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Come get creative with Bellywood classes!

3 Jan

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Registration: January 2013 – Will I see you Tuesdays at Old Ottawa South?

5 Dec

Here’s the email from OSCA – I am sure the city of Ottawa is also taking registration for the 2013 programs!

Halyma

Just a reminder that registration for all 2013 Ottawa South Community Association programs starts tonight, Wednesday, December 5, 8:00pm on-line at oldottawasouth.ca

In-person registration starts Thursday, December 6, 8:00am at the Ottawa South Community Centre 260 Sunnyside Ave.

Please log on to oldottawasouth.ca and familiarize yourself with our website before 8:00pm.

You will notice two registration buttons on the site: 
1st – for the Christmas Break/New Year Break Camp
2nd for the Winter 2013 Programs.

Please register for the Winter 2013 programs if that is your priority. You can always register later for the Christmas Break/New Year Break Camp. There is plenty of room available whereas many of our Winter Programs have limited availability.

Staff will be on hand this evening if you are experiencing any difficulty at 613-247-4946

Please do not give up registering on any given program even if it appears it’s full. 

We have registration strategies being used that use multiple computers to register for one spot in a program and when one is successful the other computers abandon their registration – So Keep Trying.

Thanks,
Dinos Dafniotis
613-247-4946

Fusion Fun: Mudras with Amrita Choudhury and @Delhi2Dublin

16 Oct

A while back, I picked up Amrita Choudhury’s book on mudras to help me explain them in class and practice them myself!  Here’s her latest promotional video:

And since I am talking about the Bellywood fun in my world, I’ve also got plans to see Delhi2Dublin when they hit Ottawa at Maverick’s on October 25th.

They often seem to be here on a weeknight, but since it’s right after my Thursday Bellywood, class, I think I can manage to be a night owl for one night!
I totally love their new album and have used 2 of their songs for class routines already! Here’s one of their early songs that I have performed to at some events in the past:

Taking a moment to get personal to share other interests…

23 Sep
This snippet is from the weekly Dancers’ News that I send out to relay information about Ottawa and area belly dance related news – workshops, shows, events and anything that might interest us as belly/ bolly dancers.  And since we all have a variety of interests, I also share bits about other things too!  
Be sure to head over to the main web version to see the actual newsletter!
 
Good morning all,
Looking forward to a lovely fall week – yes – it’s now Fall! Automne! change of seasons! and cooler air – yay for those of us who like that kind of thing!  
 
On Friday the 29th, I’ll be getting my ping on with some “puh-tock puh-tock” as I will be playing in the Ottawa Charity Ping Pong event in the Byward market – have you sponsored/donated a bit o cash yet?  If not, please feel welcome to head over here and drop some coin for 4 great Ottawa Charities:
 
And if Creative Sci-Fi is more your thing, head on over to the Ottawa Browncoats site for the September 30th Ottawa Charity Serenity Screening - $12 advance donations get you your BIcket!
OR
Come and see us today @ http://www.can-con.org/  to get your bickets, we will be there all weekend in the vendor/fan table area!

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Also wishing good luck to the folks in the Army Run today!

Winter session winding up! Spring session begins in April

21 Mar

Last night was my last Bellywood class at Old Ottawa South for the January -March session and tonight will be the 4th last class at Dovercourt Recreations Centre.

In April, on the 3rd, I start up again at Old Ottawa South, and should be ready to get everyone dancing to a fun new routine!  And then on the 26th, if there is interest, I’ll run a 7:30-8:30 class at the Routhier Community Centre in the Byward market.  Both groups will learn the same routine and have the option to dance in June at my Ottawa Centre Class Party – a semi private show for 300 of my closest belly dance colleagues and their students!

So be sure to sign up and come out and have some fun!

FULL CLASS DETAILS

As the classes wind down…

30 Nov

The holiday season approaches and along with it comes end of year recitals!  A few of my Belly wood ladies were able to come out last Friday to help celebrate the end of the session for my good friend, Siddiqah, of FatCatBellydance

And we had a blast!  Next up with be my own semi private OCCP – the Ottawa Centre Class Party where almost 300 of my closest Ottawa Belly dance and Bollywood friends, teachers, students and colleagues will converge on a local theatre to join me in sharing our love of dance! We are in a limited space so I cannot really open it up to the public – but if you ever want to join a class, you’ll get the chance to come play with us for sure!

Classes resume in January, so if you have a love of colourful costumes, fun music and wanna have some fun moving – even if you don’t think you would ever dance in public – check out the 2012 Class Info here!

Registration has already begun!

Halyma

“One of”Bellywood classes…yes, I’ll teach your group!

4 Nov

I had a lovely time yesterday teaching a small group at Algonquin College for their Wellness week.  First, thanks to Shakira from Kemptville for recommending me to teach the class – a supportive community is a great one to be a part of!

2nd thanks to Valerie, for welcoming me to teach Bellywood there and I think she got some fun photos – but I may not see them, small private group :-)  But she gave me a lovely thank you gift as I was packing up…
Bellywood class "thank you" giftAnd all of this to say, that yes, you too can have me come and teach your group for a private lesson – birthday parties, work incentive days, showers, anytime you want to get a gang moving and laughing in a multicultural setting!

Check out my pricing and packages here, and feel free to message me for more details!

 

 

Classes at Dovercourt to help Heart and Stroke Foundation!

21 Oct

Fall Specialty classes at Dovercourt are underway and the last day of the session is Monday, December 19, 2011 . Any participants to re-register once registration opens on Monday, October 24th as all early registration for the January session will result in a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

How cool is that?

January’s classes at Dovercourt will begin Wednesday, January 11, 2012 and run for 14 weeks.  Timeslot is 7:45 to 8:45 p.m.

Keep dancing!!

 

PS – DIWALI is being celebrated over the next week – check out here for details on events you can check out: Ottawa Bollywood News!

Taking some me time for August!

29 Jul

Classes will resume in the fall, so be sure to check out http://bellywood.ca/classes/ for the details.

I wish you all happy shimmies and perky eared deer { inside joke}  for the rest of the summer!

See you in September!

T/H

SUMMER mini Session at Dovercourt!

24 Jun

Running each Wednesdsay in July, 7 p.m. to 7:55 p.m., you can come play in the studio at Dovercourt Rec Centre, 411 Dovercourt.
GO HERE and USE THE BARCODE #72542 to sign up – only $43 for the 4 classes!

COME DANCING!!

 

 

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