In 2003 Elizabeth started taking tribal style from Ayse Cerami, director of Sundara Varna. This was the beginning of a friendship that has been a major influence in her dance career. Since then she has been able to fine tune her varied dance and artistic background into a cohesive belly dance fusion style. In January 2007 she completed Basic Skills Certification in ATS by Carolena Nericcio. She continues to take classes and workshops from as many teachers as possible.

Elizabeth has taught workshops at Tribal Ford, U.K.; Tribal Caravan, Los Angeles; the IBDC in Las Vegas; & Bedouin Bazaar, San Diego. She directed Raks Ohana, a dance troupe using Polynesian and Belly Dance influences. She has performed with and assisted in directing the Conejo Valley chapter of the Sisterhood Dance Collective and is currently director for the newly formed Los Angeles dance troupe Nataraja and co-director of She'enedra along with Ayse Cerami.

She teaches and performs nationally & internationally as a soloist as well as dancing with her troupes.
http://www.elizartist.com

Amy Sigil: Fast like a Nascar!
Get your slow like a bumper car - fast like a Nascar! Sigil helps you get from 1st to 5th gear in under 2 hours flat! Content includes a mini choreography that is racetrack ready. Ladies and gents...start your engines!

Amy Sigil: Just dance!
Ok, you can talk the talk. But now it's time to walk the walk! Let's turn up the volume and get down to business! This workshop is all about being here. Right now. Leave your notebooks at the door- this is your chance to dive head-first into the present moment. Come on in, the water's fine!

Rose Harden: Finessing Your Fusion
This workshop is great for dancers looking to develop their unique voice in contemporary fusion belly dance. Expand your movement base and learn Rose's approach to fusing different elements drawn from a rich background that includes Contemporary dance, Afro-Haitian, Latin dance and more.
The workshop will begin with dance technique and drill work that will focus on alignment, body awareness, and additional concepts that are useful for belly dance of any style. We will then move on to combos that showcase the seamless integration of other dance forms in to a recognizable belly dance framework. The last 20 minutes of this workshop will be a seminar style discussion on using your inspirations to craft successful fusion dancing and integrating all components of performance to help you realize your personal vision.

About Rose Harden:
Rose Harden, artist and Tribal Fusion belly dancer, has been a passionate member of the vibrant San Francisco belly dance and performance community since 1999. She has contributed her artistry to the innovative concepting, costuming, and choreography of influential dance companies Ultra Gypsy and the Barbary Coast Shakedown. Rose loves the creative process and approaches performance as an extension of her visual arts training, crafting with intention, a unique experience for the audience. She continues to share the joy of this dance form through performance, instruction, and continued study.

As assistant director of Ultra Gypsy, Rose enjoyed sharing the essentials of great technique, dynamic presence and the joy of this dance form through teaching with Jill Parker throughout the United States and Europe at major festivals and workshops. Festivals she is honored to have been a part of include Tribal Fest, Spirit of the Tribes, Northern Migration, Tribal Quest, Tribal Cafe, Tribal Con, and the International Belly Dance Convention.

Rose is inspired by the diversity of the San Francisco performance and dance community where she continues her dance and movement studies with Suhalia Salimpour, Mira Betz, Amy Sigil, yoga, modern dance, and pilates. She also tours with the Cyclecide Bike Rodeo and The Lifesize Mousetrap when not managing Rosehips Designs.

Zoe Jakes : The next level: getting deeper with your slow movement
This workshop starts by breaking down "traditional" bellydance movement, teaching body and muscle awareness, and moves on to more advanced stylization, giving the student a true understanding of executing tribal fusion movement, and bringing more substance to their dance. Some topics: Breaking down the roll -frustrated with your rolls? Don't seem to ever get better? Step by step this class will train your body to correctly execute a fluid and completely muscular roll, Arms and Hands-getting more flexibility, fluidity and strength, making your armwork look effortless

Zoe Jakes: Drilling better smarter faster!
Lets get to the root of it all! Tribal fusion drills for your personal practice at home. This is the meat and potatoes of it all, your "Dance Spine"...Information to use all year! We will use specific pilates and yoga based exercises to strengthen the core muscles necessary for backbends, belly rolls, and tight hip work. Hip, head, shoulder and chest isolations will be drilled, as well as working on smoothing transitions from move to move. We will go over lots of pop-lock technique, as well as fluidity of movement, stressing on posture and upper body awareness. And you will sweat!!!!