Soulfire offers an exciting array of wonderful workshops for your festival or event! They teach workshops as a group and as soloists each bringing their unique view and strengths to the topic at hand. You will be sure to find something that is a perfect fit for your group or function. Below are some of our most popular workshops. If you are looking for something that you don’t see on the list, contact us, we have many more amazing workshop topics that are not listed on the page.

Making the "MOST" of your movement. This workshop is food for the dancer's soul. First you will learn an extended signature "Soulfire Style" combination. After it is in your body, we will work deeply within the combo and make it come to life. We will explore different concepts and techniques to make your movement dynamic, strong, and meaningful. We will be working on Energy Flow within the Body, Lines/Posture, Groundedness/Body Awareness and Emotional Connection, all key components to presenting graceful, powerful movement with depth and integrity. This workshop is great for ALL levels and styles.

Best of Four Worlds Combos- In this fun and creative workshop each Soulfire Dancer will teach one of their personally stylized combos, then they will all be put together for one Combo-ography, From Tribal to Latin fusion, Burly Q to Cabaret this is such a fun and innovative way to learn graceful transitions, new movements patterns, cutting-edge technique and four different stylizations.

Skills and Drills- A challenging workshop filled with drills, drills, drills to help clean up your technique, sharpen isolations and get a Rockin shimmy!! We'll lay the foundation for solid, precise and controlled movements. We will also explore many unique and innovative isolations. We will access our hands, head, arms, hips, belly, shoulders, legs and feet to create interesting new patterns which will enhance your ability to accent musicals cues and expand your repertoire.

Pop choreo to Haifa Wehbe's Fakerni- Learn Soulfires unique interpretation to a sassy and classic pop arabic piece. This beautiful yet spunky choreography has it all, a slow dramatic beginning, exciting accents and breakdowns, fun and free traveling steps, and more! You will be sure to come away with great new movements, combos and interpretations.

Stage Presence and Showmanship- Captivate, Connect, SHINE!!! tips, technique and theories to help one to own their stage, overcome stage fright, connect with the audience and make the most of their movement.

FAN-tastic Fan Veils- Learn to perform with Belly Dancing's Latest and Greatest New Prop, Technique, combinations and a mini choreography

Unveil the Mystery- The veil dance is one of the most romantic and iconic pieces of a Belly Dance performance. You can use your veil with the power and strength of a matador, with the grace and beauty of Aphrodite or the mystery of a cloaked priestess. Whatever you choose your veil work can add depth, dimension and fantasy to your dance. In this workshop Sedona will teach you some veil work basics, spins, poses, tricks and beautiful combinations

SWORD: Beyond the Slink- Often when we learn to belly dance with a sword, we get stuck in a routine of doing the same "slow, slinky" moves over and over, Sword: Beyond the Slink will help us see the sword in a new light, to be used as a line to create dynamic shapes on stage, to find sharp and playful moves to add to our usual slow ones, and to bring out our inner belly dance Ninja! Basic tips for optimal balancing and performance technique will also be covered for beginners and more advanced students alike.

Le Shimmy- You’ve heard of burlesque, and you’ve heard of belly dance. Both sensual art forms exult in the beauty of femininity, grace, flirtatiousness, the divine feminine, and FUN! Though similar in essence, the styles are very different in performance…Le Shimmy helps you bring the playful qualities of burlesque and vaudeville performance to your dance, while keeping your belly dance routine tasteful, classy, and empowering.

Sassy Saidi Cane Dancing- This traditional Egyptian folkloric dance style has become a timeless favorite in parties and on belly dance stages around the world! Beloved for its grounded, earthy steps, high-energy lunges, and dazzling cane acrobatics, Saiidi is an exciting dance, and important link to Egyptian culture. Traditionally a man’s dance, the movements of this style have been opened to all dancers, and the basic steps, flavor, tricks and twirls will be explored in Sassy Saidi.

Sambali™ & Technique: Latin Fusion Hips - This is a unique dance fusion blends the most feminine dances from Latin America and the Middle East incorporating the flirty expression of Samba, the sensual essence of Lambada and the mesmerizing movements of Bellydance, and more into a style that is completely unique. This workshop will drill elements of Samba, Salsa, Mambo, Lambada, and Afro-Brazilian and will incorporate them into dance combinations with applications for all bellydance styles.

East Meets West - An Egyptian Bellydance Crash-Course for Western Dancers - In this workshop you will come to understand the depth and magic of Raqs Sharqi (Classic Egyptian Style Bellydance). This is an ancient dance form which is fully unleashed when dancers are connected to themselves and to the music which moves them. Learn a movement quality totally different from Western-influenced bellydance styles and let yourself feel more grounded and connected to your true center. Egyptian bellydance is distinctive for being heavy, grounded, yet relaxed enabling the dancer to initiate the powerful, juicy movements that make Raqs Sharqi so unique and beautiful.

Improvisation: The art of dancing in the present moment - Dancing without choreography or showing up to dance to live music can be intimidating for some. In this creative workshop you will be lead through exercises to help you open up, free yourself, connect and express, enabling you to experience the magic that happens when your passion is free to be released through music and movement.