Belly Dance Classes

Learn the ancient art of Belly Dance! AKA Middle Eastern Dance. This is a fun, structured multi level class with no requirement for dance experience. Students will learn basic belly dance technique, including posture, shimmies, isolations, undulations and traveling steps. Marian is an experienced teacher and ex performer for Phoenix Belly Dance, Auckland. She teaches a modern style with a flare of Fusion, Turkish belly dance and American Cabaret.

• FREE 1st Class

• All ages welcome, No experience needed

Dates & Times:

Wednesday Nights 5:15pm: Term times below
Classes are 55mins-60mins

 

Term 1:

BELLY DANCE BASICS

Date: Term 1
- Jan 16 - Feb 20. Weekly classes are Wednesday nights 5:15pm

Details:
The class is for total beginners or those who want to condition their bodies and refine basic technique in preparation for Vibrant Veil Work in term 2.

Price:
1st Class FREE! After that the cost if you wish to continue is $85 per student *** OR bring a friend who has not tried the class before and pay just $50 per student ***

 

Term 2:

VIBRANT VEIL WORK

Date: Term 2
 Feb 27 - April 17 Weekly classes are Wednesday nights 5:15pm
Details:

This term we are working with veil - the original belly dance prop. You will learn a graceful, fluid silk veil choreography over 8 weeks. We will cover various movements and techniques including spins, turns, travelling moves and creating beautiful shapes. Veils can be purchased or borrowed in class. No experience necessary. Notes will be provided and course material will be available via a private facebook group.

There is a performance opportunity and an additional costume making workshop to compliment the course if you wish to attend. In term two we will be learning to make our own coin belts!
Price:
1st class FREE. Then if you wish to continue it's $125 for 8 weeks per student. This includes 8 hours instruction in class, access to course material for your own practice plus a performance opportunity with rehearsal time.  ** 2019 special:  If you bring a friend who is not a current student you only pay $100 each for the term **

 

 

N.B. please confirm times by keeping an eye on the weekly timetable >

 

What to wear

what ever you are comfortable in! Students often wear active wear, tights, loose pants or a long skirt. Coin belts are great to get a feel for your moves and make a nice sound. Some coin belts are available to borrow or purchase in class. Please bring a drink bottle - you will need it!

 

What is Belly Dance?

Many myths and legends swirl around the origins of Belly Dance. Its precursors are probably ancient, but the performance versions we see today – the sexy woman in a sparkling two-piece costume, trailing a chiffon veil - trace back only to about the 1920s, when people in the colonised countries of Egypt, Lebanon and Turkey began to experiment with adding a more cosmopolitan flavour to their native dances. Traditionally it’s a solo, improvised dance that allows you to really feel and express the music, using juicy circles and undulations, crisp locks and bubbly shimmies. And it’s not just for the stage! The very same movements are used by young and old, fat and thin, male and female when a favourite song comes on and the mood is right. Belly Dance is a dance, not a workout system. But practiced regularly and with correct alignment, bellydance will tone and strengthen all of your core muscles, and you may notice some more definition. You will come to feel a strength and firmness that was not there before.

 

Contact & Instructor:

Teacher: Marian - ph/txt 021 123 6237

Dance Company Name: Marian Belly Dance

 

Location:

Salsa Latina - 12 Bath Street, Christchurch, New Zealand.

 

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