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INSTRUCTOR: Paola Blanton |
| Pole Dance is hotter than ever! Read (click here) what the New Straits Times had to say about Paola’s Pole Dance program. We’ve recently added a number of new classes for your convenience with Paola and with our new instructor, London-based gymnast and Pole-Dance choreographer Vee. Click here for schedule. |
GRACEFUL: Paola is an embodiment of strength. |
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Yalla-Bina Joins UNESCO and El-Oasis |
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Yalla Bina is also now the first chapter of the El-Oasis World Oriental Dance Community, working closely with Nigma of El-Oasis to constantly bring Belly Dancers the best and freshest ideas in dance education and professional training. http://www.el-oasis.org |
Paola and the Yalla-Bina Middle Eastern Dance School are now members of the CID-UNESCO World Dance Congress! |
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Taking her constantly evolving Fusion stylings global, Paola will embark on yet another teaching and performing tour with five festivals this summer. |
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Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
June 7-8 |
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New York City, USA |
June 11 |
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New York City, USA |
June 14-15 |
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Sao Paulo, Brazil |
June 27-29 |
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Paola’s Flamenco Fusion, Shaabi Milaya, Karsilama, and Techno - Pharonic hosted by Silvia Pereira. Also, the launch of Keti Sharif’s Original A to Z in Portuguese! Brazilian dancers now get the chance to study A to Z in Portuguese as translated and recorded by Paola. |
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UNESCO World Dance Congress. |
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Berovo, Macedonia |
July 8-24 |
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Malesh-Roma Gypsy Folk Festival, Berovo, Macedonia – organizer and choreographer – stay tuned for our second documentary on Roots Gypsy Dance. July, 2007 documentary, click here. |
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First MED Artist in Residency |
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Learn from Nigma June to August, 2008 |
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Yalla Bina is excited to offer the country’s first Artist in Residency for Middle Eastern Dance. The illustrious Nigma will be our head instructor at Yalla Bina for two and a half months while Paola is away. Check our website for her weekly schedule of classes at the Dance Space Ampang and Sri Hartamas. |
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First ATS Tribal Certification Program in Malaysia |
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Nigma and Paola have worked together to answer the rising interest in Tribal Style in Malaysia and the wider region by creating a certification program opportunity for Tribal enthusiasts. Now is your chance to study ATS in-depth with Nigma and earn the El-Oasis ATS Tribal Certification. |
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Level 1: ATS Basic 1 (American Tribal Style) |
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Body Mechanics in Tribal Movement |
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Tribal Footwork Pattern & Travelling Steps 1 |
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Tribal Arm Technique 1 |
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Accents & Locks (Solar Movements) in Tribal Duality |
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Level 2: ATS Choreography 1 (American Tribal Style) |
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Finger Cymbals for ATS 1 & Application with Solar Moves |
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Choreography Part 1: Solo Work |
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Choreography Part 2: Couple & Group Work |
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Choreography Part 3: With Finger Cymbals |
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Each module RM 140, certification package RM 500 for all four. Sign up and pay before May 15 for additional 5% off. Full program Graduates get a chance to perform with Nigma and Morocco at the KL International Dance Festival, August 18-24, Berjaya Times Square!
More details at www.yalla-bina.net, or call Paola at 016-258-1499. email paola@yalla-bina.net |
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Morocco Headlines at the KL International Dance Festival |
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Back by popular demand, Morocco makes her way through KL once again in an unprecedented program designed especially for the second annual KL International Dance Festival.
Morocco will teach two workshops free to the public in the main concourse of Berjaya Times Square. These two workshops will be at the Intermediate Level and will include an Oriental Technique Class along with an Oriental Choreography – Khalik Fakhirny. Additionally, two private workshops will be offered for Intermediate to Advanced students (RM 140 per workshop), content to be announced. |
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Middle Eastern Dance Competition - KL Int'l Dance Fest |
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Win fabulous cash prizes – RM 2,000 for first place, RM 1,000 second place, RM 500 third place for soloists. Email Paola at paola@yalla-bina.net for contest rules and regulations. Contest to be judged by Morocco, Nigma, and special guest judge from Australia, TBA. |
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Perform in our MED Gala at Berjaya Times Square |
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with Morocco, Nigma, and Yalla Bina! |
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Dancers who take all of Morocco’s classes as well as ATS Full Certification Graduates are invited to apply to perform in our great MED Gala at Berjaya Times Square! The event will be professionally filmed and the DVD will be available to all. Raise your dance profile by performing with World Names in MED! Please contact Paola at paola@yalla-bina.net for details. |
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Archived News & Events Articles |
March 2008 |
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4Philly-Style Hip Hop with Marcus Tucker |
March 2008 |
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4Women's Self-Defense with Vanessa Lopez |
November 2007 |
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4Closing out 2007 with Nigma |
September 2007 |
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4Yalla Bina! Hosts Nigma November 30 to December 2 |
September 2007 |
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4 Cairo Workshops |
August 2007 |
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4 Paola Published in The Gilded Serpent |
August 2007 |
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4 Winnipeg Workshops |
July 2007 |
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4 The Malesh-Roma Project in Berovo, Macedonia |
June 2007 |
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4 Paola to Isadora Duncan Workshops in New York |
June 2007 |
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June 2007 |
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4 1st Kuala Lumpur International Dance Festival |
June 2007 |
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4 Middle Eastern Dance Festival and Competition |
June 2007 |
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4 Middle Eastern Drum Sessions with Amit Gilboa |
May 2007 |
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4 An Evening of Oriental Dance with Morocco |
May 2007 |
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4 Yalla Bina! Hosts Morocco May 2007 |
March 2007 |
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4 The Dance Space Ampang Celebrates One-Year Anniversary |
February 2007 |
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February 2007 |
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4 Elias Nachef from Perth Gives Dumbek Workshop |
October 2006 |
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4 Euphoric Percussion Hafla |
August 2006 |
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4 Paola Performs at Brunei Royal Family Wedding |
July 2006 |
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June 2006 |
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June 2006 |
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June 2006 |
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4 WAMED 2006 |
April 2006 |
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4 Iara Kendrick Hafla |
October 2005 |
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4 Workshops by Kamellia from Paris |
February 2005 |
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4 Yalla Bina! Grand Opening Hafla with Tamalyn Dallal |
June 2005 |
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4 Delphic Games 2005 |
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