Classes
1. Sundays at 6:00 | Advanced Drillz
Day and time: Sundays 6:00 | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
This class will consist of traveling with hip movements, rib movements, layering of multiple torso actions, a 15-20 minute shimmy fest, abdominal work, and dance combinations across the floor. This class is for advanced students only.
2. Sundays at 7:30 | Int/Adv Level Routine
Day and time: Sundays 7:30 | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
This is the music that I have been using in class that everyone loves!!! It is Lebanese style….lends itself to some fun footwork and debke-like interpretation. Ask me to play it….you’ll remember hearing it FOR SURE. This is a NEW choreography
3. Mondays at 4:30 | Beginners Belly Dance
Day and time: Mondays 4:30 | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 10 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes.
A great place to start your journey- this class provides an introduction to the isolations required to execute the dance. Simple dance combinations will be used in each class to demonstrate how the movements link together.
4. Mondays at 6:00 | Tabla Solo (off of Ya Bahaia CD)- Int choreography
Day and time: Mondays 6:00 | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 10 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes.
A favorite drum solo off of the Ya Bahaia CD. Short and challenging. Tabla solo always develops and sharpens the isolations of the dancers who do it. PLUS a long run of the infamous “flash dance feet” towards the end promise to make this class GREAT exercise.
5. Mondays 7:30 | Beledi (off of Kollection for Karen CD) Int/Adv
Day and time: Mondays 7:30 | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8 students
The fee is $40.00 for a series of 4 classes. Please no drop-ins.
A forever-favorite!! This dance was first choreographed and performed in 2005 and has never gone away. Since the music was recorded while the musicians were improvising, there is very little repetition….so the sequencing of steps is a challenge. P.S. Some of my best combinations are from this routine!! J Limit 8
6. Wednesdays 12 noon | Beginners Belly Dance
Day and time: Wednesdays 12 noon | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 10 students
The fee is $40.00 for a series of 4 classes. Please no drop-ins.
A great place to start your journey- this class provides an introduction to the isolations required to execute the dance. Simple dance combinations will be used in each class to demonstrate how the movements link together.
7. Wednesdays 6 pm | El Leilah – Int. Choreography with Zils!
Day and time: Wednesdays 6 pm | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
An upbeat Egyptian piece of music with folkloric and contemporary styling. The choreography uses finger cymbals only during the chorus and bridges in the music….so the verses are left to be pure dance with no thought to the zils!! GREAT practice at finger cymbal use and a fun dance to a fun piece of music. First taught in 2008!
8. Wednesdays 7:15 pm | Jemileh/Geceler combination (Beg/Int choreography)
Day and time: Wednesdays 7:15 pm | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 10
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
Jemileh is the hypnotic slow piece that makes for the PERFECT first dance for anyone moving out of Beginners. Geceler is the piece that follows it on the CD – upbeat and a bit more challenging but still good for the newer dancers. This class is perfect for anyone who has been spinning out in Beginner waiting for the chance to move on!!!
9. Thursdays at 8:00 | Advanced Drillz
Day and time: Thursdays 8:00 | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
This class will consist of traveling with hip movements, rib movements, layering of multiple torso actions, a 15-20 minute shimmy fest, abdominal work, and dance combinations across the floor. This class is for advanced students only.
9a. Thursdays at 7:15 | Advanced Drillz
Day and time: Thursdays 7:15 | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
Description – for those fresh out of Beginners, ending a sabbatical, or just not wanting the intensity of the regular drillz.
9b. Thursdays at 7:15 | Drillz Lite/Not so Lite
Day and time: Thursdays 7:15 | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
ANOTHER Drillz class – typically a bit less advanced than all other Drillz classes on the schedule.
Fridays at 12pm | Lisabre Haddoud. – Int choreography
Day and time: Fridays 12:00pm | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
One of the “not so often used” Om Koulthoum pieces. This choreography will be Int to Adv. We’re going to see if we can get some emotion out of ourselves on this one! This particular recording is by one of my favorite singers…George Wassouf. I ran this class on Mondays at 7:30 during the last round of choreos and loved the experience and the result!! We’re going to do it again!! I’ll explain the song ( the woman who sang it originally and the man who sings our rendition) at the first class
Saturday 10:30 | Beginners Belly Dance
Day and time: Saturday 10:30| Location: Mulberrry Studio | Limit 10
A great place to start your journey- this class provides an introduction to the isolations required to execute the dance. Simple dance combinations will be used in each class to demonstrate how the movements link together
Saturdays at 12:00pm | Intermediate Drillz
Day and time: Saturday 12:00pm | Location: Mulberry Studio | Limit 8 students
The fee is $40 for a series of 4 classes. Please, no drop-ins.
For the dancer who is moving out of Beginners Class, wants to move on, and needs the transition to the next level. Dancers will learn to travel with the basics, make greater use of arm and hand poses, gestures, and movements with the basics, sequence longer phrases of movement, and build endurance.
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- Each registration includes a series of 4 classes. So, when you register for Beginning Belly Dance, Monday’s at 4:30, you will be charged $40 for the series of 4 classes that month, equating to $10 a class.
- All Choreography Classes must be PAID BY MONTH – not by class. If you miss a class, you are welcome to make it up in Beginners or Drillz. Otherwise, the class is forfeited. Beginners and Drillz classes can still be paid as drop-ins.
- FOR ALL CLASSES – payment is due before the 7th of the month. (i.e. in the first week). A $5 late fee will be assessed for any payments after the 7th. The online option is always available so this should not be difficult to do. ( I was really trying to avoid this, but alas we all function better with deadlines!!!
) - ALL CLASS PAYMENTS ARE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. If you begin classes or start a new class in the middle of a month, the fee for that class will be prorated unless you can fit in a make-up for missed classes. All classes for June 2010 are in this category since the studio will be closed for a week.
- Prices for classes are based on 4 classes per month. Depending on how the days fall in any given month, you may get 5 classes for the month. The price is the same.
- Karen is sometimes out of town on weekends (and sometimes Fridays and/or Mondays). When that happens (which should never be more that once a month), a substitute will be put in place if available. If the class has to be canceled because of Karen, the price of that class ($10) will be carried over to the next month OR the student may choose to make up that class by attending another class on the Mulberry schedule. (Just check with Karen before you do that since some classes are full!!)
- If a student misses a class for a “non-Karen” reason, they can take a Beginner or Drillz class on the schedule at the Mulberry location DURING THAT SAME MONTH to make up for the missed class. If that is not done, the missed class is forfeited.
- Karen is limiting the number of students at the Mulberry location. If you choose to discontinue a class (especially Beginners and Drillz classes!), please let her know ASAP so that others can be notified of an opening.