Thread: Fantasia London workshops

hello again!

i happen to be flying to London on the fantasia weekend The Josephine Wise Academy | Arabic of Dance | Booking and i thought should attend some workshop even tho legs very tired after a flight (am flight attendant), because not always have the chance.

and then i saw all the workshops only last for 90 minutes. isn't it too short? i have only attended very few workshops in the past. think they were all at least 2 to 3 hours. is 1.5 hours also normal? will the teachers have to rush thru everything they want to teach? some workshops are choreography too.

also, which teachers/workshops would bhuzzers recommend?

thank you!

Fantasia is a festival with a *lot* of different teachers, and people go to try lots of different teachers. It's not designed to give you a weekend intensive with one or two teachers. So yes, it includes a lot of short workshops, so that attendees can do several workshops in the day, with several teachers.

I'd recommend Jo Wise, Princess Farhana, Charlotte Desorgher , Margaret Krause, Lisa Michaela, Gwen Booth, Venus Saleh. But obviously, I don't know what your preferences are, style-wise.

thank you Beafarhana!

now you explained it makes perfect sense! i too would like to attend several workshop in same day. i've booked a ticket with Jo Wise and Princess Farhana's class. and trying to decide two more classes, or to allow self to have more time at the souk (first time to belly dance souk!). too bad hafla tickets already sold out...

I recently attended a two-day workshop that held one hour or two hour sessions with many different instructors and it was wonderful! I didn't really know what to expect as workshops that I have attended in the past were always just one instructor and a very full day but, I must say, I enjoyed this recent workshop a lot!