Yearly Syllabus Chart

Curriculum: Vocabulary, Techniques, Combinations, & Choreographies
Topic	Autumn	Winter Solstice	Winter Quarter	Spring Quarter	Summer Solstice	Summer Quarter
Element	Water	Earth/ Emerging Fire	Earth	Air	Fire/ Emerging Earth	Fire
Music & Rhythm	Lyrical, flowing music: Chifti Tellis Taxims (for arms/hands) Lyrical Beledis	Candle Dance: Yearly Special Selection	Mid-East Rhythms Study Malfuf Masmoudi Fellahi Maqsum Ayub Zar Drum Solos	Classic Danse Orientale (Special emphasis on beledis, sai'idi, masmoudi) Technique-Builders (Special emphasis on musical transitions, entrances & exits) Special Selections	Floorwork music: Taxims (for floorwork) Lyrical Fire dance / candle dance music	Rom/Turkish Rhythms: Slow & fast chifti tellis Karsilama "Shimmy Specials" Slow Taxims: Floorwork Fire dance / candle dance music (cont.)
Vocabulary / Technique	Veil Work: "Flowing" veil movements Veil wraps / Unveiling Veil framing Undulations: Upper body Lower body Integration Figure Eights Hip & rib circles Arms & hands: Snake arms Pharaohnics Hand ripples Taxims	Special: Candle dance techniques	Rhythm-specific techniques / combinations Percussive movements: Hip accents / drops / thrusts Rib cage / shoulder accents Combinations Beledi Combinations with Zills: "Grounding" in-place beledi movements Beledi combinations Traveling with the beledi rhythm Walking (3/4) shimmies	Veil Play: Movement patterns with veil Veil strategies Spins & Turns: Simple touch-step turns across floor In-place turns (various) Vortex turns and direction changes (Adv.) Movement Across the Floor Various walks & tempos Diagonal patterns (Adv.) Wings of Isis Swords	Candle Dance: Holding candles, presentation Presentation gestures Integrating gesture with full-body awareness Hand-turns with candles Shimmies & Shimmy Variations	Candle Dance (Cont.): Shimmies & Shimmy Variations (Cont.) Floorwork Transitions
Choreographies (Single Dances)	TBD	Candle Dance (to be announced)	TBD	TBD	Candle Dance (to be announced in class)	Candle Dance (cont.) Rompi, Rompi (karsilama)
Choreographies (Long dance routine; year-long study)	Fall, 2010: Mona: Ney Taxim (Arm/Hands Improv.)	N/A	Winter, 2011: Mona: Drum Solo	Spring, 2011: Mona: Finale Spins & Turns, Transitions	Summer, 2010: Mona: Intro (simplified choreography, excerpts)	Summer, 2010, Cont.: Mona: Intro (simplified choreography, excerpts)
Principles / Energy Work	Energy flow	Access Emerging Fire Energy	Grounding / Anchoring	Energy cultivation / circulation	Fire Energy / Energy direction through intention	Fire Energy / Energy direction through intention

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