20th Anniversary Ooky Spooky feat Belladonna

Name: 20th Anniversary Ooky Spooky feat Belladonna
Start: 2025-10-18T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-19T22:00:00-04:00
Location: 1030 Portage Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI

Schedule

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun, 19 Oct, 2025 at 10:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

1030 Portage Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI | Kalamazoo, MI

Ooky Spooky 2025 featuring Belladonna
Celebrate TWENTY YEARS OF OOKY SPOOKY with Boheme and friends! ❤️
Workshop and showcase details are posted and registration is now open!
Join us for two days of workshops and a stellar Saturday evening showcase!
Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details!
Saturday Showcase details
(scroll down for workshops)
Doors open at 7:30pm, show at 8pm
Tickets: $20
Interested in performing? Please send an email to [email protected] with your contact info and a video link representing your style of dance. 4 minute time limit. All dancers must be registered for at least one workshop.
LOCATION
All workshops and showcase are held at:
Dormouse Theater
1030 Portage Street
Kalamazoo, Michigan
(Workshop attendees should park in rear and use steps to Door #2.)
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WORKSHOP PRICING
- Full Weekend Package $165 (early bird only, ends Aug 15th), includes 5 raffle tix.
-Saturday full day:
$90 early bird/$100 after 8/15/25
- Saturday each workshop:
$45 early bird/$55 after 8/15/25
- Sunday each workshop:
$45 early bird/$55 after 8/15/25
To register, please send payment via PayPal to [email protected]. Be sure to list your choices in the notes, as well as attendee names if you are ordering for multiple students. All workshops are non-refundable.
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Saturday Workshops w/ Belladonna
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10am-12pm Love into a weapon
sword sequence to a song (not choreogrphy but sequenced combinations/ level 1 technique)
1pm-3pm Fierce Fusion Fragments
Bella's Boho fusion group improv style of short choreographed fragments of choreography.
Edgy and industrial strength combinations perfect for goth, industrial and some pop music.

Sunday Workshops w/ Belladonna
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10am-12pm This is the SLAY
Boho Blade moving meditation
1pm-3pm Power Poses for Precision
The Boho Blade format has over 200 named and codified shapes that have been created for you to help you develop precise spatial awareness, Find the comfort in your own body when holding your blade, and help you bring your fierceness forward. Power Poses look great in photos which helps a dancer get positive feedback on the work they put into their practice and performance, they also act as a safe place to default to when you get distracted or if things are not going right for a second, and finally they are the dots that we connect in the Boho Blade system to help dancers achieve Powerful purposeful Presentation.

Belladonna is a fusion dance artist and innovator from Washington DC. She is the founder and director of Bohemian Bellydance and the Boho Blade sword dancing format and certification program. Belladonna is also a fire performer, yoga instructor and producer of the Raven's Night Soirée. Belladonna is driven by her desire to make creative expression easily available to those who may find it hard to tap into on their own, due to work, family, busy schedules and responsibilities. Her focus is on creating classes, educational programs, music and training that are safe, meaningful, well researched and fun. She uses her dance education and training, as well as her hunger for knowledge and experience in art, design, and energy healing, to help make her programs authentic and one of a kind. The goal of Bohemian Belly Dance is to inspire and cultivate the seeds of enlightenment, healing and self-expression, and self-awareness that can grow from the practice of fusion belly dance. Bohemian Belly Dance aims to provide high-quality instruction and create spaces and opportunities for dancers to find, develop and express their personal truth and creative voice.

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20th Annual Ooky Spooky Showcase
doors at 7:30pm - Show at 8pm
Location: Dormouse Theater
1030 Portage Street
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Tickets will be available through Dormouse Theater website (link soon!)
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