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    Creativity: Find Your Stride: Creativity: Power of Commitment, #2
    Creativity: Find Your Stride: Creativity: Power of Commitment, #2
    Creativity: Find Your Stride: Creativity: Power of Commitment, #2
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    Creativity: Find Your Stride: Creativity: Power of Commitment, #2

    By Morwenna Assaf

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    This is the second book in the series Creativity: Power of Commitment. This is a book of daily exercises at an Intermediate level that takes 3 months. Be as creative as you can. Ideas for that creativity and also how to not get overwhelmed with the belly dance scene. Lots of business ideas are here too. Take your business to its fullest and let your passion for the dance shine.
    This book is written for dance artists to help them handle their business and not get overwhelmed with all the intricacies that need to be handled and still be a creative person. This is thesecond book in the series Creativity: Power of Commitment. This is a book of daily exercises at an Elementary level that takes 3 months. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMorwenna Assaf
    Release dateOct 23, 2014
    ISBN9781502202871
    Creativity: Find Your Stride: Creativity: Power of Commitment, #2
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    Morwenna Assaf

    Morwenna Assaf is the Dance Director for both Art/Dance Academy and CEDAR Productions. She has been a Middle Eastern (Belly Dancer) dancer, instructor and choreographer for almost 40 years. She studied in New York City with the late Ibrahim Farrah (her mentor and friend), the foremost proponent of the dance in the world. She continues to study to this day America’s top instructor of Egyptian dance. Plus she sponsors and studies the works of the Master Mr. Mahmoud Reda of Cairo, Egypt. She sponsors several seminars with known names per year. . Morwenna is a member of NDA, APPHERD, CAPHERD, CID-UNESCO and the National Association for Teacher Certification in Middle Eastern Dance - NATCMED. She has taken management courses and seminars with Rhee Gold of MA and  the Dance Studios Mastermind Group with Sam Beckford in Vancouver, BC. Has taken numerous courses in colleges and various private groups..  But her forte and that of the dance company is the Eastern Arabic (The Levant) countries, namely, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Palestine. She was inducted into the American Middle Eastern Hall of Fame in New York City in 1994 for her contributions, choreography and research in this art form. She was nominated Best Instructor 2001 by Zaghareet. She has written several books to further the studies of those interested in Middle Eastern Dance Studies. She has been on the staff of several dance magazines throughout the country. She has taught dance workshops for CAPHERD for the past 16 years in both Palm Springs and Riverside, CA. She has also taught for Amani in Lebanon in 2011with a request to return again. Every year or so, she does a teaching tour of New England. Plus Morwenna teaches in Mexico on a regular basis. She currently teaches her Elite Circle of dancers, regular students and is on the staff fro Mira Costa College. Research and writing are at the base of her learning curve at this time. She has completed several books for Middle Eastern Dance Training.

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      Creativity - Morwenna Assaf

      CREATIVITY

      Power of Commitment

      Daily Ideas

      To Help the New Performer /Instructor to Get Over the Bumps That Face All New Dancers.

      FINDING YOUR STRIDE!

      Elementary Level 4-6 Months

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      This Book is About - ............................... 4

      Acknowledgement - ..................................112

      Disclaimer - ..............................................113

      Why This Book Was Written - .....................114

      A Word from Morwenna + Bio -....................117

      A Word from Walid + Bio -...........................123

      Wrap Up - ..................................................121

      Other books by Tales 1001 -........................129

      PART 1 - ......................................................6

      GETTING GOING! 

      INTRODUCTION: Daily ideas to help the new performer/instructor get over the humps that face all dancers.

      ELEMENTARY LEVEL 3 MONTHS

      Month 1 = p6 / Month 2 = p43 / Month 3 = p77 **

      Note: This Table of Contents is general but is all there.

      WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT

      This book tries to fill in the gaps that the average teacher might not be aware of or not able to share. We have found in our years of study, research and performing that the majority of professionals out there never get to the point in their studies where they really understand the business as it is.

      We will introduce you to 4 ideas that will work no matter whether you are a dancer, teacher or musician. Artists set the stage for the business of creativity around the world. My wish is for you to continue to share the beauty and fun of Arabic music and dance wherever you go.  Being an artist that is relatively new is one thing but making a big name for oneself in this chosen career is another. Walid and Morwenna will share their expertise with you.

      This book will educate you, entertain you and hopefully allow you ways to grow as an artist yourself.  Use this book as a reference guide, study guide and a way of reaching out to others you run across in your travels in this wonderful business we share.

      Enjoy and be open-minded. Take it day by day one step at a time. Read the thoughts and do the exercises.  You can start anywhere depending on your experience. I like to start at the beginning and build. You can also jump around and find what just suits you but I feel you are cheating yourself. You have to be committed to anything you feel seriously about.

      The pages at the end are left bare so that you have a place to keep key notes. You should also keep a daily log book. You might decide to take longer than a month for each program. This is fine. Just stick to a schedule diligently.

      Morwenna@ Al Borz in Del Mar CA 2013

      Daily Creative Thoughts

      1 YEAR OF DAILY TIPS 1 MONTH AT A TIME

      *The lesson numbers start where the previous book left off.

      PART 2 MONTHS 1-3 

      ELEMENTARY LEVEL

      MONTH 1

      FIND YOUR STRIDE

      ELEMENTARY: Daily ideas to help the performer Find her/his way in training and discipline.

      SECONDARY LEVEL 3 MONTHS

      92. PAYING  ATTENTION TO FAME

      Every artist was at one time an amateur.

      No one was born a professional.

      Everything has to be learned and practiced.

      All dancers were at one time babies, children, sons and daughter, husbands and wives etc. They were

      all just

      regular people.

      Eventually they found dance.

      At some point they became good and eventually a name you recognize.

      Dance is work. It requires artfulness and intuition along with dedication and the work.

      With these well rounded qualities you become better at what you do.

      Success always starts with a calling.

      The difference between famous and anonymous breaks down to how many buckets of sweat you have produced.

      Only a few are selected for fame and success.

      To impress you have to works that shows for itself. Not just pipe dreams.

      Do not focus on impressing others. Just do it and be humble.

      ––––––––

      93 AIM TO EARN

      Dance is a business too.

      We all have practical demands in our lives.

      Do not be over eager to pursue opportunities beyond your confidence and experience. You will sabotage yourself.

      This is uncomfortable and stressful. You are forever guessing.

      Try quiet confidence and not wishful thinking.

      Aim one step higher than your comfort zone.

      This will increase your worth as your skills increase.

      Widen your income streams as you become more proficient.

      Ask for more by saying Is that the best you can offer? It does not hurt to try, pleasantly.

      Do not become greedy though.

      There is always another dancer that is waiting in the wings to take your place.

      Make the most of the skills you have to offer across a wide range of places and you will never run out of fun and happy places to work.

      94 GROW AS YOU GO

      If you are growing you are always going to be out of your comfort zone.

      Create shorter pieces first and build to longer ones.

      This will help you respond more fully, deeply and widely.

      The more you do, the more you have to say and how it is done.

      You will notice more.

      If you have not completed the short first, long is going to be very difficult.

      Dance your way up and increase chances of success.

      Short Pieces = 1 - 4 min = folklore/ or segment of longer piece.

      Medium Pieces = 3-6 min = Oriental / Solo

      Feature Pieces = 5-10 min = Mini show.

      Long Piece = 10-20 min – Full Oriental show.

      MAKE TIME YOUR FRIEND

      Have time on your side. Make it your friend.

      Coax time to come to your side.

      JUST START: Let go of the future.

      Ask what is the next most important step that I need to do?

      Cut out the immediate pressure and move forward in a measured way.

      2. MAP OUT THE STEPS: List every step you need to take.

      Figure backwards from the deadline. If you don’t have one, make one.

      Break it down into a to do list.

      Check things off as they get completed.

      3. RUT BUSTER: Stuck?

      Take a pause and switch gears.

      Do something totally different for a while.

      4.  BADS THOUGHTS REPELLENT: Worries, fears and anxiety eat at time.

      Take a positive look and

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