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Workshop Descriptions

 

Featured Artists

Sunyatta

 

Sunyatta Amen is a world renowned natural lifestyle expert. Her mission is to teach the world to live natural, sexy life through movement and healthy dietary choices. With Sunyatta’s philosophy of "Movement As Medicine" she shares her knowledge of healthy movement to the world.
Wayne   Are you ready to get fit - outside & INSIDE? Acclaimed author and Tantric Master, Dr. Wayne B. Chandler, will be offering workshops in The Tao of Sexology, Ancient Secrets of Tantra, Taoist Organ Healing and Hormone Balancing & more!  Wayne has personally studied for over 30 years with some of the world's greatest living healing masters such as Mantak Chia. He is ready to help you take your health to the next level! He will also be offering private healing sessions on site. See him after your workshops with him for more info.

Rachid

 

Coming all the way from Amsterdam just for you! Rachid is an world celebrated, award-winning dancer and BOCA show favorite! Here is your opportunity to study with Rachid, watch him perform on Saturday & then perform with him in the Sunday Night show! He will lead you in a dance taught in class on stage!
Chicava

 

Chicava HoneyChild is a burlesque danseur, actor and producer. She is the Creative Producer of NYC’s famous Brown Girls Burlesque Troupe. She received her MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College her areas of interest being performance art, women of color in burlesque heritage, and sacred sexuality and spirituality. She is working on a documentary on the legacy of Women of Color in burlesque. People of all hues are welcome in her Brown Girl Burlesque workshops - after all, we all have a little brown sugar inside waiting to pour forth.
Carmen  
Carmen is a classically trained dancer who found her love of bellydance and her 'spiritual booming booty' as a protege of Sunyatta Amen inside MamaSita Studio. Join Carmen for her Hip Hop Bellydance Workshops and onstage at the Glamour Stage as she leads her students in a short performance of what they covered in the workshops.

Naimah

 

Naimah, winner of Bellydance Nationals Alternative Fusion Soloist Champion and the People’s Choice award, is also the director of the 2010 Bellydance Nationals Alternative Fusion Troupe Champions, “Amandari”. She has found her niche in the art of Modern Tribal style bellydance and is known for her mysterious, gothic infused, fluid movements. Her moves have been compared to that of a “man eating plant” and a “mechanical snake”.
Dane   Hailing from a Cuban family, Dane never forgot his roots; as a Jazz/Cabaret singer, dancer, actor, writer, Dane says, "I use the dance as libations -- pouring over an ancestral drum so that it may dance us into a new revolution. You can change your life with a dance!" Dane attended the Baltimore School for the Arts and Catholic University. Dane is known for his electric classes and fiery style. Join him in Afro-Cuban Orisha Dance Workshops and ignite your inner fire!
Lotus

 

Lotus Niraja is a professional Middle Eastern dance artist specializing in Urban, Contemporary and Modern Egyptian and Lebanese belly dance styles. As one of the top performers and instructors on the East Coast, Lotus is widely recognized for her drum solos and shimmy technique and her dance style is dynamic, infused with glamour and style!
Cassandra   Cassandra Fox is a multi-award winning belly dance and Caribbean fusion dance performer and instructor and 2012 Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition Fusion Champion! Born to Jamaican parents, she drawing from soca, Dancehall, reggae. She is also known for her strong technique and high energy workshops - with intense and unique booty and hip movements! Join Cassandra and 'embrace the booty' in your bellydance!
Makeda

 

A professional bellydancer, specializiing in modern Egyptian and fusion styles of bellydance.
Zehzeh   A genuine showstopper! Originally from Brazil, Zezeh has been crowned Carnival Queen of the Unidos do Peruche samba school numerous times. She has performed and taught professionally for over 15 years in a number of countries, appearing on FOX TV, NBC News and numberous magazine ads and articles.
Subha   About Subha Maruvada, Founder and Director of Pranava Natyam School has been celebrated for her excellence in classical dance techniques of South India. She is also a 200-RYT certified yoga teacher and incorporates yoga into her dance teaching. Join Subha for 'Bollywood Boom' & 'Classical Dances of India' Workshops!