Belly Dance Essentials

All class times are in Canadian Time Zone Eastern Standard Time (EST) 6-7pm **Please note the price above is in USD which is equivalent to the price I charge in CAD which equals out to $56.50 for 4 weeks. ** This class is suitable for people who : * Are complete beginners to any type of dance * Current belly dancers who are looking for a new approach to learning the art form * Are dancers of other styles looking for a new way to learn moving their body to bring an extra essence to your current dance art * Want a different and fun alternative to becoming fit * Want to reconnect to their divine feminine selves through a new mind body connection experience * Want to belong to a community of like-minded women The beauty of belly dance is for you! While belly dance is an Art, you will learn it more from the perspective of fitness and anatomy, which muscles work to create each movement, and how that feels. Learn the essential dance building blocks of this beautiful artform (posture and alignment, arms and hands, basic shimmies of upper and lower body, basic ooey gooey moves, basic accented moves, and depending on the overall level of the classes learning, maybe more!) We will start with a dynamic warm up to ensure the body is well lubricated, warmed up and ready for action! We will always review what was learned in the class before and move forward until you have a basic repertoire under your belt at which time you may want to discover more. You will learn about isolation, ooey-gooey movements, accented movements, shimmies, and basic travelling steps. Your instructor will tell you what the move/step is called, demonstrate it, break it down, then get people to practice. After that, we put those movements into a small combo/just dance to practice and depending how participants are progressing your instructor may throw in a thing or two to challenge you a bit further. Classes always end with a cool down