WICKED STEPS DANCE STUDIO.

Basha Raks is proud to present the Wicked Steps Dance Studio!

Please check out our website at http://www.wickedsteps.webs.com/

Upcoming Performances and Events

Basha Raks participates in Girls Night Out being held on Friday, April 8 from 7-9pm at Tranquil Garden Retreat, Oshawa


Belly Dance for Every Body

Belly dance is one of the oldest dance forms dating back to the 11th century. It is, primarily, a celebratory dance performed for women by women. It has evolved over the years to include such variety and style to suit every dancer.From the earthy "Tribal" dance to the classical "Egyptian" and even 'Gothic" and "Fusion" there is genre for everyone.

Belly dance allows women to express themselves through movement and to reclaim their identities and a sense of inner power. It teaches women to love the body they are in and encourages and promotes self-esteem within a supportive, social enviroment.

Sadly during world wars women in the oringinating middle eastern countries, working to feed thier families, brought the dance out of their women only enviroments and before foreign men. Eventually the movie industry used the dance but altered the costumes and sexualized belly dance. This existing sexual taboo of a folk dance still prevails today in the general public despite nearly a century's passing. Once experienced however, myths disolve and the true healing, empowering, joyous and communicative nature of the dance prevails.

Basha Raks hold the utmost respect for the dance, each other and the audiences we perform for. We never promte belly dance as a dance of enticement but a dance of celebration and joy!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Performances

Our performances to date:

Love To Belly Dance Recital: Rhondo Banquet Hall Thornhill. September 2008
Our very first recital performance! It was a lot of fun. What made it even more special was we choreographed the entire routine ourselves!

Sunrise Youth Group: November 2008
This was a great experience! We did a dance for mentally and physically challenged youth. It was so inspiring to see how much these young people loved to dance with us. They made every effort to join in and they all had a great time!

Weight Watchers: December 2008
As a Weight Watchers member I wanted to show the ladies they can love their bodies no matter what size or shape they are. Learning to love your body at any stage is important to me as belly dance showed me I can do just that!

Unionville Alliance Church Youth Group: February 2009
This was a very special day for Jawhara and we were honoured to be part of this dance with her. The youth group was a fantastic audience! They really got involved with cheering us on and they loved it! They also took part in a shimmy drill. It was great to see them all getting involved.

Upcoming Performances:

Fundraiser for Relay for Life March 2009.

Wedding Shower May 2009.
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