Dance Weekend Belly Dance for Everyone

DANCE FRIDAY/DNE WEEKEND March 27th and 28th 74 Pleasant St. • Arlington 02476 www.dancefriday.org come for the whole event or single dance or class. Belly Dancing is for Everyone — Johara Discover this earthy and sensual dance from the Middle East. Learn slow serpentine snake-arms, body-waves, Belly-rolls, and figure eights along with fast and fiery hip-locks and shimmies. Wear comfortable clothing (Optional: bring any variety of scarf for the hips). Johara has been a leading performer, instructor, choreographer, and percussionist since 1995. She is certified in Hatha & Vinyasa yoga and has trained in multiple dance styles. As the director of Snake Dance Theater Company, she has performed her innovative blend of traditional (Egyptian, Turkish) and fusion belly dance in Turkey, Greece, Brazil and across the US. She’s produced over 15 theatrical shows. Currently, Johara teaches at the New England Movement Arts and the Dance Complex where she has been a faculty member since 1993. Dance News Register Today for DANCE FRIDAY/FREEDOM WEEKEND March 27th and 28th, 2025 74 Pleasant St, Arlington Come for the whole event or single dance or class. Full weekend early bird pricing… $100 in advance (until Sunday March 15th*), $110 day of event. See www.dancefriday.org for discounts and full list of options *Register in person at March 13th Dance in Arlington, pay with cash or check and get the whole weekend for only $85.00! In a time when prices for everything are going up, we are holding last year’s price for the full weekend, if you register with a check at our 3/13/26 dance. We, the organizers, value what the weekend offers for so many — a time of community, learning, music, fun, and, of course, dancing. This is why we decided to hold the early registration pricing for our dancers who attend this Friday’s dance and register in person with cash or check. All this at a time when our expenses to put on the weekend have increased. Spring Weekend Image by Dave and AI.png Tentative 2026 Weekend Schedule FRIDAY, March 27th St. John's Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant St, Arlington, MA OPENING DANCE 7:30pm - 8:30 — Tuning Moving Meditations — Helena Froehlich 8:30pm - 10:30 — Live Music for Dancing with Stan Strickland with DJ'd interlude(s) by DJ das Mojo (Dave Sheppard) SATURDAY, March 28th Full Day of Classes, Dinner & Performances, Evening Dance St. John's Episcopal Church, 74 Pleasant St. • Arlington, MA 1:30 Registration and Opening Circle. Class Period 1 — 2-2:50pm Contact Improv Partnering — Olivier Besson (Parish Hall) Class Period 2 — 3-3:50 Movement, Rhythm & Voice in Community: A Transformative and Holistic Experience Time to Release & Connect **** with Live drumming **** — Sophie Leurent (Parish Hall) Embodying Stories From Our Lives — Christopher Ellinger (Parlor Room) Class Period 3 — 4 - 4:50pm The 5Rhythms®: The Shamanic Journey — Margaux Skalecki (Parish Hall) Class Period 4 — 5pm - 5:50pm Belly Dance to Bliss — Johara (Parish Hall) Foot Reflexology — Bill Kennedy (Parlor Room) SATURDAY Dinner & Evening Dance, March 28th: 6:pm - 8:30: Dinner and Bardic Circle (Time includes Set up) performances by Carrie, Ella Faye Harrington, Paul Hatem, Patti Gurekian, Jessica Lupien, and the Witches’ Dance 8:30pm - 10:30: DANCE — DJ das Mojo (Dave Sheppard) Then, closing circle