Keti Sharif – MUSICALITY FOR BELLYDANCE Instruments & Music-Movement Relationship

Musicality for Bellydancers Course

Keti Sharif presents 4 video seminars with a 30 page ebook – clips of music-movement research in Cairo, and a recent worldwide survey. Learn to identify a variety of Arabic musical instruments, compositional styles, cultural genres, and how they influence improvisation & choreography.

Video 1. Arabic Instruments, Music & Culture
* Arabic Instruments and recurring movement responses
* Maqams to Taqsim; Arabic melodic modes & aesthetic
* Arabic music and cultural traditions, genres and styles

Video 2. Rhythm & Tempo as Foundation
* Middle Eastern rhythms and associated movement
* How tempo and BPM affect pace and weight transfer
* Rhythmic patterning for footwork, travelling, turning

Video 3. Musicality Skills for Dancers
* Musicality – skills for the bellydance choreographer
* Musical awareness for improvisation and free-dance
* Notation & phrasing – tools for compositional structure

Video 4. Musical Energy & Resonance
* Energetic resonance and music-movement connection
* Musicality survey findings – what new data reveals
* The Elements in Bellydance – Earth, Fire, Air, Water