MOVEMENT MAGIC WORKSHOPS IN PORTLAND

Join us for an afternoon of workshops and fashion you simply cannot find in Oregon.
MOVEMENT MAGIC WORKSHOPS
With Tracy Lynn & Belladonna Blade
With a TRUNK SHOW by Melodia Designs!
Trunk Show Hours: 1PM - 7PM
Friday, October 16th
SHABU STUDIOS
6055 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR
Single workshop + Trunk Show $50
Both Workshops + Trunk Show $80
1:30 - 3PM
TRACY LYNN - STRONG AND FLEXIBLE BODY MAGIC
Imagine stirring your bellydance, yoga, and Pilates skills into a pot, a recipe for flexible and strong body magic.
This 1.5-hour multi-modality workshop is designed for bellydancers to build their strength and flexibility. We’ll take the physical components of yoga asana and Pilates, intertwine the fluidity and sharpness of fusion bellydance over them, and dive into the muscle, fascia, and breath beneath. Expect to leave more connected, grounded, and dynamic on stage.
This all-levels workshop is your gateway to those elusive skills — standing one-leg balances, splits, backbends, and folds. We’ll work close to the ground for some of the workshop, so socks, knee pads or a yoga mat will help with your comfort.
4PM - 5:30
BELLADONNA BLADE - SWORD SORCERY
The sword is a weapon, a tool, and a symbol—an object humans have carried for protection, power, ceremony, status, and transformation. In the hands of a dancer, it becomes a partner, an extension of the body, and a powerful instrument for expression.
In Sword Sorcery, Belladonna — the Baroness of Blades and creatrix of the Boho Blade sword system— invites you to explore the magic, mystery, and power of dancing with a sword.
Through powerful poses, evocative pathways, dynamic sword technique, musicality, and commanding presence, we’ll explore not only how we move the sword, but what it means to wield it.
What am I protecting?
What am I claiming?
What am I cutting away?
These questions become the foundation for our movement and our ritual. We’ll explore the sword as guardian through boundaries and protective shapes; as a symbol of personal power through expansion, presentation, and taking up space; and as a tool of transformation through slicing pathways, decisive movement, and release.
Using intention, symbolism, archetype, and movement, we’ll create a ritual journey through the sword—crossing a threshold, embodying our intention, and emerging transformed.
Warrior. Witch. Guardian. Queen. Or something entirely your own.
Part technique, part artistry, part ritual, Sword Sorcery is an invitation to wield the sword with powerful, purposeful intention—and discover a little of your own magic along the way.
Bring a dance-ready scimitar and come prepared to move, explore, and wield.
1PM - 7PM: MELODIA TRUNK SHOW:
Portland, I'm coming for you! 🖤✨
Melodia Designs has packed her bags and is heading north for a very special trunk show at Shabu Studios.
Small-batch, slow-fashion, eco-luxe designs and woman-made magic, coming your way. ✨
I’ll be bringing a curated selection of my coveted faux Assuit Dendera Collection, plus some spellbinding fleece warmies made just in time for spooky season.
Come play dress-up, feel the fabrics, find your new favorite piece, and shop a selection of Melodia magic in person.
Sincerely,
Melodia
Melodiadesigns.com
This workshop experience is brought to you by Atrium Mystique in collaboration with the Witches Ball of the West.
www.witchesballofthewest.com