ART OF THE BELLY
MIRIAM
BIO: Casey Bond “Bringing the doum to the room!”
Casey Bond is a percussionist who really has fun with a drum....and she wants you to have fun too! Over the years she's appeared on dozens of festival stages, including Art of the Belly 2018 & 2019 with Carmine & Friends! She's performed and brought her entertaining (yet informative!) workshops to a wide range of festivals, including Rakkasah East and Spring Caravan; NEATS and Super Fun Dance Camps, Spring Thing (Philadelphia Folk Song Society); Festival of the East and more.
Casey loves teaching, and has maintained a weekly doumbek class on Long Island since 2008, currently offering Beginner and Intermediate doumbek classes at the prestigious Momentum School of Music in West Islip, NY. She is also honored to present limited workshop series in the heart of NYC at Belly Dance America.
As founder/artistic director of the Raq Steady student ensemble, her original percussion compositions are featured on “Raq Steady: Greatest Hits Volume One.” which is available at www.cdbaby.com/raqsteady. Casey brings "real life" experience to her drum classes, as a professional percussionist with some of NYC's coolest bands, including Carmine & Friends, Scott Wilson & Efendi and The Elias Ladino Ensemble. Contact her at caseybond@aol.com or visit her website: www.caseybond.org
DESCRIPTIONS
PLAYING DRUM SOLOS
In this workshop, you will learn how to build your own solos and improvisation techniques. You will also learn what the dancer is expecting from you and how to play something interesting and
exciting for them. This workshop is perfect for drummers who know the basics. While this
workshop is intended for drummers, it is also great for dancers to learn about the drum solo from
the drummer's perspective
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MIRIAM
CASEY BOND
CARMINE
BIO
"Miriam has been studying Middle Eastern Dance since 2002. What began as a desire to find a fun way to stay fit has evolved into a passion for learning about folk dances of all cultures. She believes that two things can tell you the most about any culture without ever a word being spoken: their food and their dances! An unlikely historian, Miriam discovered that her dance studies have given her a greater understanding and appreciation for Middle Eastern cultures and she now finds joy in learning the customs and history of the people behind the dances. In 2018, she founded the Holy Land Dance troupe in Manassas, Virginia with the aim of creating an inclusive, family-friendly activity for both adults and children where they can all learn about the world together."
Saturday 8am-9am
Sunday 8:30-9:30am
BELLY BABES
Introduce your children to Middle Eastern culture through Middle Eastern dance! In this class, children ages 6 and up* will learn a choreography inspired by Disney’s “Aladdin,” but set to a real Arabic children’s song called “New Moon.” Those attending both Saturday and Sunday may also perform the choreography with the class on Sunday, so be sure to bring something sparkly to wear on stage, or wear a solid color and borrow costume pieces from Miriam. *Children as young as 4 may also register if they have an older sibling in the class to help them.
Rhythm Drills for Drums -n- Zills with Casey Bond
Drummers! Dancers! Bring your Middle Eastern percussion instruments to this world-rhythm workshop for percussionists of all levels! Learn to recognize and play rhythms used for belly dance!Fun, funky, and ever so user friendly drills will focus on doumbeks, frame drums and zills, ButTurkish spoons and riqqs are also welcome here!
Join the fun as we use the instruments you bring to the workshop to improvise rhythm songs in the moment. Explore the many moods that we can create together. Beginners will play basic rhythms, while intermediate players embellish with finger rolls, slaps, snaps and so much more. Practice transitioning from one rhythm to another and back again. Then feel your confidence grow as you learn to “split rhythms” between zills and doumbeks! Our workshop will conclude with a fun percussion and music jam!
CARMINE & CASEY INTENSIVE
Music Ensemble Intensive
Join Casey and Carmine and learn some frame drum and riq (extra instruments can be provided) along with doumbek. You will also learn a few songs that you will PERFORM in the show on Saturday (around 3pm)! Different instruments will get different parts and you'll learn to play as a group for a great full sound.