American Tribal Style is a truly unique form of American dance based on rhythmic movements done in mainly improvisational group style using non-verbal ques and transitions. This class will focus on the basic pure ATS format with some ITS style as well. Proper posture, zilling, dancing with a partner/group, ques and transitions, and working with music with are covered. No prior experience is necessary. Please wear comfortable clothing that you can move in (no jeans please). Bring a hip scarf and a pair of zills if you have them. Though we dance bare foot you may wear shoes of your choice if you prefer.
Our normal warm up consists of muscle toning exercises and yoga based stretching. After the warm up we move onto drills, which include arms, shoulders, chest, stomach, and hips. After our warm up and drills we work on our choreographies, some of which include zills (finger cymbals), veils and other props. Our style is Fusion Bellydance - choreographed American Tribal Style Bellydance fused with other related dance styles including American Nightclub/Cabaret Bellydance, Indian Classical Dance, Bollywood, Flamenco and Hip Hop. We hope you enjoy our modern and playful take on bellydance! This class is more suited for those who can attend regularly as we build on the previous week's work, but you may join this class at any time. Please join our mailing list to be notified whenever a new choreography begins.
Bolly Meets Belly in our Bollywood Bellydance Fusion Class! Our warm up consists of muscle toning exercises and yoga based stretching. After the warm up we move onto bellydance & bollywood drills, which include hands, arms, shoulders, chest and hips. After our warm up and drills we work on our bollywood bellydance fusion choreography. The dancing in Bollywood films incorporates various dance forms and is a fusion of classical and popular styles (i.e. classical Indian dance, folk dance, bhangra, middle eastern/bellydance, hip hop, latino, etc.). Bollywood is a very expressive dance as the songs and dance movements often comment on the action taking place in the movie. This class is more suited for those who can attend regularly as we build on the previous week's work, but you may join this class at any time. Please join our mailing list to be notified whenever a new choreography begins.
Our normal warm up consists of muscle toning exercises and yoga based stretching. After the warm up we move onto drills, which include arms, shoulders, chest, stomach, and hips. After our warm up and drills we work on our choreographies, some of which include zills (finger cymbals), veils and other props. Our style is Fusion Bellydance - choreographed American Tribal Style Bellydance fused with other related dance styles including American Nightclub/Cabaret Bellydance, Indian Classical Dance, Bollywood, Flamenco and Hip Hop. We hope you enjoy our modern and playful take on bellydance! This class is more suited for those who can attend regularly as we build on the previous week's work. To keep things interesting, we start a new choreography roughly every 4 weeks. Please join our mailing list to be notified whenever a new choreography begins.
Our warm up consists of muscle toning exercises and yoga based stretching. After the warm up we move onto bellydance drills, which include arms, shoulders, chest, stomach, and hips. After our warm up and drills we work on our bellydance hip hop fusion choreography. Blending hip hop moves such as waving, liquid, popping, strobing, tutting and gliding/floating into bellydance moves creates a powerful and fun style of dancing. This class is more suited for those who can attend regularly as we build on the previous week's work, but you may join this class at any time. Please join our mailing list to be notified whenever a new choreography begins.
Cabaret Bellydance class starts with stretching and warm up concentrating on posture, technique of the movements that will be used in a routine, putting them in combinations and working on a choreography at the end. Gabi's style of bellydance is Egyptian style, which is refined and elegant. You can join this class at anytime - beginners are welcome! More advanced students will also benefit from this class, and it's a great complement to any of our other classes.
Beginners Welcome!!! Our normal warm up consists of muscle toning exercises and yoga based stretching. After the warm up we move onto drills, which include arms, shoulders, chest, stomach, and hips. We do the same warm up and drills each week. After our warm up and drills we work on a combination or choreography. You can join this class at anytime - beginners are welcome! More advanced students will also benefit from this class, and it's a great complement to any of our other classes. |
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