Sara is currently running classes in Queen Creek/San Tan Valley and Mesa/Gilbert/Red Mountain. Click the links below for more info or to sign up:
Classes through the City of Queen Creek run in 4 semesters on Thursday nights, Starting January, March, June and September. We have two classes, one for complete beginners and another for those with 6 months plus of experience. Sign up opens one month before the start date. To be the first to know about sign up dates, please join the mailing list.
Classes at Zroom on Gilbert Road in Mesa run all year round. These classes have a drop in rate, or you can purchase a four or five week pass each month at a discount. The first class is for Beginner and Improver dancers. The later class is for Advanced and Performer level students and is by invitation only. Please sign up before attending.
Organized through the City's Parks and Recs, the Red Mountain classes run in semesters starting in January, March, June and September. The early class is for Beginners, while the later class is for Improvers and Intermediate dancers. Sign up opens about a month before the first lesson. To be the first to know about sign up dates, please join the mailing list
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Find The Right Class For YouThe Level One/Beginner/ Introduction
(Available at all venues) These classes and courses are aimed primarily at beginner belly dancers and those who want to work on their core skills. It was developed out of the desire to provide well structured classes focused on the most important skills, while still being fun, exciting and achievable. After 20 years of teaching beginners, Sara has evolved a course that is suitable for all those who want to learn the core skills of belly dance without getting bored by repetition or disheartened by over ambition. After a good warm up each lesson should start out fairly easy, with a new move, which is new to everyone in the room. The second move will be slightly harder. It will be a reminder or an adaptation of a move we all worked on last week. Perhaps we will layer on arms, traveling or styling. By leaving it a week between learning the basic move and adding to it, you have time to practice and fully understand how your body moves before trying to layer. As part of our weekly drills we will practice our shimmy with the aim to increase its intensity and length as the weeks pass. To finish the session we will put the moves together and discuss one of the key aspects of belly dance and how it affects you as a new dancer. If you have any questions during the lessons you can talk to Sara, or you can email her after to discuss something in more detail. Level one classes are also essential for any dancer who wants to move on to the advanced level or to become a professional dancer, or a dance teacher. The core moves need to be regularly re-visited in order to improve over all technique and to perfect more complex moves. Troupe dancers should attend a weekly beginners class. Level Two Classes/ Improvers /Intermediate (Available at Queen Creek and Red Mountain) These classes, courses or workshops are open to anyone who has attended 15 to 20 beginner classes - either with Sara or another teacher. You are welcome to continue with a level one while also attending a level two if you feel your technique could be improved, or you are unsure which class would suit you best. Level two classes focus on developing each dancer's individual style and skill set. We will continue to focus on a topic each semester, but you will be asked to add your own personal interpretations. Most classes will include some choreography, and dancers will be invited to perform at studio events for other students. In addition to choreography, you will be encoraged to increase your improvisation skills and confidence. Intermediate/Advanced/ Performer (Available at Z Room) This class is aimed at dancers who are confident in their belly dance skills of improvisation, can pick up a choreography easily, and are ready to perform, or already perform. They need peer support and encoragement, to continue to work on their skills and to find enjoyment in training. They take classes with multiple teachers, attend workshops and have a structured practice routine. Members of this class will have the opportunity to perform as part of Sara's troupe, but are also performing or looking to perform as soloists. While choreography plays a major role in this class, they are used as a tool to encorage performance skills, self grown, peer support and self reflection. |
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