Sharpen Your Skills: A Sacred Sword Series

on Zoom with Yuri Ferretti

If you’ve thought of what the next prop for your FCBD® Style journey could be and you’ve been taking sword into consideration, you’re in the right place!

In March 2024 I certified in Melody Orullian Bustillos’ ‘Sacred Sword’ format for FatChanceBellyDance® Style: this makes me the third official representation of Melody’s format in Europe and the first man to certify in her format worldwide. And now I’m finally here to share this with you all!

In the short time that I’ve been dancing with sword, I spent over a year learning from Melody via online private classes to capture every detail of her Sacred Sword format, including her latest dialect additions to it: what you’re getting with this workshop series is the most current information on Melody’s format. Moreover, I had the honour of assisting her during her workshops at Roma Tribal Meeting in May 2024, as well as having the opportunity to perform a duet with her.

We will begin with seven dates to get us started. Every workshop will take place online via Zoom, once a month on Saturdays, from 17:30h to 19:30h Berlin time (this should allow people from the Americas to join us, too). Recordings will be available online for one month after each workshop.

Even though we will start with the very basics of Sacred Sword, a basic knowledge of the FatChanceBellyDance® vocabulary and format is required; we can still shortly get into the technique of some movements if needed. We will not have a fixed programme for each workshop: we’ll just sharpen our skills as we go! Each workshop will build up on what we learnt in the previous.

The first seven workshop will take place on the following dates:

  • 14th September 2024

  • 27th October 2024

  • 14th December 2024

  • 11th January 2025

  • 8th February 2025

  • 29th March 2025

  • 12th April 2025

If you book the full-pack, you’ll have access to another workshop on 10th May 2025: this workshop was scheduled to thank the participants for their flexibility due to changing dates because of my upcoming knee surgery. Thank you so much for your support!

Time: 17:30h - 19:30h Berlin time (people from the Americas: remember that, in Europe, daylight saving time ends on the last Sunday in October and starts on the last Sunday in March)

Prices:

All seven workshops (7x2h): €215

Single workshops (1x2h): €39 each

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me here.