOP
The course would provide a unique opportunity for musicians to explore the relationship between Middle Eastern and Western music. Participants will bring their own melody instrument, which they already have a basic proficiency on and are able to learn simple melodies either by ear or from sheet music (provided). Arabic scales are introduced which do not use quarter notes but sound very “eastern” and melodies based on these scales will be learned. Improvisation is a very important element in Arabic music and participants are encouraged to explore their
improvisational abilities in a supportive structure. Arabic music forms and scales with quarter tones are introduced and demonstrated for participants to help in their appreciation of Arabic music.
MAREN LUEG – www.arabicmusicband.com and www.myspace.com/marenlueg
Turkish & Arabic Nay. Mizmar, Zurna and Saxophone and Silver Flute. Maren has been teaching and performing Middle Eastern and Balkan music for over 10 years playing Western and Middle Eastern wind instruments. She performs regularly with British and Arab musicians around the UK and has studied such traditional Middle Eastern wind instruments as the Nay (bamboo flute) and Zurna (double reed pipe)
in Turkey and Egypt.
Turkish and Arabic Nay Flute
Maren is going to teach Workshops for beginners in Turkish and Arabic Nay flutes.
Nays will be provided.
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INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC PERCUSSION WORKSHOP
In this workshop we will use traditional drums and percussion ( provided ) to introduce the commonly found rhythms across the Middle East. Learning the correct playing technique we will learn to play together as a percussive ensemble. Open to all levels – no experience necessary.
INTRODUCTION TO KHALIJI ( Gulf ) RHYTHMS
This workshop is aimed at students who have already some experience of playing Middle Eastern drums and percussion. The rhythms used in the Khalij are often played together to create a very funky sounding polyrhythmic groove. Participants will play in small groups playing different cross rhythms to create the overall sound of the Khalij polyrhythm. Handclapping plays is a very important part and so students of all levels can be accommodated but the drumming parts will mostly go to players with some experience. All percussion provided.
CHAS WHITAKER www.arabicdrum.co.uk
Chas has been playing and teaching Middle Eastern percussion for over 15 years and is known for his clear and relaxed teaching style.
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Friday at 8pm – COUNTRY AND EASTERN
http://www.myspace.com/countryandeastern
The Country and Eastern Band. The unique Country and Eastern sound with its diverse eastern and western influences, relies on a careful balance of the familiar with the unknown. Following in the footsteps of British Bands Asian Dub Foundation and Transglobal Underground, their music layers the more unusual sounds of eastern instruments and words over the unmistakable beat of rock. They successfully fuse modern rearrangements of traditional Turkish and Kurdish pieces with original songs and poignant English lyrics.
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Saturday 8.30pm – MAZAJ BAND see BANDS
with Dancers Raheesha, Michelle Pender and Carmen Jones.
A vibrant sensory experience straight from the heart of the Middle East. A combination of Belly Dance, Oud, Arabic percussion and a whole array of traditional wind instruments. The distinctive rhythms and lyrical beauty fused with the elegance of the dance will lift the spirit and transport you to a place of magic.
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Saturday 10.00 pm – ARABIC BALKAN GYPSY BAND see BANDS
www.arabicbalkangypsyband.com
with Dancers: Raheesha, Michelle Pender and Carmen Jones.
The Arabic Balkan Gypsy Band’s repertoire, sensitively blends Arabic Classics, Turkish Gypsy music and Balkan melodies using traditional Arabic percussion, electric Bass, Saxophone, Arabic nay flute, Trumpet and Mizmar and fronted by the captivating dance of Carmen Jones . The ABGB’s are guaranteed to get audiences up and dancing. The band has performed at Glastonbury Festival, Majma International Belly Dance Festival and the Bath Fringe.
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For more info visit: www.arabicdrum.co.uk
Situated on a beautiful site for camping with changing rooms and showers available.
Workshops and performances take place in the community hall with dance floor, kitchen & bar.
For bookings and more info contact Maren: 01761- 420664
marenlueg@yahoo.co.uk www.arabicdrum.co.uk
Venue: Camerton Hall, Meadgate, Camerton BA2 0NL, Bath North East Somerset
The Camerton Hall is about, 1 mile from Timsbury and about 6 miles south of Bath.
Camping area and view from the Community Hall.
Early bird ticket until 20th of March: £70 / Late bookings: £85 / Group Concessions available. Concert and Day Tickets are available. please contact Maren for more info: marenlueg@yahoo.co.uk
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