Danza Indian Fusion – Lamia Barbara

What is it?

Hybrid transcultural dance belonging to the great cauldron of Transcultural Fusion Dances (eclectic genre that embraces artists from all over the world, each with their particular research and personal expression in continuous contamination and evolution), Indian Fusion is based on the hybridization of languages derived from different dances and cultures, with particular reference to classical Indian and folk dances, Middle Eastern and North African dances (united under the acronym MENAHT: Middle-Eastern, North-African, Hellenic, Turkish) and contemporary theatre-dance.

In my particular stylization, Indian Fusion dance offers the wonderful possibility of moving the internal space of our body, so linked to emotions, through movements sometimes serpentine and fluid, sometimes energetic and vibratory: all the energy of the body moves to the rhythm of the music! The emphasis placed on the belly, the source of life and deep emotions, allows us to recover that connection between our center and the space that surrounds us, as if we were moving in the water.

Benefits of dance

Promotes your well-being and physical health

Dance makes the body toned and elastic through targeted exercises in full respect of its natural harmony.

Connects you with yourself

Dance allows you to get in touch with your emotions and awaken your strength, harmony and balance.

Creates relationship and connection with others

By sharing classes with other passionate students, dance invites you to make new friendships and connections.

Creates joy and fun to share

Moving your body and connecting with music is a magical moment that awakens a deep sense of joy!

Allows you to find your expressiveness

While studying disciplines with an ancient matrix, dance invites you to find your personal touch and creativity.

F.A.Q.

How does the class take place?

We always start with a warm-up, which also includes a part of strengthening and stretching inspired by Vinyāsa Yoga. We then move on to the technical part, with particular emphasis on the posture and isolated movements of the body (head, arms, chest, abdomen, hips, legs and hands), and then study the characteristic movements of this dance. At the end let’s put it all together and dance!
At the end of the class we always dedicate some time to stretching.

Is it a dance for women only?

Absolutely not: it is a dance for all those who wish to explore their femininity, understood as fluidity and sensuality, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, color, religion or food preference 🙂
We are LGBTQIA+ friendly! You are all welcome to explore the divine within each of us.

Is it a solo dance or a group dance?

Both: solo and group. For solo dance my particular method places a lot of emphasis onimprovisation and personal expression, being able to bring out from each student their own particular style of movement: the technique learned during the lessons thus becomes the means to create their own dance, like widening one’s “palette” of movements in order to be able to paint freely!
Improvisation is also essential for group dance, but in this case it will be astructured group improvisation: we will study specific movements that will form our common vocabulary, with which we can play and dance together.

Are there any physical prerequisites?

Dance Indian Fusion invita a celebrate your body, regardless of form and physical preparation. It is a soft and harmonizing approach to movement, a way to recognize our beauty and flourish inside and out.

The teacher

Hi!
My name is Barbara, aka Lamia.

I am a dancer and a yoga teacher based in Palermo, specialized in Indian classical dance (Bhāratanāṭyam) and Indian Fusiondance. For more than 15 years I have taught and danced in over 20 countries around the world, sharing my passion for movement arts and accompanying hundreds of students towards the awakening of their own harmony and inner strength.

I believe that the arts of yoga e della danza abbiano il potere di trasformare le nostre vite dall’interno, aiutandoci a riconoscere la bellezza dentro e fuori di noi e ad esplorare la nostra innata saggezza del corpo.

I am happy and excited to share part of my dance journey with you!

Indian Classical Dance

The Bhāratanāṭyam dance is a thousand-year-old theater-dance from South India, a moving prayer and meditation that shares a deep connection with Yoga.

Vinyāsa Yoga

From a millenary tradition, Yoga it is a discipline that involves us in our totality, whose intent is to unite and harmonize body, energy and mind.