January at Aisha Studios: Classes, Performances, and More
Happy New Year, Dancers!
We can’t wait to meet you on the dance floor.
Here’s everything you can join this January:
Weekly Thursday Classes at Elite Ballroom
(new class added for intermediate + advanced dancers, and beginners looking for a challenge!)
Each month we focus on a theme, and in January we'll be working on traveling steps & spins in addition to our foundational bellydance movements. Learn and master movements that take you across the stage and add engaging dynamics to your dance.
In Foundations and our new Performance Development class, we'll also dance to the tunes of Arab classics from artists like Umm Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Warda, helping us develop our essential bellydance skill of musicality and grounding us deep into the culture of Raqs Sharqi (the Arabic word for bellydance and what I'm using to describe the traditions of this art form).
Schedule
6pm - Sharqui: The Bellydance Workout - all levels
7pm - Bellydance Performance Foundations - beginner and up
8pm - Bellydance Performance Development -intermediate and up, also open to advanced beginners
January Workshop - All Levels Choreography
Our first workshop of the year is on Saturday, January 20!
In the workshop, you’ll learn an all-levels choreography set to Amal Hayati, a classical Egyptian song originally sung by legendary singer Umm Kalthoum. This romantic and dreamy choreography will transport you to the Golden-era of Egyptian belly dance.
There's also an optional performance opportunity is available with this workshop! Those that participate will perform at our spring Bellydance Night Out (more info on that below).
As with all of our workshops, you can participate in-person at Elite Ballroom OR online on Zoom. Participants get the workshop recording for 30 days, and there's opportunity for individual video feedback following the workshop.
Workshop Details
Saturday, January 20
11am-1pm
In-Person at Elite Ballroom and Online on Zoom
Spring Performance Intensives
Performance Intensives are here! These are great opportunities to elevate your dance and grace the stage with your all your light.
Intensives start in February and culminate in a performance at our spring Bellydance Night Out on May 18. There are two options: Classic Raqs Sharqi and Street Shaabi + Bellydance Fusion. You can participate in one, or both!
All intensives include 24/7 access to choreography, practice drills to perfect your technique, feedback, performance coaching, curate customing and makeup looks, and rehearsals.
Intensive Info
Intensive Dates: February 1 - May 18
Performance Date: May 18
How to Participate:
Sign up for one or both intensives (yes, you can do both!)
Be simultaneously enrolled in one of Aisha Studios Membership plans.
