Professional Belly Dance Artist in Colorado Springs, CO
Specializing in Oriental and Belly Dance-Western Fusion styles of dance.
Powerfully Present: Mind, Body, and Breath Integration for Belly Dance Video
Neisa has filmed a new instructional video, "Powerfully Present: Mind, Body, and Breath Integration for Belly Dance," featuring her "belly dance katas," which are short sequences of coordinated movement and breathing inspired by the forms martial artists use to master their techniques.
These exercises are designed to help dancers focus on the feelings of correct posture, breathing, movement flow, and mental focus so that they become second nature when dancing.
The video is currently in editing, and is expected to be released in Late Summer 2015.
Preorders were be taken during Shimmy 2B Free in Denver, June 12-14, and Kickstarter funding will commence sometime during the last 2 weeks of June 2015, so come back for more information on how to get your copy first!
Status Update
Free Music DownloadIt’s time to touch base with you on a project update. I’ve made a carefully considered decision to change my dance name from Neisa Salima to Courtney Anne. My given name feels to me like a more genuine expression of what I want to convey with my dance, and I’m very excited to announce the change to everyone who has supported and encouraged me!
Some technical factors, combined with the name change, have stretched out the editing process for my video, Powerfully Present: Mind, Body, and Breath Integration for Belly Dance. We’re back in the studio for a couple small reshoots in the next couple of weeks, and we’ll update you as we go after that!
I’d like to share this free mp3 download of "Chiftetelli Vison" from the "Powerfully Present" soundtrack with you to tide you over while we finish our completed video. It seems to be many people's favorite pieces from the soundtrack, and I hope you enjoy it! Please see below for the link to the file and download instructions.
I want to officially thank everyone who has supported this vast undertaking! It means so much to have such a dedicated community of dancers standing behind my vision!
Shimmies,
Courtney Anne
Chiftetelli Vision
Link to MP3 File of Music
To save the file to your computer, right click and select "Save Link As..." or the equivalent from the pop up menu.
Feel free to use this music in your practice, performances, or classes as you wish; I simply ask that you credit me (Courtney Anne) as the composer if possible. You may also post videos of your performances to it; please, once again, simply credit me as the composer and link back to my website if you can. If you wish to use it for some other purpose (such background music for a promo, commmercial, or some other type of video), please contact me. Please do not repost elsewhere or resell. Thank you, and enjoy!
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The CD will be available soon as a Kickstarter reward, but here's a sneak peak of some of the music if you didn't get your copy early at Neisa's Shimmy 2B Free workshop on June 14th!