​​April Rose – Workshops & Choreography Intensive

TribalDiva Belly Dance Company is excited to be hosting April Rose of Rose Movement Studio in Austin, Texas for her first time teaching in Australasia!

April has had an illustrious dance career including as a principal performer for Bellydance Superstars, and as a member of Unmata with Amy Sigil. She has spent time living in India studying dance, and holds a Masters degree (hons) in Dance Studies. Full bio here on April’s website: aprilrosedance.com/about-2/

April Rose is a sought after teacher and performer internationally, being a regular tutor at Tribal Massive in Las Vegas, and a featured teacher on Datura Online as well as running her own regular classes and intensives out of Rose Movement Studio in Austin, Texas.

On Sat 28 & Sun 29 July 2018 in Christchurch, New Zealand April will be teaching a weekend of workshops with an additional day of workshops on Mon 30 July available for dancers wishing to complete the Choreography Intensive.

Sat 28 July
  • 10am - 12.00pm: Workshop #1 – The Elegance Principle (2hrs)
Cleverly concise. Effective. Admirably succinct. Consistent and restrained. Refined and minimal. In this movement workshop, April Rose applies pleasingly ingenious simplicity to dance technique and choreographic composition. Using a release technique approach to bellydance, participants engage with exercises designed to increase neuromuscular efficiency and build phrases characterized by graceful ease, apparent effortlessness, and luxurious timing.
  • 1.00pm - 3.00pm: Workshop #2 – Intermediate Level Choreography (2hrs) 
A full choreography will be taught in this workshop, which one will be advised closer to the time as April will no doubt have something new & exciting to share with us in 2018!
  • Evening Performance Event
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Sun 29 July
  • 10am - 12.00pm: Workshop #3 – Advanced Level Choreography (2hrs)
In this workshop April will teach a short advanced choreography, which one will be advised closer to the time as April will no doubt have something new & exciting to share with us in 2018!
  • 1.00pm - 3.00pm: Workshop #4 – Choreography “The Tools” (first part of Choreography Intensive, 2 hrs)
Participants learn how to make a dance with technique, intellect, and spirit that keeps audiences engaged by using such tools of choreography-making as dynamic, time, space, etc.
*In intensive formats students will be given homework to share in class and will use the Liz Lerman method of giving feedback to one another.

Mon 30 July
  • 9.30am - 12.00pm: Workshop #5 - Choreography “The Process” (second part of Choreography Intensive, 2.5hrs)
​April Rose guides participants through a detailed, step-by-step, example of one way to make dances from the inception of an idea to completion. We discuss strategies for facing creative blocks, for keeping your project on task, and for making a meaningful dance using the tools of choreographic composition. Students are invited to bring an idea of their own for a dance and/or a piece of music they would like to choreograph to.
*In intensive formats students will apply this process to aspects of their own project and to a group project.
  • 1.00pm - 3.30pm: Workshop #6 - Choreography “The Practice” (third part of Choreography Intensive 2.5hrs)
In this workshop designed for current and aspiring professional dance-makers, April Rose shares strategies for organizing one’s life as a self-motivated entrepreneurial artist. Participants are invited to do pattern recognition on their lives, create detailed production schedules, discover ways to stack functions, set specific goals, recognize helpful and harmful habits, and hone their creative spirit in the face of deadlines.

    April Rose Workshops/Intensive Registration Form

    Option #1 Sat - Sun Weekend Workshops

    Option #2 Sat - Mon Weekend Workshops + Mon Choreography Intensive

    • Deposits are non-refundable
    • Both options above include admission to the Saturday evening performance event
    • All payment plan options incur a $25 admin fee (included in amounts listed above)
    • Please make payments to: 02-0865-0065364-000 (BNZ account name: TribalDiva Belly Dance) including your name and 'April  Rose' as the reference
    • For payments made from overseas any bank charges are the responsibility of the attendee 
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    REFUND POLICY: I understand that the $150 deposit is non-refundable if I cancel my own attendance. Any payments (including the deposit) paid are refundable if the event is cancelled by the promoter. If I have to cancel my own attendance I have the option to find a replacement for my spot and be reimbursed by the replacement attendee, or forfeit any payment I have made for the weekend. 

    Hold Harmless Clause: I assume all risks and hazards incidental to my participation in this retreat, and do hereby waive, release, absolve, indemnify and hold harmless Tracey Saunders/TribalDiva Belly Dance/April Rose/Rose Movement Studio for any claim arising out of injury to myself or others, personal loss, or death. I have read and agree to the conditions of the statements in this form.

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