Just found an article that has the specific calories burned according to types of dancing. Always hear that a certain form of exercise burns a certain amount of calories, but they never emphasize that it changes as you change weight. Also explains why exercises seem to work most at first. Got the figures from http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/calories-burned-by.php?search=aerobic and converted them to pounds from Kg
Thought my friends would be interested.
Here are some figures
general, greek, middle eastern, hula, flamenco, belly, and swing dancing
60 minutes if you weigh 121 pounds 259.875 calories burned
60 minutes if you weigh 143 pounds 307.125 calories burned
ballroom, fast (disco, folk, square), line dancing, irish step dancing, polka, contra, country
60 minutes if you weigh 121 pounds 259.875 calories burned
60 minutes if you weigh 143 pounds 307.125 calories burned
ballroom, slow (e. g. waltz, foxtrot, slow dancing), samba, tango, 19th c, mambo, chacha
60 minutes if you weigh 121 pounds173.25 calories burned
60 minutes if you weigh 143 pounds 204.75 calories burned
ballroom, dancing fast
60 minutes if you weigh 121 pounds317.625 calories burned
60 minutes if you weigh 143 pounds 375.375 calories burned
Mark March 28 on your calendars for the American Legend of belly dance Dahlena.
Dahlena is an icon in belly dance arts. She is an inspiring artist. And, she is a fabulous teacher. Dahlena is famous for helping dancers improve their posture, stage presence and power. Her workshops will always leave you inspired to learn more yet feeling that you have material to work on and have achieved success in several areas during her workshop.
11 AM to 1 PM – Regional Moves for Belly Dance! Technique and Combinations to regional muic. learn Gulf, Lebanese Dubke and Spanish Fusion moves for belly dance plus Essential Belly dance movement combinations that can be used with any style of music. Lots of hips and Shimmies!
Earlybird Price $25 -
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM – Modern Egyptian Steps and Combinations – Focus on Hips, shimmies, undulations plus traveling combinations in Dahlenas energetic and sassy style.
Kalena has relocated to Arizona. She trained in the Islands now wants to create an Arizona troupe. She is is offering hula classes to teach authentic Hawaiian, Maori and Tahitian Dance. Classes are held 6:30 PM on Wednesdays.
Dance is fabulous way to tone up, burn calories, de-stress while learning a bit about Hawaiian, Maori and Tahitian Culture. Try it you will love it. Call 623-255-8491 to save your space in the class <br>
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our studio faces Cactus Road and is on the North East corner of Cactus and Cave Creek Road
Experience this rare opportunity to see a true professional Male Middle Eastern Dancer, Jim Boz. Jim has performed and delighted audiences coast to coast as well as internationally. He will be performing in Phoenix for one day only. Join this exotic journey of performance, Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 7:00 P.M. Joining Jim are some of the Phoenix area’s finest dancers and a live Arabic Band featuring Gabby Tawil. Included in the line-up are local students of Belly Dance; Egyptian Bellydancer Of The Universe 2008, Amanda Rose, Joumana Eclyspe Dancers and more.
Show will be at Dance Dance AZ Studio, 12235 N Cave Creek Road (Facing Cactus Rd), Phoenix, AZ 85022. Tickets are $10.00 each
Live Arabic Band Added
Jim Boz Dancing
January 23rd and 24th
Take Your Dancing to a higher level!
Hear the Music; Be the Music!
A Weekend of Quality Instruction in Basic moves and combos to advanced combos and how to integrate them into your performances.
Gala Show 7:00 PM $5.00
Stars Joumana, Sasha, Helena Vlahos Jim Boz & More
at BellyDanceShoppe Studios
12235 N Cave Creek Rd Phoenix, AZ 85022Phone (602)997-4149
Saturday AM 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM $40
this Class is almost FULL
Drills & Technique (All Levels Appropriate) – 2hrs – Exciting drills in the Jim Boz style which increase precision, notfordry expression of hip subjugation, but to allow the body to move in a variety of cultural expressions. All techniques taught in this workshop will build into more complex combinations later in the weekend. Suitable for all levels, we will focus on muscle control for a subset of movement vocabularies appropriate to Arabic and related dance forms that will be used for the entire workshop series.
Saturday PM 1:30 to 3:30 PM $40
Intermediate Technique & Combinations (Levels 2-Above Recommended) – 2hrs With a solid foundation in the concepts expressed in the morning workshop, we will construct more complex combinations and higher level techniques adding further layers and opportunities for individual expression. Phrasing and melodic content will add a deeper layer to the basic combinations. Variations & modulations of movement vocabularies will be introduced.
Sunday AM 10:30 to 12:30 PM $40
Expressing Egyptian Dance: Modulations & Musical Phrasing (Levels 3-Above Recommended) – 2hrsBased on the philosophy that Arabic dance is much more than just a sequence of movements, we will take our combinations further to touch and express the soul of the movements. We will refine the same combinations with additional advanced techniques, subtle modulations, to add variety and excitement.
Sunday PM 1:30 to 3:30 PM $40
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Advanced Techniques/Combinations/Expressions (Levels 4-Above Recommended) – 2hrs Bringing all of the information from the previous 3 workshops together, we will take our concepts to the highest level: Performance, whether for individual enjoyment, professional performance, choreography or improvisation. Using Samra Ya Samra as an example (which through the previous 3 workshops you will have aquired an excellent familiarity), we will cover Music Mapping for mood modulations, choreography for large & small stages, improvisation techniques, spot choreography and end with an intimate understanding of our personal expressions and relation to the phrasing and development of the piece.
Several years ago, while in Austin, Texas, taking a workshop, I noticed an unusually large male student at the back of the class. Others in the class seemed to know him. I quickly dismissed him as a local beginner student. That evening while waiting to perform. I was fortunate to meet him. I found that his name was Jim Boz. He was the most delightful man, concerned that my students and I hadn’t had dinner and if our accommodations were satisfactory. I was surprised that he was no beginner, he was actually performing. However, since he danced right after our group, I missed his performance. Next morning, Yasmina Ramzy, was discussing refinement of hand and arm moves in classical Raks Sharki, then said. “Like Jim Boz in his performance last night”. I was definitely taken aback as I turned and looked at this larger than life man. That evening, I was able to watch the entire show and found out how wrong my assumptions were. Jim Boz chose an exciting classical piece. He was exciting, refined, and articulate! His walks and spins were masculine. His muscular contractions produced rippling body waves and fantastic accents that would be the envy of any Raks Sharki dancer, male or female. In the years since, I have come to know Jim as a teacher. Jim is just as good at teaching. He helps the dancer discover the place within her body that the move comes from, how to give the move different looks and textures. Because of his uses experience and observations that we have all experienced, the students leave the workshop with a better understanding and retain more of what they have learned. Fans of Jim know that Jim’s his wit and sense of humor make his classes fun and memorable. Experience a weekend of classes with Jim in Phoenix. January 23 and 24 at DanceDanceAz studio. You can sign up on line at http://www.gobellydance.com/JimBozWorkshop.html or call 602 997 4149
Stop by BellyDance Shoppe and Dance Dance AZ’s Holiday Party and Open House on Saturday, December 12
Show begins at 7:00 pm. We will have some fabulous ballroom dance, belly dance, Hula and lots of open tdance.
Light Refreshments will be served. You can bring a snack to share if you like
Most important, bring a new or gently used toy for a child at Healing Hearts for Children’s Hearts. There is very little for the children’s Christmas party so all will be appreciated. If possible, please wrap with information as to wether it is for boy or girl and suitable age. Healing Hearts supports children who have been abused, abandoned, homeless or otherwise traumatized.
Child with Santa
Our Address is 12235 N Cave Creek Rd, Phoenix, AZ Please note our Studio faces Cactus and is at the place where Thunderbird Road becomes Cactus Rd
Welcome to the blog and website for Dance Dance AZ .
We offer Belly Dance (both Turkish and Arabic), Bollywood, Hula, Poi, Tahitian, Kathak (classical Indian) and more. For Children we offer Hip Hop, Belly Dance, Indian Classical Kathak Dance and Bollywood. Our Ballroom division offers offers Tango, Waltz, Two Step, Cha Cha and more. Our teachers are the finest, all with seven or more years experience in performance and teaching. We feature classes, parties, workshops and even a store to buy belly dance supplies. We are located at 12235 N Cave Creek Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85022
So…. with all that dance there is a lot to talk about. Start blogging!
America has Broadway and Hollywood. Egypt and other Arabic countries have had their equivalent; lavish productions of song, dance, and acting. Choreographed productions with ballet and jazz trained dancers, dramatic singers, and of course their heroine, Belly Dancing her way through the production. The shows often ended with the fairy tale production number ending.
Among the Middle Easterners, Egyptian Dancers have always been seen as the top stars. Oriental Dance, as it is called in Arabic Countries can be held in the same esteem as is ballet and opera to the Americans, English and French. The music is so soulful, so heartfelt and passionate that it is not uncommon to bring a Middle Easterner to tears. Much of the music is based on much such as Farid Al Atreche, Oum Kalthoum and Abdel Halim Hafez. These singers have been esteemed as national heroes, part of the very core of the Egyptian culture.
Many of famous belly dance stars became mega film stars. Tahia Carioca, Samia Gamaal, and Nagua Fauod not only Belly Danced, but sang, waltzed and acted her way to the hearts of Arabs.
Today, the future of Belly Dance in the Middle East is uncertain. Egypt’s 12 most famous belly dancers, led by Fifi Abdou and Dina, contributed the equivalent of $264 million in taxes to state coffers in 1995. One report said their tax payments constituted the country’s fifth biggest source of revenue after the Suez Canal, tourism, petrol and cotton. (5) In spite of this, the ancient but lucrative art of belly dancing which was largely swept out of favor by a wave of Islamic fundamentalism in the late 80s and early 90s. Local MTV interest has caused many young people to believe that belly dance is “old fashioned”. The economics of paying for highly paid belly dance stars has forced 5 star hotels and private parties to search in other places for entertainment.
In Egypt, where in 1957 there were 5000 registered dancers, in there were only 357 registered dancers in 2000 and many of those were not Egyptian Dancers but belly dancers from Russia, England and other countries. (4)
One of the four pillars of the Muslim religion is going to Mecca to perform the Hajj whereby they visit the birthplace of Abraham and do a ritual of repentance of sins. (3). Belly dancers and performers are prohibited from going to Mecca to perform this important act of faith forcing many dancers and would be dancers to abandon their dream to dance.. “Ninety percent of Egyptians see belly dancing as shameful,” says Essam Mounir, a 37-year-old agent who has taken on Russian dancers for lack of local talent. “Foreign women are educated, they are not maids or poor girls looking for rich husbands and they show up on time and love to dance,” he says. “But as for feeling our music, not one of them really gets it.” (3)
On the other hand, there is concern by some Arabic and Egyptian people that foreigners distort the distinctive Egyptian style of the dance. World famous Suhair Zaki is quoted as saying of the new dancers imported from other countries “They will never be up to the Egyptian standards, the Egyptian belly dancers’ standards,” she says. “They don’t have the lively spirit, they don’t have the sense of humor and they don’t have the musical ear.” (1) (2)
There is some hope that belly dance is making a comeback. In 1999, Egypt held its first festival devoted to the ancient art and in June 2002, the 3rd Cairo Oriental Dance Festival was held. Students from the world over attended classes led by stars such choreographers Mahmoud Reda, Ibrahim Akef Soheir Zaki and Mrs Farida Fahmy and Madame Dina (5) (6)
While belly dance gains in popularity gains world wide, the future of the dance is uncertain in Middle Eastern Countries. Hope remains that Oriental Danse can once more flourish in its homeland.
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