American Tribal Style (ATS) Belly Dance Workshop

Weather permitting, Rhiannyn, ATS instructor from Abbotsford, will be holding a workshop at the Community Tennis Courts on Thursday, August 6 - 7:30 p.m.  Suggested donation of $5 per person. Register by emailing halakidance@gmail.com

A little blurb about Rhiannyn and ATS:

Rhiannyn is a certified ATS® FatChanceBellyDance® Instructor, and the only Sister Studio in the central and upper Fraser Valley region. She has been belly dancing for 9 years, and exclusively studying ATS® for the last 6 years. 

She is also the first Canadian ATS® Instructor to complete her Sister Studio Continuing Education Recertification. This was obtained by completing 13 hrs of workshop instruction with a FCBD® Instructor, plus taking 3 private lessons with Carolena Nericcio-Bohlman, Sandi Ball, and Wendy Allen of FatChanceBellyDance®. 

The majestic beauty, in the carriage and costuming, leads one to believe this dance is from some long ago era. However, the roots of ATS® began in the 1970s with Masha Archer, and morphed into its present form, under the direction of Carolena Nericcio-Bohlman, starting in 1987. Although American Tribal Style® is a modern North American form of belly dance, its creation stems from tribal dance steps found in India, the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain.

American Tribal Style® appears to be choreographed, but it rarely is, and relies mainly on cues given from a leader to their followers. The dance is, therefore, improvised by creating it in the moment. 

Charlotte Aaberg