Ellen Cruz
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Ellen Cruz taught Middle Eastern music and dance for over twenty years. She
founded The Sebastopol School for Middle Eastern Music & Dance in 1994 and it is still going strong now
under the directorship of Kathy Wolff, a former student and principal dancer under Ellen’s directorship.
Ellen taught workshops in drumming and dance throughout the Northwest and performed at hundreds
of venues over the course of her career.
Ellen’s company, Rose Productions, is known for the production of numerous concerts, workshops, and
events, and the successful ten year run of the much loved October-Fest, Festival Fantasia. Ellen is very
proud to see that the North Bay Belly Dance Bazaar is continuing the October Belly Dance Festival
Tradition in Sebastopol!! Ellen co-founded Tribal Fest with Kajira and that festival is also continuing very
successfully.
Ellen is known as a dancer, musician, vendor, producer, and competition judge at Wiggles of the West
Dance Competition. Many of her students have gone on to successful professional dance careers
including local dancers Elana Quihaus, Eva Willenhag, Kathy Wolff, Rebecca Carroll, Kendra Katz, and
many more. She was awarded an Artist in Residence Grant from the California Arts Council and the
National Endowment for the Arts, for her work in music and dance with teens and youth.
Ellen’s philosophy is multi faceted. To build and develop the spirit of community for local dancers, to
quote the late great Mimi Spencer, “to wage peace through the arts,” and to enrich people’s lives
through the study of dance and music.
| Saturday,2:00 to 3:30 |
Belly Dance & Business, Live
Your Dream, Enhance Your
Creativity, Create Your
Success!!
Why be the starving artist?? Let your creativity manifest into your reality!!
Learn to create what you want in your life!
In this workshop participants will focus on how to clarify their wants and
desires in relation to their dance business. Ellen will share her personal
experiences, successes and stumbling blocks, to help others avoid the same
mistakes and obstacles.
Just starting out as a dancer or teacher? This workshop will help you put a
game plan together.
If you have been pursuing a dance career, (full or part time), and want more,
get tips on how to expand your belly dance pursuits to become more
successful.
Want to put on events? Get organized in your focus and learn how to
organize, promote, and produce festivals, events, and workshops. Ellen’s
company, Rose Productions, produced concerts, workshops, and fourteen
successful festivals, including Festival Fantasia (ten years!), and co-founded
and produced Tribal Fest.
What benefits are there to making your dance hobby your dance business?
We will find out the answer to that, and what is needed to accomplish that
goal.
Participants are encouraged to bring their personal situations, goals and
dreams, questions, stumbling blocks, success stories, and desires to the
workshop, in order to begin developing their own game plans for greater
success.
Your Dream, Enhance Your
Creativity, Create Your
Success!!
Why be the starving artist?? Let your creativity manifest into your reality!!
Learn to create what you want in your life!
In this workshop participants will focus on how to clarify their wants and
desires in relation to their dance business. Ellen will share her personal
experiences, successes and stumbling blocks, to help others avoid the same
mistakes and obstacles.
Just starting out as a dancer or teacher? This workshop will help you put a
game plan together.
If you have been pursuing a dance career, (full or part time), and want more,
get tips on how to expand your belly dance pursuits to become more
successful.
Want to put on events? Get organized in your focus and learn how to
organize, promote, and produce festivals, events, and workshops. Ellen’s
company, Rose Productions, produced concerts, workshops, and fourteen
successful festivals, including Festival Fantasia (ten years!), and co-founded
and produced Tribal Fest.
What benefits are there to making your dance hobby your dance business?
We will find out the answer to that, and what is needed to accomplish that
goal.
Participants are encouraged to bring their personal situations, goals and
dreams, questions, stumbling blocks, success stories, and desires to the
workshop, in order to begin developing their own game plans for greater
success.
| Or send a check or money order made out to Deborah Bennette in the amount of $25.00 to Zaina Zahesha PO Box 2630 Petaluma, CA. 94953 |