Laying bricks - ASWAAT Edition: Rhythmic (Arabic) Undulation Shimmy with Arms and Turn w/Circle and Fade
Learn the Circling and Fade variations of this dynamic step
Building up movements is a very helpful concept for FCBD® performances. Our vocabulary includes combinations that are created with this concept, too. One of these is the Arabic Shimmy with Arms and Turn (also known as ASWAAT or Rhythmic Undulation with Arms and Turn, RUNSWAAT), which we’ll be working on in this workshop.
So, brush up on your Arabic Shimmy (Rhythmic Undulation Shimmy) and join Yuri for this fun combination, including the Fade and Circle variation!
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Yuri Ferretti (he/his) was born in Tuscany, Italy. When he was 18, he discovered Oriental dance thanks to Gloria Ozalzhim, who trained him for a year.
In 2012, he moved to Berlin to attend the Tanzakademie Cifuentes, where he graduated from their two-year CATT (Certified Academic Teacher Training) for Oriental dancers in November 2015. In the same year, he also danced as a member of the CATT Company, an oriental dance company founded and directed by Beata and Horacio Cifuentes.
He was first introduced to Tribal Fusion on YouTube, then had the opportunity to take workshops with international teachers, such as Patricia Zarnovican, Mardi Love, Samantha Emanuel, Ashley López, April Rose, Tjarda, Alexis Southall and others.
He also undertook regular Tribal Fusion classes with Silvia Orchidaceae from 2014 to 2016. In 2015, he fell in love with FatChanceBellyDance® Style (former American Tribal Style) and took regular classes with Fara la Sombra from January 2016 to August 2017.
In October 2017 he started the Facebook project ATS® Friday Challenge together with Anna Nordling (Sweden) and with the cooperation of the FCCE teacher Kelley Beeston (United Kingdom)
In August 2017 he certified as an FCBD® Style teacher, attending General Skills and Teacher Training by Carolena Nericcio and Megha Gavin, organised in Rochford, Essex (United Kingdom) by Philippa Moirai. He is since then a FatChanceBellyDance® Certified Studio.
In July 2022 he graduated Technique for Teachers, a 4-day intensive taught by Carolena Nericcio, DeAnna Padrón Freeman and Kelley Beeston in Bampton, Devon (United Kingdom).
Since January 2023, he’s been taking regular private classes on Zoom with Melody Bustillos in order to learn her official FCBD® Style sword dialect. He’s successfully certified in teaching both single and double sword.
In August 2023 he graduated Alignment for FCBD® Style, an intensive for FCBD® Style dancers and teachers created and taught by DeAnna Padrón Freeman and organised in Munich (Germany) by Freddie Kaz.
On 1st January 2024, he certified in Melody Orullian Bustillos’ Queen’s Court Concept for FCBD® Style.
On 1st March 2024, he completed Melody Orullian Bustillos’ certification for single and double sword dialect for FCBD® Style ‘Sacred Sword’.
On 1st August 2024, he graduated Advanced Teacher Training, taught by Carolena Nericcio, DeAnna Padrón Freeman, and Kelley Beeston in Soest, Germany. He’s the first man to graduate this programme worldwide.
Yuri is still based in Berlin where he teaches regular FCBD® Style classes.
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