Workshop

Shake Your Queer Belly

18 Mar 2020

Regular hours

Wed, 18 Mar
18:30 – 20:30

Cost of entry

£6

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A BELLY DANCING WORKSHOP FOR THE QUEER AND NON-BINARY BY ORIENTAL DANCE MASTER MR. ÖZGEN

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Get ready to shake your belly and the gender binary!

Join the workshop and show off your newly acquired skills two days later at Deep Trash: Turkish Delight

Belly-dancing or Oriental dance, is a truly enticing, mesmerising and sexy dance form, that is part of daily life in many Middle Eastern countries, with variations like the Romany style or Egyptian style. Although belly dancing is quite popular, it is usually misunderstood to be a predominantly female gendered dance form, despite the traditional zenne, the male belly dancer. In this workshop we like to introduce the basics of this dance to those who see themselves beyond the gender devide. Open to beginners as well as performers who might like to add a few new oriental moves to their repertuar and a must for those who will attend Deep Trash: Turkish Delight night. leave your costume for the party and come to the workshop wearing something comfy. Let the dance commence!

​Mr. Ozgen, is a Turkish Cypriot dancer, chareographer and dance teacher based in London. He is a master of the Turkish Oriental dance with 18 years experience in the field and his choreography combines the Turkish and Romany styles of belly-dancing. Renown for is flourishing cloak techniques, he has performed all around the world in countries like Japan, Australia and the United States. His full length shows, ‘Ask’ and ‘Tales Of A Sleeping Man’ has brought belly dancing into the domain of theatre with their dramatic and theatrical storylines. In 2017 he received an award from Turkish Council for “The Best Ambassador Of Turkish Culture” for his work. In Istanbul, he joined the cast of Night of the Sultans combining contemporary dance, ballet and oriental dance. Ozgen taught for several years at the Tolgahan Dance School in Istanbul and now teaches in London.

This programme is part of a wider series of events entitled Turkish Delight which will take place between 17-23 March. Turkish Delight is curated by Queer Art Projects in partnership with CUNTemporary and supported by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants, the Mountain of Arts Research (MARs) and Centre of Feminist Research at Goldsmiths College, Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club (BGWMC). For other events please check our website at www.queerartprojects.co.uk

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