Wisteria  Event Campground, Community, and Nature Retreat
	Home Campground Community Preserve  Links News Site Map Updates Contact Events   Cornstalk Festival Summer Solstice Autumn Fires         Camping/Facilities    What to Bring  Directions/Travel  Merchants   Local Accommodations  Info/Policies   Volunteer  Food	Dance Oasis  A new area feature this year, the dance oasis is a place for all things dance. Because we have multible dance workshops and dance troups coming to Wisteria Summmer Solstice we are dedicating an area for dancers and drummers to connect and grove together as well as a place for people to watch and enjoy. Belly Dance troup the Caravan Ecectique will be tending this new area.    Here are just a few workshops. (more soon) Beginners Bellydance Fusion :   Beginners Bellydance Fusion workshop is basic beginners workshop where attendees will learn, different foundational moves of various styles of bellydance. The workshop, will cover posture, basic moves, history of the dance, costuming and props. Open to all  Mama Freya Mama Freya has been bellydancing for over seven years been teaching the last four. She has performed at various benefits and circles and always enjoys any opportunity to dance, and hang with other dancers and drummers. Founding member of the bellydance fusion troupe Caravan Eclectique, she enjoys teaching and performing with her tribe whenever possible. Her dance and spiritual training is diverse having taken various workshops and classes, including formation training with an independent catholic group and gaining an honorary THD for her work. Intermediate Bellydance Fusion :   Intermediate class, takes a step forward from the beginners. Teaching the students more advance moves, that will be used in a dance routine that the students will learn. Further discussion of history, costuming, props, and the middle-eastern drum rhythms used in the dance. Must have taken the beginners bellydancing above  Mama Freya Mama Freya has been bellydancing for over seven years been teaching the last four. She has performed at various benefits and circles and always enjoys any opportunity to dance, and hang with other dancers and drummers. Founding member of the bellydance fusion troupe Caravan Eclectique, she enjoys teaching and performing with her tribe whenever possible. Her dance and spiritual training is diverse having taken various workshops and classes, including formation training with an independent catholic group and gaining an honorary THD for her work.   BELLY DANCE SERIES FOR MYSTIC MELANGE PERFORMANCE   Renate Sparkle Toes from Mystic Melange will be facilitating a four part Belly Dance series to perform in the Mystic Melange show on the main stage.  Any and All are welcome to participate.  If you can attend, you can dance!  Belly Dance I: This workshop will be an introduction between the dancers. We will briefly discuss the history of belly dance and dancing as a moving meditation.  This class will teach basic belly dance posture and movement. The class will focus on hip, arm, and walking movements.  We will begin choreography   that will be expanded upon in the II, III, and IV class. Please wear comfortable free flowing clothing.  Belly Dance II: We will begin with meditative free flowing movement and playfully interact with each other.  We will expand upon the choreography from Belly Dance I. Belly Dance III: We will discuss movement with emotion and intention and split into smaller groups to experiment.  We will continue to expand upon choreography from Belly Dance I and II. Belly Dance IV: This is the dress rehearsal with Mystic Melange.  Our choreography and costumes will be finalized and we will be ready for show time!  Renate Sparkle Toes Renate Sparkle Toes is a multi-cultural singer, sitarist, dancer, poet, percussionist, didgeridoo player, and fire spinner. Renate studied sitar in a Kali Durga temple in Varanasi, India and studied voice through classical opera in New York. She has been teaching belly dance for nine years and fire performance for six.  She is currently performing with Mystic Melange and Dragon’s Fire Theater.  She is teaching belly dance in Minneapolis and at “Camp Fire”, a fire spinning retreat in Canon Falls, MN.  Her primary dance style is modern tribal fusion. Renate is a vibrational healer and music is her form of worship to the Universe. Renate teaches Healing through Sacred Sound and Belly Dance as a Moving Meditation. She is also a certified sound healer through Jonathon Goldman.  Renate is Director of Mystic Melange and on the Board of Directors of Camp Fire. BELLY DANCE SERIES FOR MYSTIC MELANGE PERFORMANCE  Intermediate to Advanced Fire & Belly Dance This class will focus on body isolations and performance.  All  fire prop types are welcome.  We will expand upon the choreography from the Beginner Belly Dance class (not mandatory to attend Beginner class but very helpful especially if you are a beginner). Please wear comfortable free flowing clothing.  Renate Sparkle Toes Renate Sparkle Toes is a multi-cultural singer, sitarist, dancer, poet, percussionist, didgeridoo player, and fire spinner. Renate studied sitar in a Kali Durga temple in Varanasi, India and studied voice through classical opera in New York. She has been teaching belly dance for nine years and fire performance for six.  She is currently performing with Mystic Melange and Dragon’s Fire Theater.  She is teaching belly dance in Minneapolis and at “Camp Fire”, a fire spinning retreat in Canon Falls, MN.  Her primary dance style is modern tribal fusion. Renate is a vibrational healer and music is her form of worship to the Universe. Renate teaches Healing through Sacred Sound and Belly Dance as a Moving Meditation. She is also a certified sound healer through Jonathon Goldman.  Renate is Director of Mystic Melange and on the Board of Directors of Camp Fire.   Hula Hoop with Redstar Basic to intermediate levels. Class content will be decided upon the interest and level of class participants.  We will be exploring the basics such as: keeping the hoop on the hips, moving the hoop up and down the body, and lifting it off the body. We will also explore more intermediate skills such as: playing with the hoop outside the body on different planes, and tossing the hoop. Whether you are a beginner or a more advanced hooper, we will be working on making it look and feel sensual.  Hoops will be available for sale at the Mystic Melange booth. Redstar Half water and half fire she makes steam powerful enough to move mountains. A lover, dancer, healer, dreamer, masterful manifester, organizer, traveler, and fire performer extraordinaire. Redstar has been studying natural therapies and physical healing for over a decade. She has danced for over nine years with various Fire troupes along her travels including: Illumination, the Secret Circus, and The Minneapolis Fire Collective.  Redstar’s props of choice include: poi, palms, fans, and her all-time favorite, “The Hoop”. Redstar loves the healing that comes from fire play, and will be sharing that love with Wisteria as Stage Manager for Mystic Melange. Red will also be teaching a flower essence workshop and two hula hoop workshops. She will be available for bodywork at the Mystic Melange booth.    Caravan Ecectique Belly Dancing Three great dancers and two devout drummers.  A Huntington, WV bellydance tribe with members Mama Freya, Dervish, and Parvati Shakti.  Weaving music, dance, and myth, Caravan Eclectique is not about precision, but joy and spirit. Entertaining, creating, and having fun. The Caravan Ecectique will also be tending the new Dance Oasis at Wisteria and will be giving several performances. http://caravaneclectiq.ucoz.com/index.html