Miami Bellydance Convention

Frèdèrique began studying American Tribal Style belly dance in February of 1997 and after a long journey of experimentation and self realization, she is now known for her voix de ville (voice of the city) style and pushing musical boundaries by arranging music to enhance her conceptual narrative, creating a sound and sight stage reflecting the intricate nuances of her movement and complementing her technical skill combined with her depth of heart in performance.

She is also known for reinventing and evolving her dance-form; her core focus being to improvise each performance in concept, narrative, costume, and dance resulting in a unique performance each time. Since beginning 2004, Frédérique's ambiance and inspiration have revolved around elements from the turn-of-the-20th century with undertones of carnival, cirque, music box, and ballerina-jewelry-box themes all arranged together with an underground urban 'bass' sound to produce a tangible vision of her creativity, expression, and love for the Arts.

Her avant garde style is a compilation of dance forms, life experiences, and passion all integrated and filtered through her imagination to share with you...

Friday August 29th 2008

New ‘Urban Tribal Style’ Moves
Skill Level 2

Want to add to your tribal vocabulary? Learn new moves with the ATS concept
of lead and follow developed with non-verbal cues. Frédérique has created new
Urban Tribal moves that have been inspired by a variety of ancient and modern dances
with fundamental roots in ATS and Cabaret stylized belly dance.
Class will begin with elementary yoga / palates based stretches / exercises,
ending with isometric upper body strengthening that will help develop
excellent upper body posture for dancing as well as our daily life. Be prepared
to focus on strong technique throughout the class. By the end we will all
be dancing new tribal moves together, as a tribe.
*Prior knowledge in ATS is recommended but not necessary.
Will go over the concept in class.