(Dis)-Orientale Express

24 Moons April 2018 small.jpg All aboard the Dis-Orientale Express, for an odyssey through alternative eastern dance and music, that celebrates the blending of eastern sounds and oriental dance with the grooves and tales of a digital era.

The event will feature the tribal and fusion bellydance of Laura Entwined & The Svadisthana Project (Entwined Bellydance), the sitar-drenched beats of Sikander, and the electro-pop Bollywood vibes of The Fifths.

[(Dis) Orientalism challenges colonial notions of the East in Art, in a world where cultural artforms and practices travel with shifting ethnoscapes and mutate along the way. (Dis) Orientale Express is a club event that showcases such fluid hybridisations of music and choreography.]

Event Details:

Name: Tales from the Dis-Orientale Express
Live Acts: The Fifths (live), Sikander (live), DJ Deep, Laura Entwined & The Svadisthana Project (Entwined Bellydance)
Date: Saturday 14 April
Time: 10pm-2am
Location: 24Moons, 2 Arthurton Rd, Northcote
Tickets: $15 + bf pre-sold / more on door from Moshtix
More info: Facebook

Autumn News, Workshops & Term 2 Dates

file_5184x3456_000175 A few changes are afoot this term, with a new class in Alphington, and the consolidation of Tuesday and Thursdays classes in Preston.

Our Autumn series kicks off with a Tribal Taster Workshop on March 24 in Alphington, before term begins proper on April 17.

Tribal Bellydance Taster Workshop
Sat March 24
3-4.30pm
@ Strut HQ, Allegro Holistic Fitness, Alphington
(beginner – intermediate)

Explore and learn the differences between traditional and tribal bellydance approach and aesthetics. The workshop will provide an introduction to some of the key movements synonymous with this innovative modern bellydance style, and explore posture and technique. Please bring your yoga mat for warm up/cool down stretch.

1.5hr workshop is $35. Bookings via Strut HQ

Term 2 – Autumn Series – 2018
Tue April 17 – Thurs June 28

TUESDAYS – MILL PARK
8-9.30pm – Performance / Troupe / Advanced ATS and Fusion (by invitation only)

WEDNESDAYS – ALPHINGTON
8.30-9.30pm – Tribal Bellydance (beginner – intermediate)

THURSDAYS – PRESTON
6.15pm – Bellydance Foundations (Beginners and beyond)
7.15pm – Tribal Bellydance 1 (Beyond Beginners)
8.15pm – Tribal Bellydance 2 (Intermediate)

Please contact us to reserve your spot in Term 2 classes.

Click here for more info!

Happy New Year

25074905_355320064931833_2330809631131411759_o After a surprise New Year’s Eve performance with Melbourne Turkish gypsy band Galata Express at Woodford Folk Festival, as well as a series of successful children’s workshops, Entwined is back in 2018 with much excitement to share!

You can find us warming up for Rainbow Serpent Festival Saturday 20th January at Open Studio with Indian sitar funk band Sikander.

We’ll be hitting Rainbow Serpent Festival in full power – Friday night on the Playground Stage with Sikander and Mickey Space & The Space Cadets, Saturday night on the Fiasco Stage as well as other pop up performances.

Entwined Summer School has sold out, however, for other training opportunities, you can join us in Term 1, commencing on February 6 in Preston.

Summer School & Term 1 2018

25075171_355319724931867_9006372275959823610_o We’re back in 2018 kicking off with a 3 session Summer School on January 16, followed by Term 1, starting on February 6.