Spring 2025 Course Descriptions

All Courses start April 7th and throughout the week.

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6-Week Beginner Bellydance Fundamentals Crash Course

Discover the Magic of Bellydance – No Experience Needed!

Step into the world of Bellydance with this fun, energizing, and confidence-building 6-week crash course designed for absolute beginners! Whether you’re looking to try something new, reconnect with your body, or simply dance for joy, this course is the perfect way to start your journey. You'll learn the foundations of Egyptian-style Bellydance (Raqs Sharqi), including basic isolations, shimmies, hip movements, arm paths, and traveling steps. Each class builds on the last, helping you develop coordination, rhythm, and fluidity while introducing you to the cultural roots of this beautiful art form.

Whether you want to dance for fun, fitness, or future performance, this crash course gives you a solid start. Let’s dance! One make-up class permitted if   you should miss a class. 
Starts Monday April 28th - June 9th with Jennifer. 


What to Expect:

 

  • A supportive, inclusive, and welcoming environment
  • Step-by-step breakdowns of fundamental movements
  • Gentle warmups and cool-downs to help you move safely
  • A short beginner-friendly dance combo by the end of the course
  • No experience, special outfits, or bare bellies required – just bring your curiosity and a willingness to move!


Beginner Technique & Choreography Course - 8 Week Course

There's nothing more exciting than learning your first Bellydance routine. Join seasoned Master teacher Joharah (founder of BellyUp) for an adventure into learning a Beginner level Bellydance(Raqs Sharqi) routine. You'll learn the technique, the movements, the gestures plus plenty of important tips for self-expression and feeling. We'll put it all together into a beautiful choreography that you can be proud of and call your own. We'll have plenty of time to practice, polish and refine the routine and those students interested in performing it as a group can do so at an upcoming Bellydance Girl's Night show at the studio. Performing is of course not mandatory. You can learn the choreography just for the pure joy of it. Students will be given weekly practice videos, feedback and coaching plus the music and translation. Get ready for a fun and rewarding growth experience! Tuesdays  7:45-8:45pm. (Joharah) Starts April 8th.
 
The Ultimate Bellydance Drills Class (Foundation 2 to Intermediate/Advanced level) 8 Week Course
Don't be shy! Every dance student needs a solid practice class and this is it.  Together we will drill, refine your movement vocabulary. We focus on quality of movement and developing your ear for the music. Every kind of movement from arms & hands, footwork, across the floor, Baladi and Raqs Sharqi styles and more. This class brings together dance students from Level 2 to Intermediate/Advanced who want to sweat, have fun and make improvements in their skills no matter what level you're at. Modifications will be given for all levels.  Pre-requisite for this course is that you have completed a minimum of Foundation 1 & 2 with us.Tuesdays 6:45-7:45pm. with Jo. Starts April 8th.
 

Bridge to Intermediate/Continuing Beginners - 90 Minute Intensive - 8 Week Course
Designed for the dance student who has built a strong foundation in our level 2 and advanced beginner level and is looking for more challenge and development. This course builds and expands on your foundational technique beyond the Beginner level preparing you for more advanced levels of complexity. We focus on broadening your movement and step vocabulary, quality of movement, musicality, tempos and rhythms, choreography and much more.
Wednesdays 6:45-8:15pm. with Joharah. Starts April 9th.

Intermediate to Advanced - 90 Minute Intensive -8 Week Course
Technique/Combos & Choreography
Take your dance to the next level in this dynamic  90 minute class designed for the experienced Raqs Sharqi dancer ready to refine their artistry, technique, and musical interpretation. This course builds on a strong foundation of movement vocabulary, challenging you with more sophisticated footwork, isolations, layering, nuance and expressive stylization rooted in Egyptian dance.Thursdays 6:45-8:15pm. with Jo. Starts April 10th.


Make-Up Classes:

Should you miss a class or two, each student registered in an 8 week course is permitted 2 make-up classes to be taken during the 8 week session. Classes cannot be carried to future sessions. You can take any class on the schedule that is of the same duration as the class you registered for. In other words if you are registered for a 60 minute class, you can take any other 60 minute class on the schedule as a make-up class. If you are registered for a 90 minute class, you can take any other 90 minute class or 60 minute class on the schedule.


Holidays: 
The studio will be closed on Victoria Day/May 19th. The session is extended until June 9th for the make-up class.