All classes will begin with a gentle warm up breathing and stretches that prepares the body to dance. Introduction to Veil and finger cymbals 11:00 - 12:00 ($40 for 4 weeks) This class is for beginners who are ready to try something new, and fun!
Happy Hips 12:00 - 1:00 pm ( $60 for 4 weeks) In Egypt, belly dancing is a people’s dance; it’s a folk dance celebrating life, love, community, and friendship, especially among women. In the spirit of celebration, our very own “Happy Hips” is a class designed to bring all of us together to experience the dance as the local Egyptians understand it in Egypt. We will use the basic foundation movements of belly dancing, which are easy to follow and lots of fun as well as challenging moves to get you moving and working out in no time. What’s fun about this class is you don’t feel like it’s a work out, just pure fun and dancing!!! A great medium impact workout that improves flexibility and coordination, Happy Hips is suitable for women who just want to dance. Happy Hips is not a technique class and no prior experience with belly dancing is necessary. There will be lots of dancing as we piece combinations together over the course of the class. Isolations and Combinations: 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm ($60 for 4 weeks) This is real “Belly Dancing”!! There are a variety of positions that can be used for all belly dancing upper and lower body moves. Dancers will benefit from this class by learning the basic rib cage circles in isolation with no movement from the waist down, slow water moves and undulations with no movements from the waist up!! This class targets all the core muscles to slowly build flexibility and stamina into the body with ease and comfort yet it’s challenging enough by working on moving just one part of the body while keeping the rest still!! Dance combinations will be danced at the end of each class. Shakes & Shimmies/Slow & Sensual: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ($60 for 4 weeks) This is an even more challenging class of hip shimmies and accents. It’s a fun high impact dancing class that guarantees a total body workout. The routines feature 5 -10 minutes of interval hip shimmies and shoulder shakes where fast and slow Middle Eastern rhythms and resistance exercises are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat. We will cool down with our favorite slow and sensual session to stretch and breath as we work on strengthen the abdomen and the spine. These classes are designed to use the basic belly dancing moves in a way that allows everyone to dance, no matter what level of dancing they are at! We will break down the shimmies into bite size elements that make them easier to work with. These moves are fast and exciting, to give the dancer a new sexy and enjoyable way to dance. The dance moves will target the lower back, abs, hips and thighs, shoulders and arms. Beginners / Intermediate Technique 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ($40 for 4 weeks) Basic belly dancing This is an introduction class to learn and review the basic unique movements of Egyptian belly dancing, including it's unique body alignment, posture and technique. The class teaches isolation exercises to tone, shape and condition the body, and to help the new student attain a solid foundation of the basic belly dancing movements, and returning students to practice muscle control and transitions. Emphasis will be on grace and style as well as frame, posture and presentation. This class is for beginners and intermediate dancers who want to continue working on techniques and advance to the next level of dancing. The class will continue to focuses on developing flexibility. Dancers will be taught to but a simple combination together and on their own. All classes will begin with a gentle warm up breathing and stretches that prepares the body to dance. Technique review, and finish with dancing drills. Emphasis will be on grace and style as well as frame, posture and presentation. The classes will continue to focuses on developing flexibility and learning proper isolation techniques. |
| Come in from the cold... Winter Belly Dancing Classes (4 weeks) February 25 - March 17, 2012 (Saturday) Location: Lioudmila Dance Studio, 18 Roth Street, Alexandria, VA. |
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