The Tribal Massive™ is an internationally acclaimed immersive Bellydance College where dancers from around the globe and from every continent come together to learn from the most iconic dance instructors of our day. We focus on cultivating a safe, fun, and exciting learning environment where each individual dancer can be honed into her/his own personal best, through the focused attention from instructors and the unique class topics not found at other retreats. Boutique-sized classes and carefully leveled classes, are held in our studio's spacious dance rooms, creating an environment perfect for experiential learning and professional development, a place where dancers can hone their performance caliber and teaching skills.
The Tribal Massive™ is an exclusive event purposely kept intimate in size, so it is THE place to network with your peers and idols from every corner of the globe. We are the benchmark for bellydance education, and continue to surpass ourselves in our ongoing quest for excellence. Our highest compliment comes from our customers, in that over 80% come back year after year. The Tribal Massive™ is known the world over for excellence and the 5-Star attention that the students receive. Your hosts bring a high level of organization which keeps things running smoothly, while providing a warm loving environment. The Tribal Massive™ is a family that you will never want to part from and has been hailed as the best value for your money.
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• Featuring the most exciting Tribal instructors!
• Boutique-sized classes provide one-on-one instructor attention.
• Dance studio has sprung marley floors, sound systems, & full mirrors.
• Exciting NEW topics are covered that are not offered at other events.
• All teaching hours included.
The Tribal Massive™ Advanced to Professional level training course expands the dancer’s concepts of theatricality, musicality, dance movement, costuming, choreography, performance quality, and developing a personal voice. Complex drills and technique-building will be used to create a deep and broad dance vocabulary, improve technique, expand proficiency, and stimulate creativity.
The Advanced/Professional Track is open to dancers with a thorough understanding of the foundations of bellydance, the ability to execute the foundations of bellydance and combine them, and a willingness to actively participate with the group. An understanding of spoken English is extremely helpful and is preferred, and you must be able to dance at least 8+ hours per day for 8 days.
The Tribal Massive™ Professional level training course dives more deeply into the concepts of the Advanced/Pro Track, along with additional emphasis on performance quality and developing a professional image. Complex drills will be used to refine a deep and broad dance vocabulary and perfect technique.
The Professional Track is open to dancers with a developed dance background, experienced performers, paid professional dancers or teachers, and highly advanced students who desire to become professionals. You must have a willingness to explore artistic interpretations, grow as a dancer, and push your boundaries as an artist. The students are expected to be critiqued openly in class, to do ‘homework’ assignments in addition to attending 100% of all classes and giving 100% of themselves to the group experience. An understanding of spoken English is required, and you must be able to dance at least 8+ hours per day for 8 days.
NOTE: The students from this track will be hand selected by our dance professors. Please register for the Advanced/Pro track, and email us at info@thetribalmassive.com with your desire to be selected for the Professional Track. If selected you will then be asked to pay the additional $400 Upgrade Fee on top of your Adv/Pro registration fee.
AMY SIGIL: S.I.G.I.L - The newest dance course written by dancer, choreographer, creator of ITS, and director of UNMATA, Amy Sigil. This program is all about sharing vocabulary and concepts in movement. You will be highly encouraged to dance, practice, teach or share this information directly after your first exposure to the program. There is no test! You will receive a certificate stating that you have been exposed and inspired by specific movements and ideas. This program is great for instructors teaching weekly classes who are constantly looking for new material, as well as movers seeking new inspiration for their personal practice.
This experience is organized into 5 sections. STAPLES, INSPIRATION, GENERATE, I (TEAMWORK), and LOVE. STAPLES includes movement sequences specific to the Sigil style. Massive amounts of vocabulary to add to your library of combinations, drills, isolations and overlays. INSPIRATION is full of...inspiration! Spirit changing exercises, games with gusto and everything that brings us to generate physical dreams. GENERATE is how to make dances quickly and efficiently as well as tricks for editing. I ... is all about how to work well in a group! Skills for setting yourself aside to better the group work. LOVE is why we do it! We will tackle such topics as fear, receptiveness and dedication.
Think of this program as a re-charge. Material you can use right away. This program isn't expecting perfection, it's expecting you to run with this and use it to inspire the world. Amy's students will perform as a group in the FISSION show.
APRIL ROSE: Bellydance Cohesion Stage 1 + Stage 2 Preview -
A Dancer Development & Teacher Training Program. Transcend stylistic sub-genres to explore a cohesive approach to bellydance. Be moved by the music and history that provides texture to this art form. Develop your technique to new depths. Innovate from a place of knowledge and mastery. Gain knowledge
or become a Certified Instructor.
SADIE MARQUARDT:
• Roots of Raqs Sharqi •
Inside Out •
Getting Down To Business •
Killer Drum Solo Technique, Drills & Choreography •
North African Tunisian Fusion
COLLEENA SHAKTI: Embody - Express - Emote: A systematic study of Indian Fusion Belly Dance with strong focus on expression - In this intensive, students will receive training in a stylistic Indian Fusion Belly Dance vocabulary, as well as undiluted traditional techniques usually reserved for intermediate classical Indian dancers. This course will benefit students who want to grow beyond their current limits, particularly in the area of subtle ornate details, expression and connecting with the audience. Students will walk away with professional training experience in fundamental aspects of Indian classical dance and Indian Fusion Belly Dance as well as receiving rich and insightful theoretical knowledge for further growth.
I have never felt so welcomed, so open and so fed. The ladies I had the honor of sharing the pro-track with were nothing short of amazing. Big thanks to our teachers and mentors for providing a safe place to learn and grow as dancers and as human beings. The inspiration they provided both on and off the stage is something I’ll carry with me forever. And finally, THANK YOU to Tori Halfon and Yaniv Halfon because without you, there would be no Massive. You truly are providing means to help push this art form forward and bring dancers together in ways that would never be possible elsewhere. I love you all and am eagerly awaiting the sign up for next year’s MASSIVE!
-- Michelle Sorensen - Utah
Tribal Massive 2015..... you transformed me. Thank you so much to all the teachers - Thank you too all my wonderful classmates; I'm so happy to count you among my friends now. And thank you so much to Tori Halfon and Yaniv Halfon for working so hard and with so much love to make this event what it is.
-- Catherine Taylor - London