NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Zumba Gold: Low impact World Dance fitness

Dance yourself around the globe, and improve your fitness while enjoying happy upbeat music from all over the world. Our Zumba Gold classes are low impact so they're easy on the joints; and our course structure means that we can start with absolute basics, and build up our repertoire as the weeks go by. 

Yoga for Dancers (or for anyone!)

Learn poses, breathwork and more. Experience benefits in strength and range of motion, as well as body awareness and mental focus. Absolute beginners welcome, along with past yogis who will consolidate your foundations and deepen your practice.

Bellydance Fundamentals

Suitable for absolute beginners, ‘home’ and self-trained dancers or anyone with up to a year of bellydance class experience

Bellydance Foundations: Moves and Musicality

Our signature course! A structured program to learn (or consolidate and refine) bellydance moves like shimmies, hip drops, circles and eights; plus how to match them to music and “free dance”. It's our signature course, and it's the best start you could ever make on your bellydance journey! Also perfect for dancers with experience, who want to deepen and improve their technique.

Arabic Pop Routine: “Sah Sah”

Starting with basic moves like shimmies and hip drops, we will build into combinations, then put it all together into an upbeat choreography to a recent, popular Arabic song by Nancy Ajram.

Dabke Fusion Routine

Bringing the Lebanese flavour with a routine to “Saharni” by Najwa Karam.

Veil Routine

A modern fantasy dance style using a chiffon veil. You will need your own veil to do this choreo: here’s a video to help you make one!

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Bellydance Fundies Plus / Open / Beyond Beginners

Suitable for dancers with at least 2 terms (6 months) of bellydance class experience. Please consult us before choosing this class if it’s new to you, as we must assess you individually.

Technique in Depth

Dive deep into the nitty-gritty of movements like hip drops with the foot release, layered shimmies, undulations, jewels, and more.

Bellydance Beyond Beginners

Suitable for dancers with over a year of bellydance class experience. Please consult us before choosing this class if it’s new to you, as we must assess you individually. This term, all locations are teaching the same course.

Fan Veils Routine “Sheherezade”

A mesmerising modern prop, silk fan veils add grace and flow to your dancing. Starting with introductory concepts and techniques, master the fundamental handling skills of fan veils, progress to developing fluid combinations, and culminate in creating a full dynamic choreography. You’ll need your own pair of silk fan veils (and enough space to use them).

Greek Tsifteteli

Did you know that bellydance is popular not just in the Arabic speaking world, but throughout the Eastern Mediterranean? The Greek style, known as Tsifteteli (τσιφτετέλι) originated in Anatolia and has its own unique flavour, accompanied by instruments such as the bouzouki. We’ll play with the smooth movements and style of Greek Tsifteteli, culminating in a choreography with optional performance opportunities.

Zill Skills and Drills

Finger cymbals are a traditional way for dancers to accompany themselves. Learn the basics, then push it up into rhythmic variations, and how to dance at the same time. We will do loads of drills, because it takes practice! You will need a pair of finger cymbals (sagat / zills / ziller)

Saiidi Story: Technique, Combos and Choreography.

Discover the power of dance and music from Upper Egypt! One of the most popular Arabic folkloric styles, Saiidi is strong and grounded, and is often danced with a stick (‘assaya’). You’ll learn to manipulate the stick in patterns inspired by the ancient martial art of Tahtib, while combining iconic Saiidi steps with familiar bellydance movements. Geometric shapes and footwork are also a feature of this style. You will need a stick approx 1m long without a hook (and enough space to wield it).

Introduction to Neo-Andalusi Dance

Neo-Andalusi dance is an evocative and contemporary approach to dancing on mwashahat, a poetic form created in al-Andalus (8 th -15 th Century Spain). In this course you will learn about the background and history of neo-Andalusi dance, unpack core movements and combinations before applying these to the elegant and dramatic Samai Thaqil (10/8) rhythm. Whether you are a BB student who wants to learn a more neo-Andalusi dance and mwashahat, want to explore new approaches to movement and musicality, want to train elegant arms and turns, or if you are just a bit of a dance nerd and want to swan around pretending to be in Medieval Spain, this class is for you!

Bellydance Intermediate-Advanced

Suitable for dancers with at least 3 years of bellydance class experience. Please consult us before choosing this class if it’s new to you, as we must assess you individually.

Egyptian Folklore: Haggala

Explore a range of approaches to the Haggala style from Western Egypt / Libya. From what we know of the genuine cultural practice, to Mahmoud Reda's adaptation of the dance for the stage, and approaches by teachers from non-Reda backgrounds who've been taught Haggala in a different way.

Vintage Shamadan Choreography (8 lessons series)

The shamadan or candelabra balanced on the head is a traditional prop used by Egyptian dancers. This course will teach you a vintage style choreography that draws together technique and styling from the Awalim dancers of the early 20th century, as well as golden era approaches to dancing with shamadan. Floorwork is option (see separate Floorwork and Balancing curse) and in fact, even the shamadan is optional! You may enjoy this routine simply for its vintage vibes, without balancing anything at all.

Floorwork and Balancing (8 lessons series)

You need at least moderate fitness and mobility for this course about traditional Egyptian approaches to floorwork and balancing. We cover ty[ical floorwork moves and sequences, as well as how to gte up and down safely and gracefully. You'll also learn strategies for balancing items such as a shamadan or tea tray. Plus, conditioning exercies to develop your strength and mobility. This course is an excellent partern to "Vintage Shamadan Choreography" as it includes a floorwork sequence that may be included in the choreo.

Balady with Stick

Cairo style balady uses a stick (cane, assaya) in a very different way from Saidi and Tahtib! No longer a wepon, our hooked stick is more of a plaything that we can use to highlight and decorate other movements. Learn a cute choreography, full of juicy technique, yo a popular old balady song.