A couple of Ya Raqs girls found themselves back in Manchester on Saturday. This time Kebi and Phoenece found themselves taking part in a sell-out drum workshop run by
Jane Wass Mazazik and accompanied by Guy Shalom. Drum solos are one of the most popular aspects of Arabic dance, where a dancer uses her skill with hips and shimmies to work with the drummer, and sometimes lead the drummer. Jane encouraged them to develop the creative side of a drum solo, playing with different energies to change tempo and use different parts of their body in their dance.
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Kebi, Jane Wass, Guy Shalom and Phoenece |
Besides dancing to live music, they learned about different drum rhythms, which was really helpful as they have both been taking drumming lessons from Meroe and
Rhythmic Ginger.
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