Dance Instruction:
Class Descriptions:
Come explore the roots of the World’s Oldest Dance. Belly Dance, is a great way to exercise, gain confidence, increase flexibility and learn an ancient, mystifying art! Belly Dance is for women of all shapes, sizes and age! Come awaken the Goddess within!
Foundations of Belly Dance~ Learn the posture and foundation of this powerful dance form. In this class, you will learn the basic moves of belly dance including: snakes, circles, slides, figure 8’s and shimmies.
Beyond Basics~ Continue to secure foundational moves as you begin to layer movement and move into more complex moves. You will begin to incorporate traveling, props, spins and flowing movement together.
*BoomBahNique* Method~ The technique of the *SiStars of the BoomBah* Unboxed Belly Dance! Learn a new approach on transitioning isolations to naturally allow flow through your body. Drills and combinations. *Must have mastered foundational moves.
Beginner Belly Dance Workout~ This class, is structured as an aerobic workout. In this class we use belly dance isolations and drills to sculpt our bodies and strengthen our belly dance performance. A perfect compliment to beginner’s technique or just for fitness!
Intermediate Belly Dance Workout~ For dancers ready for the extra challenge in strength training to prepare for performance or take the next step in fitness enhancement. *Must have mastered foundational moves.
Advanced Belly Dance Workout~ Even the seasoned dancer has room to grow! Drills that Kill and Cardio Shimmies here. This is Belly Dance Boot Camp.
Sizzle "Dance Fitness Fusion"~ Time to shape up! This class pulls in elements of Belly Dance, African, Indian, Jazz, Modern, and so much more! No dance experience required. Dance Fit is challenging for beginner through advanced fitness levels.
Sacred Goddess Dance~ Find prayer and purpose in movement. Realign with the divine feminine, fall in love with your body, unlock holds and release.
Burlesque~ Bringing back the art, comedy and sensuality of Burlesque Theatre! Learn fun ways to express through your body, face and gesture. Use old cabaret props such as chairs and canes. Move with sensuality and style. Petty coats, top hats, feathers, fish nets, corsets and high heels welcome! Break out of the new and revive the old!
Fire Arts~ Play with fire. Meet the element! Fire art is a dance in
itself, learn to move while integrating heat! Poi, the art of fire spinning.
Tracing, where fire meets skin. Fans, they are not for cooling down anymore!
Hula Hoops~ Time for circles! Hula Hooping is a great form of
play and exercise. Learn how to hoop from classic style to hoop dance.
One on One $40/HR
Bring a friend $30 each/HR
Bring two friends $20 each/HR
Bring three friends $15 each/HR
Five or more build a class $10
Workshops:
Have Skills, Will Travel.
Mia teaches workshops covering all her class focuses and also specialty workshops such as:
“Shimmies~ Muscle, Style and Variations” Define your shimmy! Explore muscle isolations to control and enhance as well as tools to strengthen and expand your range. Play with different styles and explore the unlimited shimmy possibilities!
“Milk your Muscular Movement”~ Stop cheating!!! Power your movement with muscle! Connect your moves together to create the dimension of dance that looks “effortless”.
“Layer it on!”~ Everything is better in layers! New concepts to retrain yourself into more effective layering!
“Accents Pops & Locks”~ Give new dynamic dimension to your dance with accents pops and locks!
"Listen to your Music"~ Musicality, Phrases and Bars..OH MY! The music is the guide. Understanding the music will transform your dance! Take the time and tools to learn to listen!
*BoomBahnique Slink-Pop*~ Belly Dance is let out of the box in this workshop, *BoomBahnique Slink-Pop*. We will work with a method of movement transition to naturally allow flow through our body. Within this, we will explore the use of body angles, moving the energy ball and the aspects of pop and lock by interlacing holds and accents into our current language. We will drill a series of gooey combinations, play with time and milk the delicious nature of our expression in dance!
“So much more than the Dance”~ Designed for movement teachers and students alike! This workshop is a 3 hour to 3 day intensive to study the psychological approach to why we dance, what is happening consciously, subconsciously, emotionally, physically and mentally. It explores the mind and body’s response to movement and how to become aware of what is happening. This workshop contains some movement, but really, there’s just so much more than the dance.
