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Library Performances

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audiencePerformances are available to fit varying budgets. Approximate run times are listed below, but can be adjusted through adding or subtracting tales to fit venue and audience needs. Designed for a mixed family audience, the shows are suitable for all ages, kindergarten through adult.

 

 

Tales and Dance of Scheherazade – $200, one hour

Meet the clever and mysterious Scheherazade as she invites the audience on a journey into her world of storytelling and Middle Eastern Dance. Tales both well-known and obscure to Westerners such as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Rescuing the Moon, and the Anklet are brought to life through movement, dance, and spoken word.

 Moquette Volante – Sultan Interactive, $360 One hour

Based on availability, Scheherazade is joined by the commanding but curious Sultan, or her playful sister Dunazade to add depth to the tales of Arabian Nights and other Silk Road Folklore. As Scheherazade spins her web of storytelling, audience members are invited into the tales as non-dancing characters, allowing them to have a moment of fame as well as entertain friends and family who watch them.

 Moquette Volante – Live Music, $800  One to One and a half hours 

The audience enjoys Tales and Dance of Scheherazade with the added magic of live music, woven throughout the tales.  Longer presentation includes a Q&A with the musicians where audience members learn some basic Middle Eastern rhythms as well as more about the process of creating the stories they have seen.

 

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Library Workshops

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Media : Middle Eastern Dance, Storytelling,  $200, one to one and a half hours

Each workshop works best with a maximum of 20 participants, with plenty of room for them to safely move around. Participants should wear comfortable clothing that they can move around in. Footwear is optional; those wearing flip flops or clogs will be asked to take them off for safety. Ground or floor must be cleared of harmful debris.

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Basics of Middle Eastern Dance (all ages; works best with ages 8+, or younger children accompanied by adults. Also fantastic for Teen nights, as belly dance helps build positive body awareness and confidence.)

Session begins with a gentle warm-up to loosen the muscles and prepare for the movements involved in Middle Eastern Dance. There will be a brief discussion on the history and rhythms that characterize Middle Eastern Dance. Then participants will learn some of the movements, such as snake arms, and shoulder and hip isolations, as well as a basic debke, an Arabic social dance.

Dance Me a Story (ages 8-up)  

Session begins with a discussion on the basic components of a story – the who, what, where, and when, as well as Beginning (exposition), Problem, Action, and End (Resolution). Participants will then warm up with various “character” movements, and learn ways to show conflict and resolution through body language, movement, and facial expressions. Guided in small groups of 3-5 students, participants will be able to conceive simple stories of their own and develop these original tales into dance performances.

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