Ionah's Glens Falls workshop 3-2014
Ionah is a versatile & experienced teacher praised by her students for her patience, teaching practices, & muscular breakdown of core movements. She pushes students & workshop participants to find broader boundaries in their dance & they leave feeling challenged with a renewed confidence in their skill as dancers.
Email Ionah to request pricing & additional information to book Ionah to teach a workshop at your location or hers. Selected workshops topics:
Email Ionah to request pricing & additional information to book Ionah to teach a workshop at your location or hers. Selected workshops topics:
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CHOREOGRAPHY
Ionah is known for developing intricate and unique choreographies that are truly grounded in Middle Eastern traditions and dance theory and practice. Using cutting edge techniques and stylization of Egyptian dancers, Ionah can teach a number of different choreographies to classical Egyptian, pop, baladi and/or shaabi songs. Contact Ionah for different options. Recommend a 2 1/2 hour workshop to learn an entire choreography, but shorter options available to get a choreography sampling. ADVANCED LAYERING
Break out of the mold and add depth to your dance! Find new ways to respond to the music by learning what to layer, what not to layer, and how far to take your layers. Common layers and more advanced layering drills are covered. Workshop ranges from 1 to 2 1/2 hours & price varies depending on duration. MODERN STYLIZATION
Modern is not just a name for fusion dance, but is truly embodied in the dance movement of performers in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East. Using these concepts, Ionah breaks down and then shows ways to incorporate some contemporary dance theory as rooted in Raqs Sharqi such as jazz footwork, ballet posturing, and modern dance release technique as they have been employed by Middle Eastern dancers for decades. Build your strength and complexity in your belly dance vocabulary! Workshop ranges from 1 1/2 to 2 hours & price varies depending on duration. DRUM SOLO BASICS
Do you ever feel like you just pop, lock and then ... stop? Break out of the same-old, same-old and learn to play a bit more with your drum solos. From cheeky play with your audience (and your drummer!) to what-to-do-when-all-you-think-you-can-do-is-shimmy, Ionah will give you combos or a choreography to help you better work on improv or choreography for your own drum solo performances. Known as the isolation queen, her work with live drummers, her cheeky sense of humor, Ionah's drum solos are to beat! Workshop ranges from 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hours & price varies depending on duration. 
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CHOREO/IMPROV DEVELOPMENT
Learn Ionah's unique approach to performance development that ill help you work on your improv and/or choreography for your solo and group performances. Students will learn musicality, counts, and how to interpret and map music so that choreographies are dynamic, but not so full they become chaotic and improv performances look polished, choreographed, but still in the moment without being overly repetitive nor overly unstructured. Workshop includes partial dancing and lecturing/working in groups, so a pen and paper are recommended! Can be customized to any length between 1 - 2 1/2 hours in duration. COMBOS A LA IONAH
Is your dance growing stale? Do you find you rely on the same movements in Improv? Give yourself some Modern Orientale and a few fusion combinations to keep your dancing fresh! Workshop ranges from 1 1/2 to 2 hours & price varies depending on duration. BEGINNER WORKSHOP SERIES
Designed for beginning students with a penchant for learning, this 4-part workshop series is dedicated toward giving students a solid foundation of basic belly dance movements from some of the common styles represented both today and in history. Focusing on isolations, combinations, historical and cultural factors, and elements of improvisation and choreography, these workshops will give students the foundation they need to help them grow in their dance and supplement their class learning. Contact Ionah for duration & pricing. TECHNICAL PRECISION
A perfect workshop for beginning to advanced dancers and also a great workshop when paired with some of the other workshop offerings. In this workshop, participants will be given the tools to learn combinations, layering technique, and more. Participants will learn how to safely execute movements, different ways to execute them depending on the style of dance represented (Egyptian Raqs Sharqi, American Oriental or Cabaret, Turkish, and American Tribal), and how to use technique to free yourself to emotionally connect with and best represent/interpret the music. Belly dance is part mechanics and part heart - get the mechanics ingrained in your muscle memory so your heart is free to dance! Workshop ranges from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours & price varies depending on duration. 
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Selected workshop CV includes:
2011 - Choreography Workshops at CNY Healing Arts in Syracuse, NY
2011 - Choreography Workshop to Zeina sponsored by Hannah's Hips in Syracuse, NY
2014 & 2016 - Folkloric & Fusion Combos in Geneva, NY
2014 - Technique & Choreography Workshop 4-Series for Int-Adv Dancers in Glens Falls, NY
2014 - Working with a Live Drummer sponsored by Farha in Syracuse, NY
2016 - 3 Early Girls Lebanese Pop Choregraphy in Rochester, NY
2014-17 - 3 Early Girls Choreography Workshop for Beg-Int Dancers in Syracuse, NY
Take a look at Ionah's accomplished resume!
2011 - Choreography Workshops at CNY Healing Arts in Syracuse, NY
2011 - Choreography Workshop to Zeina sponsored by Hannah's Hips in Syracuse, NY
2014 & 2016 - Folkloric & Fusion Combos in Geneva, NY
2014 - Technique & Choreography Workshop 4-Series for Int-Adv Dancers in Glens Falls, NY
2014 - Working with a Live Drummer sponsored by Farha in Syracuse, NY
2016 - 3 Early Girls Lebanese Pop Choregraphy in Rochester, NY
2014-17 - 3 Early Girls Choreography Workshop for Beg-Int Dancers in Syracuse, NY
Take a look at Ionah's accomplished resume!
areas served: syracuse, liverpool, utica, rome, salina, skaneateles, rochester, buffalo, cortland, ithaca, binghamton, albany