Santa Barbara Wellness Directory
Dance Performance, Instruction and Facilities in Santa Barbara & Los Angeles

Indian Dance Retreats, Workshops & Classes in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara - Hemalayaa
Indian Dance Retreats, Workshops & Classes in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara
- Hemalayaa

Belly Dancing in Santa Barbara by Beth Amine
Belly Dancing in Santa Barbara
- Beth Amine

Fire Dancing & Poi in Santa Barbara - Romi Cumes, Transformative Healing Arts
Fire Dancing & Poi in Santa Barbara - Romi Cumes, Transformative Healing Arts

Belly Dance Instruction & Performance in Santa Barbara by Ninaya Strandberg
Group Dance in Santa Barbara
- Ninaya Strandberg

Andrea Ogundele Robertson - African Dance

Andrea Ogundele Robertson African Dance Instruction & Performance aogundele@hotmail.com

Belly Dance Instruction & Performance in Santa Barbara - Kirsten Maclellan
Belly Dance Classes and Performance in Santa Barbara
- Kirsten Maclellan

 


Los Angeles

Indian Dance Classes, Performances and Workshops in Los Angeles - Hemalayaa

Santa Barbara

The Calabash
- Weekly Ongoing Dance Events in Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties

Belly Dance Classes, Performance, Parties - Beth Amine 805-569-0596

Belly Dance Instruction & Performance in Santa Barbara - Kirsten Maclellan

Fire Dancing & Poi in Santa Barbara - Romi Cumes, Transformative Healing Arts

Ventura Pilates Studio - Dance & Pilates Studio

African Dance Performance, Fire Dancing and Poi in Santa Barbara
- Transformative Healing Arts with Romi Cumes


Dancing from the Heart/Ecstatic Dance in Santa Barbara - Suzanne Riordan

Ecstatic Dance Instruction in Santa Barbara - Sarah Kane

Fardad Michael Serry - Tantalizing Argentine Tango in Santa Barbara

Ginga Multicultural Arts Center - 219 Gray Ave., SB 805-689-3322. These folks were awesome at WELLNESS EXPO II.

Hip Brazil Dance in Santa Barbara with Vanessa Isaac - Inspired by Brazilian dance styles including samba, frevo, samba reggae and African dances

Bollywood Indian Dance in Santa Barbara with HemalayaaA Night in Bollywood
Joyful Dance with Hemalayaa

Saturday, June 14, 7pm
at Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Way, SB
(around corner from SB roasting Co.)
phone: 805-965-8811
$20 advance, $25 door

Dance like an Indian Goddess.
Through a series of moves that allows us to shed our fears and sense of inhibition.
Learn to release any tension or sense of burden from our bodies.

Portion of proceeds to: Friends of Maiti Nepal
a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing the human rights crisis of girl sex trafficking, and raising awareness of this issue in the U.S.


BOLLYWOOD INDIAN DANCE CLASS
Hemalayaa's Teaching Schedule - 2008:

May 11, 16 London, ENG
May 22 Montreal, Que
May 26 Toronto, Ont
May 30-June 2 Kripalu (Lenox, MA)
July 25-27 Ojai, CA
Aug 29-Sept 31 Miami, Fl
Sept 9-11 Chicago, Il
Sept 12-14 Denver, CO
Sept 16-18 Austin,TX
Sept 19-27 Los Angeles,CA
Sept 23-25 San Diego, CA
Sept 26-19 San Fransisco, CA
Sept 30 -Oct 5 Vancouver, BC
Oct 10-12 New York, NY

To register or for more info, call 805-646-7382

Hemalayaa teaches Indian Dance and Yoga classes in Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara and offers frequent workshops in Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto as well as retreats in some of the world’s most stunning settings.
Hemalayaa's Retreat Schedule
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Five Days Samba Intensive
with Vanessa Isaac

Go deep, vent stress, feel graceful, dance in pure joy

At Ginga Multicultural Arts Center, Studio E
219 Gray Avenue, Santa Barbara, California

Every Wednesday in April ~ 7:15-8:30PM (April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30) - $100

Five weeks to master it! An introduction and Beyond!!!! You will learn the basics of Rio's style Samba and learn a choreography that takes you well beyond the basics! No drop-in for this class. This is a class closed so students can advance!

If you want to perform with the Santa Barbara Samba group this is a excellent pre-parade class, students in this class will be well prepared to join the parade class and perform as part of Solstice Parade! Following the sucess of last year, we will be doing samba again for the Santa Barbara Solstice Parade! This year the bateria (drums) will be led by the amazing Chalo, percussionist of Sergio Mendes and Santana! Chalo Eduardo is recognized as a preeminent authority on Brazilian rhythms and percussion instruments.

No partners - This is Samba Brazilian Carnaval Style!!!

Objectives: · Learn the basics of Samba · Learn a full and new Brazilian choreography! · Feel the rhythm! · Celebrate and invigorate your body!

Please e-mail dance@hipbrazil.com if interested to reserve space!

(Vanessa's) method of instruction and her infectious love of the dance leave you feeling refreshed, exhilarated... You're a gazelle, a samba cat, a graceful and sultry creature. (Please, take a moment ... breathe, bask in the delight of your newfound dancitude.) - Honda Owen - Democrat-Gazette

Dance Events, Links & Facilities

Wednesday evenings 6:45 - 7:45pm BEGINNING BELLY DANCE CLASS with Kirsten Maclellan Come and learn the beautiful and ancient art of belly dance in a safe and supportive environment. This class will introduce you to all the basic moves and teach you inspiring choreographies. The class is co-taught by Kirsten Maclellan and Laura Alvarez so you get lots of individual attention and encouragement. @ Goleta Valley Community Center, 5679 Hollister Avenue, Room 8, Goleta COST: $10 per class or $40 in advance for 4 classes. Please call Kirsten MacLellan at 805-886-4818 for more information.

African Dance Instruction & Performance - Andrea Ogundele Robertson - aogundele@hotmail.com

Dance Away, Every Friday night 7:30 to 10:30 pm, Parish Hall, Unitarian Church, 1535 Santa Barbara St., Santa Barbara www.danceawaysb.com, $5, 967-5241.

www.BellyDanceLand.com BellyDance Land with Cris! a featured soloist for the UCSB Middle East Ensemble

GLOBAL DANCE, Kristen Hoye. For classes contact Kristen at 805-687-1617, or email khoye98@yahoo.com. www.yogameetsdance.com

ECSTATIC DANCE, Suzanne Riordan, Santa Barbara, suzriordan@aol.com, 805-564-1229. www.dancingfromtheheart.org

Ginga Multicultural Center
Ginga Multicultural Arts Center
- 219 Gray Ave., Santa Barbara ~ 805-689-3322
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The Nia Technique. Neuromuscular Integrative Action. Ken Gilbert: Black Belt Nia Instructor. Santa Barbara Athletic Club. 520 Castillo St., Santa Barbara. 805-966-6147. Cell: 805-452-7164. dramadog@cox.net

AFRICAN DANCE CLASS WITH KAY FULTON, 11 W. Ortega St, 12:30 - 2 on Saturdays, (call first) 805-965-0651.

SANTA BARBARA DANCE ALLIANCE, PO Box 22256, Santa Barbara, CA 93121, 924 Anacapa St., Suite 1S, SB 93101, www.sbdancealliance.org 805-966-6950 Memberships $25 per year includes newsletter, Dance Flash emails, listing in calendar of events, etc.

Tingsha's Harmonic Renewal, Celebrating each season, call Fata Evans 805-653-2545, or fatah@doc.net

SHAKTI RISING, the Feminine Power of Yoga, with Sarah Kane

Sese Ntem's Congolese Soukous Dance Class! Please join us for this fun energetic dance class. Sese brings us the latest tunes rocking the dance clubs in Europe and Africa, and we have a lot of fun learning his routines. For anyone who loves African music and dancing, this is a great opportunity to try something new.

NINAYA YOGA DANCE Yoga Dance with Ninaya on FIRST Thursdays 5:30pm-7:00pm, at Avia Yoga Studio & Spa. 350 Chapala Street (This class is followed by a live music/candle light restorative yoga class with Cheri Clampett) $14/class or $63/5 classes. Yoga Dance is an honoring of life as it expresses naturally through us in movement, breath and play. Yoga Dance is creative, freeing and fun. Enjoy upbeat world music meditations, dancing deeply with your self and others. Yoga Dance incorporates the Dance Alive(r) method with Free style dance, Yoga moves and Massage therapy. No previous yoga experience required. Bring a towel! (The Dance Alive(r) Method uses breath, sound and music to accompany you individually and with others through five elemental movement forms. Balancing spontaneity with structure, fluidity with resistance, right brain with left, expression with containment. The balance between building muscle and increasing fluidity trains us to become strong and adaptable. As we carry this strength and adaptability into our daily relationships and yoga practice, we become naturally aligned.) Ninaya specializes in life movement modalities. She is a certified teacher and practitioner of Yoga, dance, massage, watsu and colon hydrotherapy, offering wellness programs and retreats worldwide...contact her for more information 805-637-2387 or visit her website: www.healingjourneys.info Email: ninaya@healingjourneys.info

VENTURA AREA DANCE LINKS

Dance Jam Ventura, second Saturdays, 7:30 to 10:30 pm, www.waywebby.com/dancejam, email: dancejamventura2@aol.com, Makoto Dojo, 3026 Telegraph, Ventura, $6 adults, $1 children 16 and under. Dancing barefoot on firm mats. Dorie Zabriskie, 650-7112

The Nia Technique. Neuromuscular Integrative Action. Instructor Kate Nash, at the YMCA and several other sites including Pierpont Racquet Club, Natural Healing Arts Center, Precision Pilates/Camarillo. 805-766-6755, www.nia-nia.com. email: katerinia1@yahoo.com

Gateways Through Movement (Ventura and Santa Barbara), Jacalyn Booth, 805-640-7442 or email gateways@ojai.net.

Ventura Yoga Studio, 110 N. Olive, Suite P, and East Beach Studios (SB), 201 S. Milpas.

BellyDance, Fusion Studio, NEW ADDRESS: 4587 Telephone Rd., #209, Ventura, www.NearEastDance.com. Workshops, classes, drumming.

House of Dance, Many types of dance styles, Classes, special evening dances, Patricia Monico 3007 Bunsen Ave, Suite E, Ventura 93003, 650-2179. www.pmhouseofdance.com. Email: houseofdance@cs.com

Dance Happenings, Fridays 7 to 10 pm, Plexus Moving Arts Studio, 505 E. Roblar, Meiner's Oaks, 805-646-1143, call for schedule.

Ventura Arts Online, presented by San Buenaventura Foundation for the Arts, www.venturaarts.org

NATIONWIDE RESOURCES

Northern California Dance Collective, info@ncdcdances.org,
Southern California Dance Collective
Dance New England (nationwide dance listing)
Drum Camps & Summer Programs


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