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It isn't finished yet, but sofar it includes the mandatory basic moves, plus nifty reaches and armwork, plus musicality. All of these things are neatly spaced out so students won't be overfed. There is repetition of the larger blocks that will be more apparent to them in a couple of weeks and will cause a sigh of relief. I was too busy running around to stop and smell the roses. I always wonder if students won't get bored with the arm moves and sways that I use, but as long as they haven't mastered those they are not ready to move up to BD 2.

The downside is that I want my second choreo of this semester to be better then the current one. Argh!

Back to work, I'm going to Madrid for a couple of days starting tomorrow so I have to finish up here.

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I just entered my subscription for the Asli Sharqi festival at the end of september. I signed up for workshops with Wendy Buonaventura, Mayodi and Laudi. Most of them on stage pressence, use of space and how to connect to the music/audience through dance. This will be an interesting weekend! I also asked if I could perform on the open stage on sunday, because I'm uncertain of the purpose of the stage. Is it meant to give students more stage experience? In which case my entering would deprive a student of gaining valuable experience, or is it a kind of try-out stage, everything goes? In which case it's the perfect place to experiment with a couple of ideas.

The masterclass with Wendy includes showing a three minute performance, so I have to work on that . Four weeks to go and I have two ideas that I'd like to try:

-Mohamed Abdel Wahab- classic Egyptian, smooth but with flamenco elements (music asks for it)
- oriental fantasy performance with zills and skirtwork (haven't picked music yet)

Or i could dust of Faddah or the melaya choreography and use that in class. What would you do?

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