Movement Magic Workshop Duo

Dance Workshops with Tracy Lynn & Belladonna + Melodia Trunk Show

Friday, October 16th
SHABU STUDIOS
6055 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR

Join us for an afternoon of workshops and fashion you simply cannot find in Oregon.

Trunk Show Hours: 1PM - 7PM

1:30 - 3PM
STRONG AND FLEXIBLE BODY MAGIC:

Imagine stirring your bellydance, yoga, and Pilates skills into a pot, a recipe for flexible and strong body magic.

This 1.5-hour multi-modality workshop is designed for bellydancers to build their strength and flexibility. We’ll take the physical components of yoga asana and Pilates, intertwine the fluidity and sharpness of fusion bellydance over them, and dive into the muscle, fascia, and breath beneath. Expect to leave more connected, grounded, and dynamic on stage.

This all-levels workshop is your gateway to those elusive skills — standing one-leg balances, splits, backbends, and folds. We’ll work close to the ground for some of the workshop, so socks, knee pads or a yoga mat will help with your comfort.

BIO:

Tracy Lynn is a Fusion Bellydance, Yoga, and Pilates teacher from Los Angeles, specializing in anatomy-based movement. She aims to build each student’s abilities and confidence, drawing on a diverse background to shape her classes, workshops, and retreats. She is certified and trained in multiple sub-formats of Pilates and Yoga, teaching them fulltime throughout the LA area.

Outside of in-person teaching, she runs the online Tracy Lynn Movement community of 1,000+ worldwide members, offering yoga, Pilates, barre, and dance.

@tracylynnmovement / @tracylynnwithlove
Patreon.com/tracylynnmovement
TracyLynnMovement.com

4PM - 5:30
SWORD SORCERY WITH BELLADONNA - THE QUEEN OF SWORDS

The sword is a weapon, a tool, and a symbol—an object humans have carried for protection, power, ceremony, status, and transformation. In the hands of a dancer, it becomes a partner, an extension of the body, and a powerful instrument for expression.

In Sword Sorcery, Belladonna — the Baroness of Blades and creatrix of the Boho Blade sword system— invites you to explore the magic, mystery, and power of dancing with a sword.

Through powerful poses, evocative pathways, dynamic sword technique, musicality, and commanding presence, we’ll explore not only how we move the sword, but what it means to wield it.

What am I protecting?
What am I claiming?
What am I cutting away?

These questions become the foundation for our movement and our ritual. We’ll explore the sword as guardian through boundaries and protective shapes; as a symbol of personal power through expansion, presentation, and taking up space; and as a tool of transformation through slicing pathways, decisive movement, and release.

Using intention, symbolism, archetype, and movement, we’ll create a ritual journey through the sword—crossing a threshold, embodying our intention, and emerging transformed.

Warrior. Witch. Guardian. Queen. Or something entirely your own.

Part technique, part artistry, part ritual, Sword Sorcery is an invitation to wield the sword with powerful, purposeful intention—and discover a little of your own magic along the way.

Bring a dance-ready scimitar and come prepared to move, explore, and wield.

BIO:
Belladonna is a modern fusion belly dance instructor, performer and show producer from Washington DC. She is also a certified yoga instructor, fire dancers, troupe director and artist. Inspired by the power and healing dance can evoke. She believes that self-expression is essential for one's wellbeing, and hopes her performances inspire others to find a passion they want to pursue.

- All participants gain entry to the Melodia Trunk Show, where you can meet the maker and try on her brand new designs!
She is bringing some special custom goodies for the Witches Ball of the West community.

$50 for one workshop or $80 for both.