November Digest

NOVEMBER DIGEST
in this issue...

1) Grand Opening Party!
2) New Classes
3) Performance Workshops
4) November Workshop: Yoga for Bellydancers w/ Debra Rubin Returns!
5) Continual improvements on the Website

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1) Grand Opening Party!
We're so excited about this event! Please join us on Friday, Nov. 2, 8-11pm for our Grand Opening performance/celebration.

Featuring music by:
The Lemon Lime Lights
Photon
Dan Cantrell

and dance performances by:
ShoeBox Teens! Performing Arts Program
Rockabelly (Rockin' Bellydance Fusion)
Cassandra Hazen (Hip Hop)
Freyja (Bellydance)
Kathleen Blake (Tango)
Mina of Dalloua Dance Co. (Bellydance)
Sara Templeton (Contemporary)
Gibson Pearl (Bellydance)
and Damage Control Dance Theater (Modern Fusion Bellydance)

With food from Oola SF & The Cheiftan & Delicious Homemade Sangria
Raffle prizes including free classes, private pilates sessions, Katherine Summer gloves, Brainwash Bucks, and more!

And of course, a Day of the Dead Costume Contest!

Only $5+ Donation at the door.
See you there!

Friday, Nov. 2, 8-11pm
855 Folsom St. #112
btwn 4th & 5th

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2) New Classes!
We are offering a LARGE selection of Dance, Pilates, and Fitness classes in the mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Pilates, Bootcamp, Dance Workouts, Contemporary, Bellydance, and more! Please visit our website for our complete schedule!
www.shoeboxsf.com

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3) Performance Workshops!

Our performance workshops are filling up FAST! November begins our first ever Student Showcase preparations! Workshops include Dark Fusion Bellydance w/ Ariellah, Turkish Roman "Gypsy" Dance w/ Liz Strong, Afro-Samba w/ Dandara, Hip Hop Fusion w/ Cassandra, Street Jazz w/ Amber Steele, and Funk Fusion Bellydance w/ Cera.

Classes will work for 6 weeks to develop an original choreography which will be performed on Dec. 14th in a professional theater!
(Performing is not mandatory for participation...but why not show off what you've learned!?)

Registration is limited to 15 people, so sign up now to reserve your spot!
You reserve your spot online free of charge at www.shoeboxsf.com/register.html

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4) Special Workshop: Yoga For Bellydancers w/ Debra Rubin

Back by popular demand! This sell-out workshop with Debra Rubin is going to rock your core and refine your technique, while enlivening your spirit & deepening your practice!

Core Integration/Yoga for Bellydancers---2 workshops in one!
Guaranteed to rock your core, and take your dancing to the next level!

12-2pm: Core Integration/Yoga for Dancers
2-4pm: Now Let's Dance it!

pre-register:
$40 for first workshop. ($45 at door)
$65 for both. ($70 at door)

DESCRIPTION:
12-2pm: Core Integration, Yoga for dancers:
Drawing from yoga, feldenkrais, pilates, and Deb's personal 'stash', this workshop will focus on core integration, spinal articulation, and building the foundational strength and flexibility to directly support your dancing technique and prevent injuries. Focus will be on increasing pelvic, hip, spine, and shoulder flexibility, deepening core awareness, and gaining isolated control of all the muscles necessary for bellydance.
A necessary foundation for any level dancer.

2-4pm: Let's dance it!
Applying the techniques we focused on it the first workshop, it's now time to integrate it into our dancing. Focus at this workshop will be on deepening our slow, ooey gooey moves to achieve that slinky, sexy, intoxicating look and feel; drilling sharp, pronounced isolations, with new yogic, integrated awareness that will change your dancing at the core!
Also learn healthy habits for laybacks and backbending to save your low back, layering techniques, and 'floating' upper body, and posture for stage.

This is a one day only workshop, and the last one filled up FAST! Dont miss your chance!

Date: Sunday, Nov. 18th, 12-4pm
Rates: $40 for first Workshop
$65 for both
(+$5 at the door)

SIGN UP NOW: email shoeboxstudio@gmail.com with your name & which workshop(s) you're signing up for.

About Deb:
Debra Rubin (MA, CMT, RYT) is a holistic health counsellor, integrative bodyworker, and yoga teacher, with a private practice in Oakland, CA. Trained in both Eastern and Western healing arts, as well as integrative medicine, and various somatic therapies, she has facilitated at healing conferences all over the world, and regularly teaches in the Bay area. A core member, and choreographer of UltraGypsy Dance Theater and regular sub for Jill Parker's classes, she fuses 10 years experience in holistic health with 25+ years of performance experience to create a core-integrated class geared specifically for dancers.

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5) Our AWESOME website!
We are continually improving our website for ease of use. Check out our community blog on the News page, easier registration and payment pages, and newly updated class schedules.
Our fantastic webdesigner at www.Hipgnostica.com is working really hard to continually refine our website for us, and all his work really shows! Thanks Omar!
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about the website, let us know.