Performance Craft with Belladonna
Event Information
About this event
Belladonna is a master sword dancer and a theatrical dance specialist. She has over 22 years of professional performance experience and is excited to share the tips and tricks behind the scenes to creating powerful purposeful performances. From restaurant gigs, to the stage, to recorded videos. From live music to cospaly performance. This workshop series will cover every step of cultivating and creating creative performances.
Participants will have the opportunity to present their performance in Belladonna's Online Student Show, Saturday Dec 5th, 2020.
8 hours series
Meeting on zoom
Saturdays: 4:30-6:30pm est
September 12
September 26
October 24
November 21
Participants will also have the opportunity to enroll in a complete training experience:
Costume Creating / Construction & Design series (Sept 19, Oct 17 & Nov 14, 4:30-6:30pm) *with optional material kit*
Makeup for Performance (Friday Oct 23, 7-9pm)
Hairstyles for Stage (Friday Nov 20, 7-9pm)
Organizer Belladonna Boheme
Organizer of Performance Craft with Belladonna
Belladonna is renowned for her groundbreaking and powerful approach to sword dancing. Beyond her dancing training, her experience in Medieval reenacting and years of research, practice and performance, has lead her to develop a unique system of sword work, unlike any other. Due to the popularity of this approach and her love of dancing with a sword, she has created a sword training and certification program to help dancers who are inspired by her work, take their sword-wielding to the next level.
Imagine an entire weekend of sword work! All swords, all of the time!! And every intensive weekend includes a Sea of Swords hafla! The only Bellydance show in the world (thus far) to feature ALL sword work! You won’t hear it here… “we already have a sword dancer”… we are ALL sword dancers! Each dancer has their own expression, a story to tell and a unique dance to share. We want to share in our sword sisterhood (and brotherhood) and celebrate your love of dancing with a sword!
