Invoketress Dance

🌸 IN BLOOM GUEST PERFORMER 🌸

Willow is a bold and transformative fusion belly dance artist, known for blending fusion, and modern styles with authentic movement and a wide array of cultural dance influences.

With 20 years of experience, her performances embrace a fluidity and presence that challenges expectations, social norms and invites audiences into a space where authenticity and individuality are celebrated. Willow is also an instructor at Aranya Belly Dance and Movement, and loves sharing her passion for dance and self-expression with her students.

Join us this Friday to see this incredible show!

🌸 IN BLOOM GUEST PERFORMER 🌸

Embers & Honey is a Synchronized Group Improvisation (SGI) bellydance troupe based in Hamilton, that formed in early 2024. The troupe follows the FatChanceBellyDance format of group improvisation, with artistic director, Valizan being a Brother Studio to FCBD.

Along with Valizan, members include Monika Wolf, Sharon Bell, Katie Clarke, Arlene Smith, Michelle Boudreau who all studied under Valizan, and a variety of bellydance teachers in Ontario.

FCBD®style bellydance is a fusion form blending Egyptian Bellydance with Flamenco, Classical Indian Dance and North African dance. The costuming is a melange reflecting the nomadic cultures common to all those dance styles.

Excited for their always dynamic and entertaining performance!

🌸IN BLOOM GUEST PERFORMER: Dhara & Aranya Studio! 🌸

Dhara is an internationally acclaimed belly dancer and teacher with over 18 years of experience.
She has trained with world-renowned instructors across Egypt, Turkey, and beyond, bringing depth and authenticity to her teaching.

Her studio, Aranya, is an inclusive space where everyone is encouraged to explore movement and dance. A place to bring people together to share their art and create a flourishing and supportive belly dance and movement community in Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge and beyond!

We're pleased to welcome Dhara and her beautiful students to our show!

It is always a pleasure to perform every year at the Guelph & District Multicultural Festival, and this year is their 40th anniversary!

INVOKETRESS SHOWTIME:
Sunday, June 14, 4:30
Main Stage, Riverside Park
Guelph

Come to the park, eat some delicious global foods, shop the vendors, ride the midway, and catch some shows! Let's celebrate diversity in Guelph!

MOSAIC 2023 PRE-SALE!

The "In Bloom" show is the absolute BEST time to get Mosaic tickets! We'll be selling a limited amount of pre-sale tickets for our epic production on Oct. 3rd (Mosaic - Crimson Roots, River Run Centre) at the Student Showcase at an incredible discounted price $30, a whopping $15 off (regular $45). These are also the best seats in the house so don't miss this amazing opportunity!

Looking for donations for our In Bloom Silent Auction!

Products, services, and gift certificates are all welcome! Expose your business to our show goers and dance community!

Proceeds go towards our "Mosaic" fusion show on October 4 at the River Run Centre!

Please DM us to donate!

🌸✨ INVOKETRESS PRESENTS: IN BLOOM ✨🌸

Join us for our annual student showcase as our dazzling dancers take the stage to celebrate growth, community, artistry, and magic!

From bold debuts to blossoming confidence, every performer brings their own unique spark to the garden. Expect an evening of beauty, power, and play as our students share the fruits of their dedication and creativity.

Come cheer on these radiant performers and witness the magic in full bloom. 🌿🦋

June 19, 7:00pm
Guelph Curling Club

Ticket link in event: In Bloom - Belly Dance Student Showcase

Happy Women's Day 🌸

Keep showing up, keep taking up space & keep supporting each other 💃🏻💃🏼💃🏽💃🏾💖🗡️🫂

Remember you're beautiful and powerful in all forms and expressions 💖

Invoketress circa 2015. 💚

It is truly special how, although life paths have changed, how many of these dancers are still part of the troupe and how all are still very close in our orbit. 💫 The roots run deep. 🌳

We are so excited to be hosting one of our longtime dance friends and instructor to many in our troupe, Audra Simmons in Guelph!

Calibrate and Polish with Audra

Join Audra for an immersive workshop designed to deepen your understanding of stage composition, fine-tune your ability to respond to musical cues, and heighten connection. This workshop is an invitation to explore, connect, and create in a supportive and dynamic environment. This workshop is designed for dance students and performers of all levels, regardless of past or current experience with group work or solo/group performances. We'll listen and create, discuss and rework as we work with solo and group positions and stagings (think dynamic formations and interesting stage placement), creating interesting pathways and postures that are influenced and shaped by our musical choices and play with different ways to create connections to our audience (and other group members for troupe dancers).

You’ll come away with:

An Elevated Understanding of Composition: Explore the building blocks of compelling performances and learn how to contribute meaningfully to the overall artistic vision.

A More Finely-Tuned Response to Musical Cues: Develop your ability to listen deeply, react intuitively, and create dynamic, theatrical moments that resonate with audiences.

A Heightened Audience and/or Ensemble Connection: Forge stronger bonds with the audience and fellow troupe mates through collaborative exercises, creation of form and tableau, and use of gaze.

The Ability to Create Dynamic Theatrical Moments: Learn to combine these skills to create theatrical magic that is unique and shines with your own golden touch.

We will have a short break of 5-10 minutes during the workshop.
Notebooks are welcome.

Cost: $95. Register with Mary Snow .snow.official by sending an e-transfer to [email protected].

Time: 2:00 - 5:00
Please arrive early to get settled so we can start on time! Street parking available.