Rose Harden

Rose Harden has been an active member of the San Francisco belly dance community since 1999.  As a member of Ultra Gypsy (1999-2008), and founding member of Barbary Coast Shakedown, she has shared the joy of this dance form through performance and instruction through out the United States and Europe.

In her 3 years as co-director of Ultra Gypsy, Rose was a contributing force in the company's dynamic choreography and innovative costuming.  Rose has performed and created with Rachel Brice, Sharon Kihara, Zoe Jakes, Kristina Canizares, Malia DeFelice, and fire artist Bruce Sherrod and has had the extreme honor to work with Heather Stants as part of the Spark tour and in collaborative performances.

Rose's recent projects have included the debut of The Barbary Coast Shakedown, a collaborative project with some of the Bay Area's brightest belly dance talent including Mira Betz, Elizabeth Strong, Frederique, and Susan Frankovch, and the San Francisco MECCA Immersion.

Rose is inspired by the diversity of the San Francisco performance and dance community where she continues her dance and movement studies with Suhalia Salimpour, Mira Betz, Amy Sigil, yoga, modern dance, and pilates.  She also tours with the Cyclecide Bike Rodeo and The Lifesize Mousetrap when not managing Rosehips Designs.   www.rosehipsdancer.com

Workshop Descriptions:

Rock Solid Fusion Foundation: Building your Practice from the Ground Up! (11:30am to 1:30pm)
Enhance and deepen your understanding of belly dance fundamentals with technique drills and tribal fusion combos. Rose will cover layering, shimmies, and up-tempo movements — great for any style of belly dance!  This exciting Tribal Fusion workshop will include just a taste of Rose's signature Core Integration material focused on building flexibility and targeted muscle group conditioning to improve your dancing. This class will accommodate all levels.

Icing the Cake: Contemporary Tribal Fusion  (2:00 to 4:00pm)
We'll kick things up a bit here! Level changes, fancy foot work, and spins are the name of the game. We'll work on more advanced layers and a short choreography as well. Because we will be building on our foundation from the first class, it is recommended that you take both classes. Previous belly dance experience recommended.

Workshop 1- Mixed levels (2-4pm)

Enhance and deepen your understanding of belly dance fundamentals with technique drills and tribal fusion combos. We will cover layering, shimmies, and slinky slow movements, great for any style of belly dance. This exciting Tribal Fusion workshop will include Rose's signature Core Integration material focused on building flexibility and targeted muscle group conditioning to improve your dancing.

Workshop 2- Intermediate/Advanced (4:30-6:30pm)

Building on the first workshop we will add more advanced layering techniques as well as focusing on musicality, and performance quality. You will also learn a short choreography that highlights Rose's dynamic approach to contemporary belly dance. 

Be sure to catch Rose Harden's performances in Austin:

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