Register for Bellydance Classes
Bellydance Class Info: * Please request to be added to the WhatsApp group for class announcements
Open-level Bellydance: Time: Thursday at 7:15 pm. Location: Watkinson School, 180 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT. Lower level of Toad Hall.
Advanced & Troupe Bellydance Class: Time: Thursday at 6:10 pm. Location: Watkinson Campus, 180 Bloomfield Ave, West Hartford, CT. Lower level of Toad Hall.
10-class dance cards are $175 and expire after six months. Your card may be purchased on this site at the link below or at the studio. Drop-ins are $20. You can also register in class and pay via cash, check, PayPal, CashApp, or Zelle.
Not in town? I offer online classes that you can take at your convenience! https://www.patreon.com/cw/Bellysheva?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
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Why Bellydance?
Women are internally strong, and Elisheva builds her instruction on this foundation. Plus, Bellydance is a joy! Tying on a coin belt is so much more fun than gym shorts. While you could count down the minutes or reps at the gym, an hour in bellydance class will have you wishing it wasn’t over!
It’s good for you! This low-impact form of exercise won’t cause breakdown of the body, but will build it up. In this world, we are impressed upon with varying concepts of how to be in society and in our bodies as women. In bellydance class, you are free to explore your authentic inner femininity as you move in organic ways to beautiful music. Gaining newfound body awareness and control is deeply satisfying. Bellydance is a sisterhood providing an opportunity to form bonds as you learn this art form. Take out one hour a week for yourself, put on a beautiful hip scarf, and come dance with me!
Workshops
Interested in bringing Elisheva to your town or festival? Below are some possibilities of Elisheva’s current offerings. You are welcome to suggest a specific topic in addition to the listings below!
Rak & Roll: Sharp Patterns & Fluid Pathways – Bellydance calls for BOTH precise isolations and undulating fluidity! This workshop explores both fluid and sharp technique with an emphasis on exploring pathways that connect the movements within each.
Percussion Powerhouse: Short, Strong & Sassy Drum Solo – This drum solo workshop starts with technique, teaching a complex isolation pattern, some stylized baladi hip patterns, and a fluid serpentine phrase. Under three minutes, this compact drum solo can be conquered in one workshop and you come away with a choreography that packs a punch with precision, style, and energy!
The Taxic Chifti: Where Rhythm meets Heartbeat – Delve into AmCab style with its swoon-worthy taqsim section where a dancer seems to intoxicate the audience under her spell. The taqsim is generally set to and led in with the Chiftitelli rhythm. This workshop will explore approaches to performing taqsim, including to the Chiftitelli rhythm itself, and includes some floorwork. We explore approaches to this in terms of musicality and feeling as this is often in an improvisational context.
Lavish Locutions – Don’t save the drama for your momma! That powerful accent, that lilting flourish, that searing taqsim call for a lavish expression in your dance interpretation. We use intermediate level technique to learn movements and build phrases that are dramatic, lavish, and powerful to accentuate those arresting moments in the music.
No Bones About It – Fluid, serpentine, boneless… some of the words commonly used that embody the lusciously fluid quality that can be achieved. We’ll explore techniques for fluid, flowing movement and drill some movements and combinations that beautifully express this mixture of strength and softness.
Shaabi à la Mahraganat – Dance your cares away with a fun, flirty, free-spirited shaabi choreography in the emergent Mahraganat style.
