Kyria's journal

During our fieldtrip to Brussels, we visited the European Commission.( I promis you that it isn't boring )

Can't write much because I'm too tired, just wanted to let you know that I had a great time at the festival. And that I'm going to write a lengthy review on organising big belly dance events, because there is a lot I weant to write about...

I caught my train to Leuven on time and had a lovely evening with Artemisia, with chocolate mousse, red wine and lots of BD talk. And ofcourse a tour of the new house! Everything went well when I tried to get to the congress location in Brussels and I took workshops with Farida Fahmy, Randa Kamal, Yasmina from Caïro, Nour, Fathiem and Asi. Skipped one, took one costuming workshop with Oranit (very nice Israeli designer, I took notes for an article and got some cards and flyers for Artemisia) and tried to perform on the open stage, but it didn't work out.

Didn't buy new costumes (though was tempted to ask Oranit to make me one) but I went wild on music and dvd's. Inspired and refreshed once more, I have renewed intentions of finally doing the BD dvd's that I haven't used sofar. On the way back home I was wondering about my vision on workshops:There were three workshops that I really enjoyed, because of the way the teacher approached the subject and because of the atmosphere. It sometimes felt with several Big Name instructors as if a workshop wasn't supposed to be fun, but hard work on intricate moves. I feel that a workshop needs to be both, because students will not be inspired by a whole bunch of combinations or a shiny choreography if they're not inspired to practice it after the workshop.