Online Booking Form - Workshop Booking - Performance Booking Available to Denver/Boulder/Loveland/Fort Collins or anywhere in the world! With over 10 years of experience, Julia is a skilled instructor and has taught sold-out workshops at prestigious belly dance festivals both locally and nationally. With TribalTique Belly Dance Co., the Cupcake Cabaret Burlesque Revue or on her own, Julia will delight students with her friendly demeaner, hands on approach, and thoroughly detailed breakdowns and instruction. Workshops can be tailored to intimate groups of just five students or to auditoriums full of hundreds. Topics range from dance workshops and costuming workshops to even lectures on the history and evolution of belly dance and burlesque.
Available Belly Dance Workshops
All dance workshops include 15-30 minutes of stretches, warm-up, and cool down and can range from 1.5 to 2 hours. Mini-workshops with a shorter warm-up and cool-down are also available. Bring plenty of water and a yoga mat.
Belly Dance Movement Basics - Beginner. Geared to the novice belly dancer, this class includes basic isolations and drills to build a strong belly dance foundation. If you've never taken belly dance before this is a great opportunity to get your feet wet! Thrills, Chills, and Drills - All Levels. Train your muscles and mind to polish and further develop your belly dance abilities. This class will lead students through stretches, exercises, and drills specifically directed towards developing isolation, definition, and strength for belly dance. Shake your Shimmy-Maker - All Levels. Shimmy, shimmy, shimmy! Got your shimmy and want to learn how to shake it more? Is your shimmy broken and needs some TLC? This fast paced workshop not only incorporates essential drills to improve your shimmy, but a fun variety of shimmy styles, including samba! This workshop is appropriate for all levels and all styles of belly dance (not just tribal!). Layer Cake!- Make Layering a Piece of Cake - Intermediate to Advanced. Learn how to add dimension and complexity to your belly dance with layers of isolations! In this workshop we will challenge your body AND mind with drills, exercises, and combos that combine multiple dance movements. We'll show you layers made simple and more challenging variations so you can layer away without collapsing your souffle! Great for all STYLES of belly dance. TribalTique Signature Style - Intermediate to Advanced. Want to learn those signature saucy moves? Breakdown of slow and fast distinctive movements and combos including the elusive calibrated spin... Can be taught as two workshops, one for slow and one for fast. Tribal Combos for Partners - All Levels. Learn TribalTique's flashy and dynamic combos to use for duets! In this workshop we will thoroughly break down signature style moves and illustrate how to use them to interact with a dance partner. Break the mold of just dancing next to your partner and learn how to move around her in new ways! Great to choreograph into a routine or to add spice to improvisation. Full Contact Partnering - Intermediate to Advanced. Instead of just dancing next to your partner learn how to truly dance WITH your partner as we explore Tribal Fusion combos adapted from tango, salsa and swing. These combos use actual partner contact for spins, drops, and dips and require strength, coordination and a lot of trust. Tribal Fusion - Bridging Belly Dance Styles. All Levels. In this fast paced workshop students will learn to combine the best of both worlds; tribal posture and styling with classic cabaret isolations and footwork. Both fast and funky as well as slow and slinky combos will be taught with enough TribalTique Signature Style to keep everyone challenged!	Waltz of the Dolls - All Levels. Reminiscent of eerily beautiful dancing figurines in vintage music boxes, this doll-like style is 80% pure loveliness and 20% unexpectedly strange. Learn smooth combinations and seamless transitions including controlled locks and isolations, graceful twirls and spins, as well as delicate hands and subtle glances. All combos are set to a 3/4 or 6/8 time signature, the classic waltz and a common North African rhythm. Technique and style provided, you bring the drama. American Classic Belly Dance - All Levels. Putting the pretty back in belly dance... Inspired by the lost days when belly dance was just belly dance... an exotic, beautiful way of moving one hips, torso and arms, gliding across the floor as Little Egypt might have at the World's Fair back in 1893. Returning to the basics with a style that is anything but basic, moves, transitions, and combinations will be presented that showcase the American aesthetic of belly dance in all of its glory. Crisp locks, smooth undulations, graceful arms, and strong posture will be arranged into classical sequences to inspire dancers and audiences all over again with the simply beautiful art of belly dance. Fosse Style Tribal Fusion Combos - All Levels. Learn Tribal Fusion combos inspired by the works of innovative Chicago choreographer Bob Fosse! This seductive and jazzy style features isolations, funky footwork, drops, and spins with an old-school vaudeville cabaret flavor. Fosse's personal jazz style of dance is immediately recognizable, exuding a stylized, cynical sexuality. The filmed routines in Cabaret (1972) are particularly characteristic of his style, the vulgar energy of vaudeville and burlesque updated and coolly contained within a slick, conscious sophistication. Asian Fusion - Intermediate to Advanced. Learn the beautiful Asian inspired combos and moves that look great with Thai fingers. We'll put them all together in a short choreography that students can take home! Latin Fusion Bellydance - All Levels. In this exciting workshop, learn how to fuse Latin styled partner moves from salsa and tango, fast paced samba shakes, and bellydance! Moves and combos will range from fast and funky to slow and slinky. Signature Floor Work - Intermediate to Advanced. Learn graceful and funky moves to make the most out of floorwork including getting down there and most importantly, getting back up. Movements will be put together in a dance sequence that students can take home with them! Knee-pads are a must. Tribal Style Drum Solo - Intermediate to Advanced. Learn a thrilling drum solo choreography done in TribalTique's unique tribal fusion style featuring lots of locking and fun combos. Simple enough for the beginning dancer but sure to include enough layering to be challenging for the advanced dancer.
Available Burlesque Dance Workshops Topics and descriptions coming soon!
Available Costuming/Make-up Workshops
Tribal Style Hair and Makeup - All Levels, 3-4 hours. Learn how to turn that makeup kit and pile of scarves into a crowning glory! We'll learn the tips and tricks of both traditional tribal and tribal fusion looks for your face and hair. Both turban wrapping and hair garden arrangement covered.	Build Your Own Tribal Hair Garden - All Levels, 3-4 hours. Make your very own set of tribal style hair extensions and flowers. Complete supply kits will be available for purchase.

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