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PERFORMANCES
Soma offers an array of tailor made packages catering for a variety of styles, themes and budgets.
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WORKSHOPS
We teach a variety of workshops, from corporate teambuilding functions to series of workshops at other belly studios and other dance studios around the country
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CLASSES
Soma teaches ongoing classes around Cape Town on 4 levels. Beginner, intermediate, advanced and open.
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Prepare to be swept away to an exotic land of rich costuming, heady scents, mindblowing rhythms, crazy choreography and a bevy of bedouin beauties.

Soma is a Cape Town based professional belly dance company providing the highest quality performances and workshops.  SOMA was established in 2006 to expand the art of fusion belly dance in South Africa. We are based in Cape Town and do travel for functions and workshops nationally and internationally.

This particular style has its routes in the ancient North African, Gypsy and Arabic belly dance forms, with strong influences from Spanish and Indian dance.  This creates a rich, deep feel to this graceful dance.
As everything is constantly evolving, this style is also influenced by various contemporary dance forms.  This brings in an expansive and modern lilt, adding a playful side to the atmosphere. Our team of dancers all have very diverse backgrounds in the performing arts, which lends a rich blend of style and innovation to the performance troupe

Soma is also a bellydance school that offers classes in areas around Cape Town, and workshops at other belydance schools around the country.

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Marissa performs monthly at The Brasserie in Cape Town - a dinner snd theatre venue. Please contact us to find out when she is next performing there, and contact bookings@brasserie.co.za

4 WEEK BEGINNERSTRIBAL FUSION COURSE
Commences 24th January 2012

Come and learn some tribal fusion bellydance with the most established fusion dance school in Cape Town, if you are wanting to try out a new style of dance or are a brand new dancer, this course offers all the fundamentals of the style.
R300
Contact Marissa info@soma.co.za


Fundraiser Show at Mesopotamia

Venue: Barans, Cape Town
Organiser: Beverley from London (www.beverli.biz)
Time: 7pm for 7:30pm (90 minute show)
Guests: Soma, Mesopotamia resident dancers, Beverley from London, Mystical East, Nadia's school of bellydance, Hip Fusion, Sanaa Moon

Please bring along friends and families to support this cause: monies raised all go to KHRAG - the kurdish human rights action group www.khrag.org. There are a massive amount of displaced Kurds worldwide as the Kurdish in their native land in Eastern Turkey are politically silenced. KHRAG raise money towards awareness newsletters and sending representatives to important EU, UN etc gatherings.

SOMA HAFLA PARTY

Saturday 10th March 2012
Erin Road Hall, Rondebosch
7.30pm, R40 entrance (purchase at the door)
If you would like to be involved at all in this hafla, performance or otherwise, please send your teacher an email

Saturday 30th June 2012
Nix's UK teacher and mentor Hilde Cannoodt
will be teaching a workshop and performing alongside Donna Mejia in Cape Town.

link to Hildes dancing
link to Hildes bio

 

DONNA MEJIA IN CAPE TOWN!
lectures - workshops - performance!!!

Venue: CURVESPACE, Woodstock
Date: 6th - 9th July 2011

Donna Mejia is the first global professor of Tribal Fusion to teach a full course in history, theory and technique. Based on her 26 years of teaching dance (15 at the university level), she is renowned as an outstanding instructor and critically acclaimed choreographer/performer. Donna will facilitate a weekend touching on everything from anatomical knowledge, to reading the capacities of students, to handling emotional tension in the classroom.

link to Donna bio
link to Donna dancing