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SHEBA- Belly dance school @ 1601 Broadway, New York, NY
Take your belly dancing skills to the next level at SHEBA- Belly dance school with Beginner Plus. Discover fun combos, learn new techniques, and explore the art of using props like veils and fan veils. Join us for an exciting and energetic class that will enhance your belly dance journey.
StripXpertease @ 520 8th Ave, New York, NY
Slink and slide as you belly dance the StripXpertease way. Perfect for beginners! This class works inviting isolations and heavenly hip work. Shimmys, shivers, vibrations and undulations galore! Finish the class with a hip rockin' chest poppin' routine! Tight comfortable clothing and barefoot preferred. Feel free to bring a hip scarf if you have one! Please note that classes are for women only.
Tone that tummy, whittle that waistline! More intense than a traditional belly dance class, this workout will involve muscles you didn’t know you had. You’ll do drills based on belly dance moves like isolations, shimmies, and undulations to achieve more body control and confidence. And while the focus is on strengthening and toning, you’ll also get a cardio workout. Please wear pants you can stretch in.
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Discover the joy of belly dance and connect to your feminine energy while you shimmy to the beats of the drums of the East. This class will give you a complete workout, incorporating a thorough warm-up, basic hip and abdominal isolations, dance techniques, travel steps and a short dance sequence. This dance celebrates the unique female form. All shapes and sizes are welcome. Bare feet, dance slippers or light sandals. Please be sure to...
During this class, we will play some Middle Eastern music and start off with hip rolls, belly undulations, hip shimmies and traveling steps. Belly dancing involves moving and shaking the hips, chest, shoulders, legs and glutes. Working many muscles at once helps to burn more calories. As a result, one hour of belly dancing will burn up to 300 calories. Belly dancing also improves your balance, coordination and flexibility, plus it may boost your...
The class is 45 minutes of Fitness Bellydance followed by 15 minutes of toning and stretching mat exercises. Open to any level of Fitness and Dance, and good for Beginner Bellydance students as it covers basic technique.
Bellyqueen @ 440 Lafayette St, New York, NY
No previous knowledge of bellydance is required although experienced dancers who want to polish and refine their technique are also welcome. The Beginner Isis Technique curriculum starts at the beginning of each month and covers basic Bellyqueen belly dance foundation movements. It covers the basic posture and foundation movements by building on steps learned from week to week. This course is easy to follow, easy to retain, and fun! It will...
Bellyqueen @ 440 Lafayette St, New York, NY
Oriental style/Classical Egyptian will be presented through combinations and technique, with an emphasis on basic travel steps, turns, and undulations/figure 8's. Ethereal movements, such as light, airy, delicate, and dreamy qualities will be explored. Basic mechanics and sequences of traveling steps, and turns, will be taught. We will integrate basic traveling footwork with isolations. Dancers will play with suspension, one of the vital qualities...
This course covers the basic posture and foundation movements by building on steps learned from week to week. This course is easy to follow, easy to retain, and fun! It will also provide you with a low impact workout that improves flexibility and coordination. No previous knowledge of bellydance is required although experienced dancers who want to polish and refine their technique are also welcome.
Express yourself using veil by exploring different techniques and combos.
"Just Tamalyn" focuses on refining movement, while giving it your own style and flavor. She teaches her tried and true "Earth and Sky" method, working with energy. You will learn how to "bend time"- not just following the music, but being the music. She will also teach a variety of stage dynamics that will help you create your own dance with your own style, but still have a framework that makes sense to the viewer.
H2O is a dance that makes a crystal formation that flows into different sizes and shapes. It is a new concept in group dance, achieved by learning to connect with each other and find our rhythm as a group while still maintaining and enhancing each dancers individual style. H2O is a new experience that takes traditional oriental dance in a modern direction while maintaining traditional movement and music.
Get funky to "Kiss" by the legendary singer-songwriter, Prince. Dancers who learn this choreography will have the option to perform it at the upcoming Bellyqueen School 2015 Spring Hafla on Sunday June 14th 8-9.30pm at the Secret Theatre.
Create a new piece about love to be performed at a theatrical dance presentation at Speyer Hall, University Settlement during the PURE Conference on Saturday March 19th, 8.30-10pm and the PURE Foundation choreography to be performed during the PURE procession on Sunday March 20th 6.00-7.30pm in Central Park.
Do you know your samai from your saidi? Learn the essential rhythms that all bellydancers need to know. You will learn the basic structure of rhythms so you can recognize them no matter who is playing and what instrument they’re playing on.
This is an open level curriculum based class which teaches Intermediate/Advanced level technique and choreography with New choreography introduced every 3-4 months. Prerequisite: Prior Bellydance experience is required, as the basic technique is not covered in this class.
B-Well Studio @ 2125 Williamsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY
Students will learn how to dance with grace and sensuality in a nurturing and social atmosphere. Learn belly dance in a functional & effective way, our charismatic top of the line instructor Alexis Melendez breaks down fancy moves into dynamic easy steps. Unlike other belly dance programs, their training aren't about hard to memorize routines, but rather exalting the uniqueness of the human body. Their down to earth system teaches students...
Belly Dance America / Matt's Classes @ 265 W 37th St, New York, NY
This is a great class to break a sweat in a fun way. Show Shakira that your hips don’t lie! This class is entry level and begins to study the technique, posture and movements of belly dance. The emphasis of this class is learning the basic techniques of belly dance and will address all types of movements from arm positions, hand gestures, luxurious slow movements, basic hip work, shimmies and isolations. There will be a strong emphasis...
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