Announcement - fabulous fat dance stuff coming up the last weekend in april in new york!!!
FandQ
in new york!!!
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Introduction to Jazz
Friday, April 28 * 6:30 to 8 p.m.
New Dance Group Arts Center, 254 West 47th St., NYC
$15/advance, $20/door Preregistration at
http://www.bigmoves.org
Instructor: Marina Wolf Ahmad
Another eclectic exploration of jazz dance, where you can
release your diva and let him or her dance! This beginning
class will introduce you to the basics--steps, kicks,
turns--and give you the confidence to keep exploring jazz
dance. Bring comfortable shoes (sneakers or jazz shoes)
and lots of water, and be ready to MOVE! We will be doing
a new routine, so come prepared to have fun!
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Introduction to Hip Hop
Saturday, April 29 * 1:30 to 3 p.m.
New Dance Group Arts Center ANNEX,
339 West 47th St., New York City
$15/advance, $20/door Preregistration at
http://www.bigmoves.org
Instructor: Marina Wolf Ahmad
Best for true beginners and shy dancers, this popular
workshop is designed to get you out on the floor and
moving confidently to some of today's hottest, fiercest
hip hop music. Learn to walk with attitude, shrug with style,
and bounce your booty until they're beggin' for mercy.
We WILL complete a short routine by the end of class,
so come prepared to think and move! Bring comfortable
sneakers and LOTS of water.
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Introduction to Belly Dance
Sunday, April 30 * 2 to 3:30 p.m.
New Dance Group Arts Center, 254 West 47th St., New York City
$15/advance, $20/door Preregistration at
http://www.bigmoves.org
Instructor: SELEKA
Here's where you learn how to work your jelly to maximum
effect, with simple moves for hips, belly, shoulders, and
arms that are the building blocks for belly dance. Exuberant,
powerful, and sensual, this is another dance form that will
ground you in your body and keep you there for days!
Enjoy some special, body-loving time with Seleka.
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A Benefit for Big Moves in New York
JELLY ROLL
Sunday, April 30 * Doors at 7, curtain at 7:30 p.m.
The Slipper Room, 167 Orchard Street at Stanton,
Lower East Side, New York
Tickets: $15/advance
(available at http://www.bigmoves.org),
$20 at the door
New York's biggest stars-in both mass and moxie-are hitting the
stage hard on Sunday, April 30, at JELLY ROLL, a dance and burlesque
benefit for Big Moves-USA's newest branch in New York. Featuring the
over-the-top talents of the Glamazons, Sweetie, Nedra Johnson, Janie
Martinez, and Seleka, JELLY ROLL is guaranteed to fill up the Slipper
Room.
JELLY ROLL performers run the gamut from burlesque to bellydance, hip
hop to high drag. But all of the performers prove the point that
plus-size can be a plus on stage. This is especially true in burlesque,
where cups running over are what the audience wants. The Glamazons have
raised the stakes with tight routines and tighter clothes that leave
viewers gasping for breath and cheering for more. Drag artist Sweetie
also brings her weight to bear at JELLY ROLL, with just a few yards of
sequins holding her honky-tonk energy in place. Supersized bellydance
star Seleka keeps the belly in bellydance, and there will even be some
seriously phat hip-hop action from Marina Wolf Ahmad, founder of Big
Moves and artistic director of the Phat Fly Girls.
JELLY ROLL isn't only about dance, either, because Big Moves supports
more than just dance. Nedra Johnson, the NYC-based singer/songwriter,
will lay down a set of soulful funk and R&B, while Janie Martinez
stands up for a full-front comedic blast, excerpted from her one-woman
show, Fat Girls Go to Hell.
But of course, as we all know, Fat Girls don't go to hell. They take
their friends to JELLY ROLL!