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Experience & Artistry Edition 2025
For the 19th anniversary of the Heart of Belly Dance (HoBD) retreats, we’re hosting master teacher and choreographer, Esmeralda! Explore the theme of experience and artistry in belly dance. Esmeralda will teach all the belly dance classes, as well as lead the discussion night and perform at the hafla. She’ll thoughtfully weave the theme of how to reflect upon, and enhance, your belly dance journey through your life experiences. Yoga, salsa and special topics teachers to be confirmed soon!
Immerse yourself in belly dance and delve into how experience informs artistry through:
- Middle Eastern & fusion dance lineages
- Selections and interpretations of belly dance music
- Regional and cultural understanding surrounding the dance
- Mindfulness and body awareness
- Creative freedom, originality, and personal expression
May the Experience & Artistry Edition give birth to more inspiration, ideas, friendships, conversations, collaborations and beautiful, uplifting movement!
HoBD Experience & Artistry will culminate in a choreography by Esmeralda. Dancers are welcome to take as many or few classes as they wish. At the closing show dancers may perform the choreography in celebration of all the learning and growth over the weeklong intensive.
ABOUT ESMERALDA
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Experience & Artistry Edition Schedule
Choose your own adventure!
You can attend all the classes or none at all. Spend the days at the beach, in town, receiving a massage, at the pool, on an excursion, or dancing/stretching/sweating it out in the studio.
All Levels Welcome: Beginner – Professional!
Heart of Belly Dance retreats are suitable for all levels, with individual attention to modify movements for beginners and/or challenge advanced dancers. We offer a full schedule of training for professional dancers and teachers, however, all students may choose the intensity of their training. Dancers are welcome to partake in all of daily programming, or just participate in portions of class and relax at the beach, enjoy the resort and explore the small town of Nosara at your leisure. Each day you can design your own training and dance journey to best suit your personal inspiration and rejuvenation!
Perform At The Show!
Dancers are welcome and encouraged to perform solo and small group performances for a student show centered on the theme of Experience & Artistry. The topic for submissions: Exploring the expression of experience and artistry through belly dance. Performance submissions are accepted under 3.5 minutes in length and casual costuming is encouraged for a retreat setting. Please email retreats@saharadance.com to apply. The deadline for applications is March 30th, 2025, or as space is available. We’re curating the hafla for our theme and streamlining the process so it can be smoother onsite. Please make sure your emailed submissions are complete with an artist statement, and dancer bio. In keeping with our genre, songs with English lyrics are discouraged. Pieces will be accepted beginning Fall; registered participants will be emailed when accepted.
Leave your cares at home and reconnect with your love for belly dance. Join us for a week of dance and yoga bliss.