New for 2013! A 3 day-long workshop intensive on the darker side of bellydance from Tempest - the most recognized pioneer and style engineer of Gothic/Ritual/Dark Fusion Bellydance.

Tempest's influence has been felt far and wide with the creation of the Gothic Bellydance Resource in 2003, which has helped to define the movement across the world and inspired the release of several Gothic Bellydance performance DVDs (Gothic Bellydance: The Darker Side of Fusion (2006), Gothic Bellydance: Revelations (2007), Bellydance Underworld (2007)) as well as several instructional DVDs. In 2005 she began offering workshops on Gothic Bellydance, starting with the very first at Tribal Fest 5 and took it on the road in the United States in 2006 and 2009 with the Durga Tour - bringing foundation and inspiration to many dancers who today are now prominent dark artists in their own right. She has lead several hundred workshops and performed all over the world since those early days, and still works to push her own creative and personal limits, to foster growth in the dance community, to bridge the perception gap between traditional bellydance and fusion, and to inspire new waves of dancers. She co-founded and produced Gothla US from 2008-2010, and currently produces Waking Persephone: Dancing Through the Dark & Unusual and Tapestry: A Dance Retreat Experience. Her much-acclaimed Museum Quality: Art School for Bellydancers intensive has helped dancers find their own voices, expand their creativity, and elevate their artistry. Possessing The Dark is designed to be the most comprehensive workshop exploration of Gothic/Ritual/Dark Fusion in existence. To truly and dramatically perform this fusion form of bellydance, a dancer must go beyond just looking gothic, dancing creepily to weird music, and/or being dramatic/shocking. Over the course of the intensive, dancers will be challenged in a threefold approach to deepen their understanding of dark concepts, strengthen their technique, and refine their stagecraft: