Description
1 x any 10 week course = £130
2 x any 10 week course = £245
ADVANCED TRADITIONAL BELLY DANCE 7.30-8.30pm
Thursdays 13 February – 17 April 2025
Train your brain and challenge yourself with intricate movements, complex drills and fun combinations, whilst learning elements of traditional belly dancing. Transform into a true dancer with fluidity in your movements, precise isolations and lots of layering. Accumulate all the skills you have learnt in previous classes thus far. 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 course!
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.
Venue: Bank Gymbox, 71 Lombard St, London EC3V 9AY
Tutor: Anita Makwana
LATIN FUSION 8.30-9.30pm
Thursdays 13 February – 17 April 2025
4 weeks of Salsa, 3 weeks of Bachata and 3 weeks of Reggaeton.
BACHATA
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.
SALSA
Learn this dance form with origins from Cuba as the meeting point of Spanish (European) and African cultures. Learn Salsa dance timing, postures, arms, footwork and flourishes. This workshop that captures everyone from the get go because of the addictive music, Latin flavour, powerful rhythmic patterns and interesting footwork. A workshop that will leave you feeling like a diva! Passionate, fierce and sensuous.
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! Large movements that compliment other dance styles accurately and a full body and mind workout that will leave you sweating and glowing with confidence. You can’t help but move your body rhythmically when you hear this music!
Venue: Bank Gymbox, 71 Lombard St, London EC3V 9AY
Tutor: Anita Makwana
