Tribal Style Bellydance, West Los Angeles, CA
APRIL ROSE, BELLY DANCER AND TEACHER

aprilrose@aprilrosedance.com or 916-308-6004

April Rose has been belly dancing Tribal Fusion and Egyptian Cabaret for 9 years and is a member of the award winning, world-touring troupe UNMATA. She is currently earning her bachelors degree in Dance at UCLA and has performed across the country and abroad in Taiwan. Her current side project is a student-based dance troupe called The Nautch Project which performs at festivals and local events. She recently spent 3 months in India studying Hindi and is exploring world dance and yoga in the states.

April Rose teaches dance classes 3 nights a week in West Los Angeles. In addition to teaching the official Hot Pot Improvisational Tribal Style of UNMATA she also teaches original choreography. HPITS is a codified repertoire of movements and combinations that are used in cued improvisation. The style was created by Amy Sigil of UNMATA, and although it has roots in the ATS format, Hot Pot ITS consists of a very different and specific library of movement. The only groups as of now to perform this style are UNMATA, Verbatim, and the Hot Pot Street Team: all based at Hot Pot Studio in Sacramento, California. April Rose, a member of UNMATA, has been trained by Amy Sigil to teach HPITS formally and has begun the first chapter of Hot Pot ITS, outside of Sacramento, in Los Angeles, California.

The format is based on a 6 week introductory course, a 12 week beginning course, and a 32 week intermediate level course. To advance from the beginning to intermediate level, each student must pass a written and dance-based evaluation.