Modern Fusion Temple Dance
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Modern Fusion Temple Dance- A Workshop with Monique Trinity Rose
A few weeks ago I took a new kind of Sacred
Dance workshop. I was first attracted to it because of the name, but when I
looked at the instructors name I knew I had to attend. If you don’t know, Roses
are kind of “my thing”. My dance troupe was Raqin Roses, the ladies I worked
with in Japan for dance were Moon Roses, I went by Triskele Rose as my first
craft name and now that is the name of our system of Witchcraft. I also teach
various classes on magic via www.OuroboRose.com . So Roses are important to me. The trinity has a very similar in
meaning to the Triquetra or the Triskele, both which are important to me for
reasons I stated above. So I was really eager to take this class just based on
the corresponding symbology.
Now I’m not very familiar with the
instructor’s background as she is from a section of Belly Dance I have not be
involved with very much. I am an Oriental dancer with fusion leanings so my
experience with the varied genre’s of Tribal style has been extremely limited. Her
style and technique is very reminiscent of Rachel Brice and that vein of Tribal
Style. Even though this is well outside my typical genre of classes, I decided to step out of my box and take this
class. You can visit her website here
Oh boy! I was way out of my comfort zone!
When I first arrived I was greeted by another student, and we waited for the
doors to open. When they opened we were met with Monique and she brought us to
the studio. It was a small studio and I was glad. Besides attending waking
Persephone, I haven’t danced in many months. I was nervous because I was out of
shape and I was also nervous because I am the one that always screws the
choreography up. Another girl in class mentioned she did too and we laughed
about it. However despite the nerves, Monique was so sweet, and welcoming. I
had seen her dance the night before at the From the Hip Belly Dance Show Case which you can learn about here. It was spectacular; she is one of
those dancers whose performances are flawless. She is beautiful beyond belief, and
amazingly strong but her beauty shines from within, like a warm glow in her
center covering her entire aura. She was sweet and so kind and I want to take
more classes with her because she was just so nice to be around.
The workshop was fantastic! It was hard, and
she really showed me how out of shape I had gotten this past year on my dance
break. While I have enjoyed the entire year off, I have really let my body get
lazy and she kicked my ass. There was very little Oriental dance, a few
shimmies, chest isolations and figure 8 but that was it. The rest was Indian
dance, which I literally have zero experience with, this was actually my first
class on anything Indian related that wasn’t from a Zumba class. I really wish
I had known more about Indian dance, though I was able to keep up just fine. There
was also yoga, I was so thankful for that. While I have a subscription to Giam
t.v. I may have let that lag in the past few weeks as well. I have not been
doing as much as I should. So I was very thankful.
I did want to have some sort of spiritual
connection, and that did not happen, however that was not part of the curriculum
she had planned and that is ok. When she comes back to Portland I will give
this class another go, while I don’t have experience in this form of dance and
don’t think I will be perusing it, it would be nice to take it again and see if
I change my mind, perhaps it will feel more comfortable and familiar. I highly recommend
this class to anyone interested in Indian dance with a strong interest in the
spiritual side of things.
