Dalia's Workshops

Paso Doble Fusion with Skirts
Friday 9:00am-noon
$65 through 6/21, $70 after
Paso Doble is a passionate dance based on a Spanish bullfight, drama and skirt technique. Dalia will be fusing her four decades of skirt work mixed with Paso Doble Ballroom elements for you to experience. Please use a wide Danse Orientale skirt that has splits or a large skirt without splits.  The music is intoxicating so get ready for the bullfight!  

Vintage Dunyavi Roma Dance Mini-Intensive
Saturday 1:00-3:00pm - Part 1: Dancing with a Tar (tambourine)
Saturday 3:30-5:30pm - Part 2: Dancing with Skirts (Havasi 9/8 Karsilama style)
$45 each before 6/21, $50 after
This is one of Dalia’s signature art forms that she created in 1979, the name and the movement!. Two special classes will be offered to study in her signature dance fusion blend that will incorporate Turkish, Spanish and Indian style movements.  You can either take these classes together or as a single class. 
  • Part 1 - Dancing with a Tar or Tambourine Dunyavi style (You will be dancing to a Taksim, without rhythm, creating line designs inspired by Kathak Indian Romani Dance. 
  • Part 2 - Dancing with skirts Havasi 9/8 Karsilama style (fast paced, utilizing skirts, hand gesturing and becoming one with the rhythm and music.  Bring a large skirt or a full Danse Orientale skirt.  The fast paced skirt work can be used in both Turkish Romani dance or Danse Orientale.

About Dalia Carella

Dalia Carella is a renowned world fusion artist and the Founder and Artistic Director of Dalia Carella Dance Collective (DCDC). She has taught all over the world to thousands of students in different styles of dances from Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, North Africa, Spain, India, Puerto Rico and more. Her rich background has led her to create new works representing both traditional and contemporary choreographies ranging from global sacred rituals to folkloric and contemporary theater pieces to post-modern works for herself and DCDC. She is also known for her explorations into her dark and sultry cabaret stylings, evocative of the European underground, circa the 1920s and 30s as seen in shows like Cabaret de la Nuit and Menagerie d’Arte, co produced with Dwebb Designs.