I have decided to sell three costumes to make room for some new ones!  Here is the link where you can see them:

Costumes for Sale by Katya Faris

Green Costume Video

Please email me at katya@katyafaris.com if you are interested in buying them!

Thanks!

Katya

Hey everyone, my new video is up!  Click the link below to check it out!  Shukran!

Katya Faris, Lebanese Raqs Sharqi Solo, Mosaic IV/Club Bellydance

BellySkyping with Katya Faris!

Video conferencing with Katya is easy, and you can do it worldwide!  No more taking time out of your day to drive to the dance studio!  Now you can just log in on Skype, and get all the great benefits of learning from an experienced professional in the comfort of your own home!  After visiting Naples, Florida, and meeting and studying with Ansuya, www.ansuya.com, I saw that she does Bellyskyping, and realized that it is a great new way to teach!

All you need is a high-speed internet connection, a video camera and a free Skype account!

It’s easy as I-2-3!

1)  Get your free Skype account here: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/

2)  Email katya@katyafaris.com to request a BellySkype appointment

3)  Once your appointment is confirmed, pay using PayPal below

There are two types of lessons:  Private Single; and Group, which can be in your home, or join a virtual group!

Group Home Lesson: Create your own group at your house or dance space!  Just use the appropriate payment button below.  This is a great way to save money if you would like to reduce your fee by sharing your time and cost with your friends.

Virtual Group: Email katya@katyafaris.com to request a Virtual Group placement if you would like to be added to a group that will Skype in from various locations.  You can pay with Option Four below once you receive confirmation that you’ve been placed in a group.

Payment Options:

Option One: Single private lesson = $100 per hour

Option Two: Group lesson for two = $50 each per hour

Option Three: Group lesson for three= $33.50 each per hour

Option Four: Group lesson for four = $25.00 each per hour

*Great Idea!*

Connect your computer to a TV for larger screen viewing! Also, connecting your computer to a projector will give you a life-size image of Katya, as if she is standing right beside you!  A great investment for the serious student.

I will be temporarily helping my mother who is ill, and I plan on bellydancing in Naples, Florida!  I will be looking into teaching bellydance and Zumba, as well as performing as much as possible!  Please see my GigMasters profile for more information about Katya Faris, bellydancer in Naples, Florida:

Katya on GigMasters

You can email me at katya@katyafaris.com if you would like to contact me directly!

Looking forward to exploring dance in Southwest Florida!

Katya

“Your job is you and only you. When you are working in harmony with the law, no-one can come between you and the Universe. However if you think another person can get in the way of what you want, then you have done a flip to the negative. Focus on creating what you want.
You are the center of divine operation in your life, and your partner is the Universe. No one can get in the way of your creation”~The Secret

Click here:

The Secret

I have been into Duncan technique lately, because of my dear friend and sister in the dance, Paola Blanton.  This quote got me thinking today:

”It is the mission of all art

to express the highest and most beautiful ideals of man.”

- Isadora Duncan

If we use dance for anything but the highest ideals, then our dancing becomes a portal for negativity.  If we as dancers can only advance ourselves by stealing instead of rightfully being given opportunities, then we shall reap what we sow, no?

Aim high.

”There are likewise three kinds of dancers:

first, those who consider dancing as a sort of gymnastic drill,

made up of impersonal and graceful arabesques;

second, those who, by concentrating their minds,

lead the body into the rhythm of a desired emotion,

expressing a remembered feeling or experience.

And finally, there are those who convert the body

into a luminous fluidity,

surrendering it to the inspiration of the soul.”

- Isadora Duncan

I want to be the third kind of dancer, how about you?

Other great quotes:

”No, I can’t explain the dance to you;

if I could tell you what it meant,

there would be no point in dancing it.”

”Dancing: the highest intelligence in the freest body.”

- Isadora Duncan

It’s coming soon, next week October 12th!  Don’t miss this spectacular show of traditional and innovative bellydance performances!  This is the Bellydance Superstars first time to Bloomington, let’s welcome them with open arms!

For tickets, go to:  Buskirk Chumley Theater

For more information about the show, go to:  Club Bellydance by the Bellydance Superstars

Hope to see you there!  If you purchase your tickets now it is $20, day of the show it is $25!

Come try out my Bellydance Level 1 at Windfall Dance Studio!  It’s Tuesdays, 7:45-8:45-

Windfall Dance Website

Hope to see you there!!

The best journal of Middle Eastern Dance that is sadly no longer publishing, has put all of the best articles from 1992-2002 online!  Mine was chosen for this special archive.  Enjoy!

Peptides and The Mind-Body Orchestra by Katya Faris