Dance Workshops Saturdays

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Saturdays 23rd and 30th May 2026

8 hours of dance workshops

4 hours each day! 

Last day to join is10th May 2026 – Please don’t miss out!

 

Styles:

23rd May:

12-1pm – Brazilian Funk Fusion

1-2pm Afrobeats Belly Dance Fusion

2-3pm – Bachata Belly Dance Fusion

3-4pm – Reggaeton

 

30th May:

12-1pm – Tribal Fusion Belly Dance

1-2pm – Intermediate Belly Dance

2-3pm – Traditional Advanced Belly Dance

3-4pm – Drum Solo Belly Dance

 

LET’S GO DEEPER INTO DEEPER DETAIL:

 

Brazilian Funk Fusion (New Style)

Taught by Kaneen

Born in the Favelas of Rio De Janeiro, Brazilian Funk emerged from Afro-American musical influences and became one of Brazil’s most powerful cultural movements. The dance style combines energetic footwork with hypnotic hip movements and body isolations. In true Discover Dance UK style, we will fuse the movements with Belly Dance for an added layer of fun.

 

Afrobeats Belly Dance

Afrobeats dance is a diverse and fascinating style originating predominantly form Sub-Saharan Africa. It is an evolution from traditional African dance styles following the creation of Afrobeats music. Combine the energetic fluidity and melodious rhythm of afrobeats with belly dance movements and you create an earthy, grounded, groove of movements and an enthralling dance style.

 

 Bachata Belly Dance

Bachata is danced with soft hip movements and a tap or syncopation (1, 2, 3, tap/syncopation). A style of social dance from the Dominican Republic which is now danced all over the world. Dance moves or step variety strongly depend on the music, setting, mood, and interpretation. The music is mesmerising and the movements of both Bachata and Belly Dance combined are a wonderful combination of sways, waves and sensual hip fluctuations.

 

 Reggaeton

A Puerto Rican dance form strongly influenced by Latin American, Caribbean, and hip hop music. It’s a fun, full of flavour and a free-spirited style of dance popular for its body waves, lower body isolations, locks, pops, groove and attitude! You can’t help but move your body rhythmically when you hear this music!

 

 Tribal Fusion Belly Dance

Awaken the serpent energy in your spine and move your body in a snake like manner with tribal fluidity, smooth sensuous motions and contrast this with sharp pops and locks! Extreme control of movements and strong isolations will be encouraged to enable you to move like water with precision, grace and deep expression. A beautiful dance that has been created from a combination of worldly dance styles with intense music and deep dark soulful sounds to rouse your spirit and divine energy

 Intermediate Belly Dance

Push your skills further and challenge your technique, learn level 2 movements, strengthen muscles, refine isolations, learn various styles and combinations. Some belly dance experience required, but not essential.

 

Traditional Advanced Belly Dance

Taught by Kaneen

Challenge yourself as a dancer with intricate movements, pops, locks and complex drills, fun combinations, precise isolations and learn advanced movements and learn what it feels like to be a true belly dancer!

Build your skills rapidly with travelling steps, footwork, isolations, contractions, precision of movements and greater fluidity that will all be taught in this challenging but fun workshop.  A faster paced class with lots of layering, multiple technique, isolations, varied drills and combinations from smooth and flowy techniques to empowering pops and locks. Accumulate all the skills you have learnt in previous classes thus far.

 

Drum Solo Belly Dance

This course covers moving your body percussively using pops and locks, accents and punctuations. The music is exciting which enables rapid sharp movements combined with softer shimmies, travelling movements and fluidity. Control isolations and learn belly dancing at a very fast pace through this mindful and intricate style of belly dancing. A drum solo piece can leave an audience in absolute awe

 

 

Each session encourages dancers to explore their own bodies with curiosity and patience refining not just how they move, but how they feel while moving. The result is a stronger, more connected, and more expressive presence in any dance setting.