DANCE ME A STORY - SPECIAL PROMOTION!

No updates in a while, as we have been super busy with preparations for 'Dance Me A Story' - look for a whole bunch of cool stuff coming soon! In the meantime, here is a special promotion for the event!


If you haven't picked up YOUR tickets for 'Dance Me A Story' yet, now's the perfect time! From Saturday 22nd October to Sunday 30th October, when you buy 10 tickets you will get 1 ticket FREE!

What's more, the tickets don't all have to be the same price (e.g. if you buy 2 RM100 tickets, 2 RM80 tickets, 3 RM50 tickets and 3 RM30 tickets, you will still qualify - we will just take the average price and give you a ticket from that range)!

So, if you're waiting for your friends to get back to you, tell them to hurry before this promotion ends!

DANCE ME A STORY FEATURED IN THE STAR

Our studio production has been featured in the Star newspaper! Have a read here, and when you're done you can book your tickets to Dance Me A Story (NOW AVAILABLE!) through any of the following ways:

1. Come in person to Studio 23
2. Call Eileen at 012 805 3005
3. Email us at studio23kuching@gmail.com

DANCE ME A STORY!

We've been SUPER busy lately, preparing for our upcoming dance production: Dance Me A Story!


Featuring two stories:

"An Arabian Fairy Tale", in which you'll travel around the world with our Belly Dance divas!

"Stronger", where our Modern Jazz and Flamenco dancers will battle it out on the dancefloor!

One of our goals with this show is to support the Sarawak Women for Women Society, and raise awareness of domestic violence. 

We're aiming for at least 1500 people for this show, so share, share share this with your friends and family! And then share some more :)

Join us on November 6th for what's set to be a night of incredible performances!




Tickets available NOW!






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For more information or to book tickets, you can:


Call Eileen at 012 805 3005,


Email us at studio23kuching@gmail.com, or


Drop by the studio! We are located at 152 Lorong 8, Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi Adruce. It's right on top of Little Hainan, and very close to 3rd Mile.

Rehearsals: August - October

WEDNESDAY (starting 3rd August)

6:00 - 6:30 p.m. : The Storm Princesses
6:30 - 7:15 p.m. : The Water Princesses
8:15 - 9:00 p.m. : Flamenco
9:15 - 10:15 p.m.: Argentine Tango (rehearsals start Sept)

THURSDAY (starting 4th August)

6:30 - 7:10 p.m.: Flamenco (own practice)
8:15 - 9:00 p.m.: The Tribal Princesses

FRIDAY (starting 5th August)

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. : Happy
7:30 - 8:00 p.m. : The Air Princesses
8:00 - 8:30 p.m. : The Savannah Princesses
8:00 - 8:30 p.m. : Smooth Criminal (3rd Fl)
8:30 - 9:00 p.m. : I Believe
9:00 - 9:30 p.m. : Make You Feel My Love
9:30 - 10:00 p.m.: Tore My Heart

SATURDAY (starting 6th August)

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.: Bust Your Windows*
5:30 - 6:00 p.m.: Apologize
6:00 - 6:30 p.m.: Sweet Disposition*
6:30 - 7:00 p.m.: Hush Hush*
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Fame & Thriller*

*The audition for these songs are at 8 p.m. on Sunday 21st August. Please come for practice this Saturday onwards if you have already learnt the dances, and would like to audition for them.

TUESDAY (starting 9th August)

8:30 - 9:30 p.m.: Breakin' Dishes/ Beggin'/ Imma Shine

STUDIO 23 AT THE WORLD BELLY DANCE DAY 2011

Over the past weekend a group of the Studio 23 dancers were in the house for the annual World Belly Dance Day, held this year in Bandar Sunway. Check out this write up about the event!


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WORLD BELLY DANCE DAY MAGNET FOR THE NEWLY CHARITABLE

 by THOMAS TAN on 16 May, 2011

The guests that packed Euphoria by Ministry of Sound in Bandar Sunway last Saturday enjoyed an eye-opening experience as professional belly dancers from all over the world, including renowned French dancer, Yael Zarca, showcased their talent at the fourth Malaysia World Belly Dance Day.

It was a really great event for a worthwhile cause, as the proceeds from the sale of tickets at RM85 each will go to the Handicapped and Mentally Retarded Children’s Centre Selangor.

The evening saw top-class entertainment that amply displayed the grace and sophistication of authentic belly dancing.

Local and international belly dancers from Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Ukraine, France, and more, showed a previously unimaginable range of expression that the just pelvis and hips can convey to applause and cheers from the audience excited to see the dancers performing in different styles, techniques and combinations.

“The charity belly dance is part of our commuity service and continuous corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme; we’re doing our part to reach out to the needy and contribute to the community,” said Celebrity Fitness managing director, Choi Kwangho, who co-organised the event with Belly Fusion.

Co-organiser Brancy Nekvapil, who is the director of Belly Fusion, added that, “We want to do our bit for charity and donating to the welfare home is a wonderful thing to do for the community and I think everyone should come forward and help the less fortunate.”

Brancy took up belly dancing in 2005 and is active in performing and choreographing belly dance routines for annual dinners and private functions.

Spotted among the celebrities were actor Kelvin Liew, 8TV host Baki Zainal, DJ Max of One FM, 8TV Quickie host Megan Tan, model Wilson Tan and many more only too eager to join in the cause.

“It was for a good cause,” said

Charles Chow, 30, who attended the show with his friends, adding that, “We enjoyed the entertainment and contributing to the less privileged. Giving to charity is a wonderful thing.”

Belly dancer, Serena, from Studio 23 Kuching enchanted the audience with her solo performance, “Istanbul Groove”. Serena and her husband, Albert, who was here to watch her perform, are co-owners of Studio 23, a popular dance and fitness centre in Kuching.

World Belly Dance Day is held concurrently in several other countries in the month of May, with the objective of promoting authentic forms of belly dance.

The Handicapped and Mentally Retarded Children’s Centre Selangor is a home for children and elderly people who are orphaned, mentally retarded, blind, handicapped in some other way.

BOOTCAMP POOL PARTY

As part of the Core Strength Bootcamp, we had planned an outing for everyone to get a workout and dinner in a new location. We settled on a pool party and pot luck dinner, followed by games! Here are some highlights from the evening! We were unfortunately unable to get everything (such as some hedge jumping) but maybe next time we'll just get some hidden cameras :)

It sounds funny calling this a warm-up, but anyway...

Using the pool is a great way to work out your arms -
you'll never need the ladder to get out again!

Jeremy kindly demonstrates how you don't need your hands to wave when you're in a pool.

It wasn't all hard work - we just had to get some action shots in as well!

A delicious, healthy dinner prepared by everyone!
Salads, roast chicken, bruschetta, hummus and butterless apple crumble -
it all went down very well after a great workout!

Getting ready for games!

Penguin maneuvering is serious business.

Taboo, the bomb game (we can't remember the actual name but it's really fun!) and
Hey, That's My Fish! were the games on deck for the evening. Great family fun!

B-BOY AND ARGENTINE TANGO CLASSES STARTING SOON!

Reminder: Our first B-BOY CLASS starts tomorrow (Friday, May 6th) at 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. 


The B-BOY KIDS CLASS starts on Saturday (May 7th) at 4:30 - 5: 30 p.m. Catch Daus and the Soul Higher team with their last demo this week at 8:15 tonight! 

We've had a lot of requests for more B-Boy classes, and we'll open up a Sunday 4:00 p.m. class in June if we have enough people signed up for it - so if you're interested, let us know and tell your friends about it!

ARGENTINE TANGO: It's time to ocho and gancho! Our 3-month beginner course starts Wednesday 18th May, 9:15 - 10:15 p.m.

More info is coming soon, so stay tuned!