~ Tribal Bellydance ~
Instructor: Samantha Riggs
Wednesdays, 6:15-7:15 pm - Tribal Bellydance Basics
Tuesday, 8:15-9:15 pm - Intermediate/Advanced Tribal Bellydance*
*requires instructor approval for advanced level
8-week sessions
start January 10th and 11th
$80
for session (pre-paid) or $15 drop-in
Tribal Belly Dance Basics - Tribal Bellydance is a form based in folkloric bellydance with a touch of Rajasthani and Flamenco styling. It is generally an improvisational style but has its own power, dignity and grace which is very distinctive. The 8-week sessions are vocabulary-oriented... which means we focus on learning the "language" of tribal bellydance improv - the moves, cues, and style used to dance with others who know this dance language. It's fun and community-oriented!
This class is also a great review and workout for more advanced dancers. It is open to everyone (age 12 and up, please). Please write to Samantha if you have questions.
Advanced Tribal Belly Dance Technique - This class will go far beyond where you have gone before in developing your abilities as a tribal belly dancer. We will work on layering movement, advanced isolations, shimmies, unusual rhythms, tribal posture and stage presence. To help remember all of these things, a choreography will be taught utilizing and promoting the movements covered in the class. This class is open to anyone who has been studying Tribal Belly Dance with Samantha at the Intermediate or Advanced level but also may be appropriate for you if you have a belly dance background in different styles as this is not a class about Tribal Belly Dance vocabulary, but about technique. Please write to Samantha if you have questions.
