Lets Figure It Out: A Creative Look At Formations: Duets, Trios, Quartets and Fades
Join Kelley and her "little friends" for this fun look at formations!
Kelley abso-bloody-lutely loves a challenge, and figuring out how to teach some of the trickiest concepts of FCBD® Style online became one of her very favorites.
In this series, she single-handedly tackles each of our Duet, Trio, and Quartet formations and shows you exactly what we can do with them. How on earth is that possible in isolation, you ask? Well, Kelley has some 'little helpers' who take you through everything, from setting up a formation and changing lead to bigger-picture concepts like Flock of Birds and Fades, plus how to set up a Diagonal and use Eye Contact to keep your group connected and reading each other.
Because FCBD® Style is a group improvisational dance, these formation skills really are the heart of dancing well together. It's one thing to know your steps, it's another to know where to stand, when to lead, when to follow, and how to move as one. That's exactly what Kelley unpacks here, step by step and dancer by dancer.
By the end of this course you'll have a clear, confident understanding of how Duets, Trios, and Quartets are built, how to change lead smoothly, how to navigate transitions like Fades, and how to use spacing, the Diagonal, and Eye Contact to make your group dancing feel polished and connected, whether you've got a full troupe or just a couple of friends in your living room.
Find a friend or two, press play, and let's figure it out together!
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Kelley is dedicated to presenting pure FatChance®style belly dance as created by its founder and her master teacher Carolena Nericcio and is well known for her inclusive, approachable teaching style. Her innate ability to break things down and simplify the most difficult steps and concepts has earned her a reputation as a thorough and knowledgeable teacher. Over the years she has nurtured a growing dance family teaching weekly classes and workshops both at home in the UK and internationally as well as offering live online classes and coaching.
Kelley’s passion radiates through her teaching and also when performing both withher dance troupe Kalash Tribal and other collaborations and for her there is something magical and empowering about FatChance® style belly dance which she is really looking forward to sharing with you.
In 2008 she launched her own ‘Oasis’, a much-loved sanctuary for mind, body and soul providing quarterly structured workshops with tuition from an experienced, dedicated, warm and friendly teacher. Her annual Serendipity event at the Devon “Hogwarts” guarantees 9 of the 10 FCCE hours required for re-certification and attracts dancers from all over Europe.
Based in SW England Kelley regularly trains with Carolena Nericcio and other FCBD®style masters and became a certified teacher and Sister Studio in 2010. She was selected as one of only 10 teachers worldwide to undergo the first ever Advanced Teacher Training and in June 2015 graduated and qualified as a Tribal Pura International FatChance® Continuing Education (FCCE) Instructor. She is honoured to have co–taught both General Skills and Teacher Training with Carolena and Megha several times.
Kelley and Carolena continue to collaborate to raise funds for their Sister to Sister projects empowering women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.