Sophie's Dancelog

The best advice I could give you would be: “Don’t do it!”
Weekend workshops are very demanding both physically and mentally. Unless you were blessed with eidetic memory or all the workshops were taped and you can afford to buy the videos, there is no chance you are going to retain even half the material being taught.
So give yourself a break and take as much as one workshop a day and you would most certainly thank me for being able to walk the next day.
If you keep reading this blather, it means that you are as much a stubborn maniac as I am, and you might find the info under the cut valuable. Continue Reading »

Next week I’m going to attend 4 workshops with Atef and Magda Faraq, so I figured I should finish off my Rakkasah reviews.

This was Jim’s first Rakkasah as a teacher, and I truly believe he’s got a lot to share, especially with regards to class environment and organization. Any dancer knows how frustrating it could be when a teacher comes to class unprepared, or when he doesn’t remember what music is used, or when she’s unable to control the students . Continue Reading »