Kelley Beeston - Kalash Tribal
FatChance® style belly dance
Asif Qu
Asif has been playing and teaching for several years. Specialising in Middle Eastern Percussion, but also plays and teaches West African Percussion and is learning to play the Indian Dhol.
Although mostly self-taught he has taken workshops and private tuition from Faisal Zedan, Tim Garside, Chas, Mark Bell, Karim Nagi, and Issam Housan.
Asif Qu has set up percussion groups in Shrewsbury, Nottingham, Lancaster, Lincoln, Northumberland and Cumbria. He has also taught at some of the major dance festivals such as Jewel of Yorkshire, Majma, Tribal Goddess.
He is also part of a Band called “The Nomads” alongside Mike Parnell, Mark Carlyon and Pete Gostelow.
Serendipity Workshops
The Matrix
Saturday 9.30 - 11.00
The matrix is notes played in a count of 8 and enables us to form rhythms in counts of 2, 4, and 8. We will also be looking into the playing in a hand over hand style of play. Both styles allows us to form new feel and rhythms by changing the accents and sounds of a particular hit.
Henna Magic
Saturday 11.30 - 13.00
Discover the magic of henna. Henna has been used for centuries for a number of various occasions and celebrations. In the first part of the workshop I will present the various uses of henna in rituals and celebrations, show you how to prepare the henna paste from powder and prepare a henna cone.
You will then produce your own cone, fill it with acrylic paint and practice a little before you get the chance to use some henna cones, which I will prepare beforehand, to either produce a little design on yourself or on a trusting friend.
Saidi, Saidi, Saidi
Saturday 14.00 - 16.00
A drumming SHOWBACK workshop
Come and learn variations of this wonderful earthy rhythm. It’s used in the tahtib Martial Art and folkloric stick dance. The set up of the rhythm lends itself to be played in many different ways enabling you to play with real feel and decoration within the rhythm. We will be showing this back on Saturday night with dancers
Polyrhythms
Sunday 11.30 - 13.00
Polyrhythms is the process by which 2 or more rhythms are played together forming a bigger and funkier sound. This is particularly important in the tribal dance format as the musicians accompanying a troupe of dancers can enhance a performance making it more interesting and enjoyable for an audience while being able to maintain the count for the troupe