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Keep Inspired! Belly Dance/Modern Fusion Series with Sara. Saturdays through December 11th, 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM - Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 4:45 PM (ET)

Waltham, United States

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MSC Fusion Feature:  

"Keep Inspired!" Belly Dance Fusion Series with Sara Rodrigues Cabral.  

Featuring Theatrical Belly Dance combinations InFused with Modern Dance

Saturdays through December 11th (excluding Thanksgiving week) from 3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Drop in to any Saturday for $20!


Featuring:

Theatrical & Emotive Combinations

Expressive Music Interpretation

Possible Performance Future

A Fabulous Time!
 
Using belly dance movements infused with modern dance technique, this class series will explore several combos to different songs.  Music includes

Helm (tribal drums)
Beirut
Solace
Balkan Music
Devotchka
Carlos Paredes ( Portuguese Fado)
Today's pop
and much more

Sara will break it all down for you in a warm and supportive class atmosphere. The idea of this series is to keep "inspired" in both its literal sense (from the latin "inspirare" -- to breathe deeply, and its figurative sense -- to instill ever renewing pleasure for dance in your heart through choreographic and emotional expression.)

 

Sara Rodrigues Cabral
Azorean-born Sara has lived a life of dance and theater arts since childhood.  She has inspired audiences of all ages with her style, soulful presence, expert dance technique and personal warmth. Back on her Island, Sara was a principal dancer for Ballet Teatro Paz, a professional Ballet and Modern Dance company.  She also acted, danced and sang on film in different projects.After moving to the U.S. over ten years ago, Sara was drawn to the Art of Belly Dance through her great friend and mentor, Melina of Daughters of Rhea, and has since become an accomplished professional.  Sara is a caring teacher and a giving performer as well as a Pilates instructor certified by The Boston BodyWorks Studio with Kathy Van Patten.
 
Sara Cabral on Belly Dancing
"My true inspiration to Dance is Music. When I listen to certain songs my whole being wakes up and focuses. My mind follows my body and creates a story. It becomes clear to me that there is a message, a purpose and a need for movement. And my biggest Love is to create those stories, to sculpt new movements and mix them up with the old ones, to create my own expression. My own Fusion. I like to mix things my way. I believe that technique is key as far as reaching a level in which people will follow and believe your story.  Always continue to grow and learn and better your moves and your control. It's been a beautiful journey for me. I am proud to say I have Dance, Music and at times singing and theatre in my life. Most of all I am always excited about what I am going to do next."

When & Where



Moody Street Circus/Daughters of Rhea Dance Studios
397 Moody Street, 2nd Floor
Waltham, 02453

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 3:30 PM - Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 4:45 PM (ET)


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Hosted By

Melina of Daughters of Rhea / Moody Street Circus



Moody Street Circus is the professional family-run Waltham, MA-based headquarters of Sacha and Melinda Pavlata's Cirque Passion School of Circus Arts and Melina's Daughters of Rhea Belly Dance Company. We also offer tented entertainment circus events with our worldclass traveling circus family: cloud swing, high wire, unicycle, trapeze, aerial hoop, clowning and more.

At Moody Street Circus we teach the joy of life through circus arts and belly dance to children, teens and adults of all ages. Heart, humor and inclusive community spirit are at the core of our teaching.  We strive to bring out students' full potential, then challenge individuals to work on skills that will elevate their expression up to performance-grade levels.  

Moody Street Circus is the place for classes in belly dance, circus arts, and aerial arts; for birthday parties, summer and after-school programs and more for kids and adults.  No matter where you are in your life's journey, there is always room for learning new skills and having fun. Moody Street Circus is here for you when you are ready to learn to undulate, ululate or hang upsidedown from a static trapeze.

MSC Directors and teachers Sacha and Melinda (AKA Melina of Daughters of Rhea) share extraordinary family legacies in circus and dance.

Alexandre Sacha Pavlata is a fifth-generation Czech circus artist, master aerialist and world-renown circus arts teacher.  He grew up with his traveling circus family in a wooden circus wagon which crisscrossed Europe and North Africa presenting their famous unicycle and trampoline act under big tops all over the globe. From horses to high wire and everything in between, Sacha has since performed nearly every kind of circus act you could imagine, including touring with the legendary Flying Wallendas as an integral part of their breath-taking seven-person pyramid on the high wire.

Sacha's circus heritage goes back 5 generations on both sides.  His mother, Hungarian-born Anna Dubsky, came from a long line of Risley Act performers (the acrobatic foot juggling of people), and his father, Czech-born Karl Pavlata, descended from a family of aerialists known for their great physical strength and versatility in the air. More on Sacha extraordinary life and legacy in the circus at www.cirquepassion.com.

Melinda "Melina" Pavlata, Ph.D. (AKA Melina of Daughters of Rhea) is a 2nd generation circus and belly dance artist. Her mother is belly dance pioneer Rhea of Greece, her father is folk musician singer/songwriter Phil Marsh, and her step-mother is Shakespearean actress/juggler/circus artist Cecil MacKinnon.  She grew up fully immersed in her parents' international performing lives, performing with them in the Pickle Family Circus and dancing with her mother and sister Piper (Belly Dancer of the Year 2000) on taverna stages in the ancient city of Athens, Greece.

As an adult Melinda 'Melina' has toured around the world as an aerialist, circus artist and belly dancer with Circus Flora, The Wallenda Family Circus, Cirque Rocks, Amazing Grace Circus and currently with her own circus Cirque Passion. 

Melina is currently on the faculty of Kripalu where she teaches an annual summertime retreat "Wild Hips, Gypsy Heart: Belly Dance as self-empowerment." 

For more on Melina's belly dance family please visit www.daughtersofrhea.com

For more the Pavlata's circus life please visit www.cirquepassion.com.