Middle Eastern Classes
with experience:

Middle Eastern Belly Dance Level 2: Basic Boot Camp

Students have completed the beginner curriculum of three belly dances and are ready for more intensive work.

• For fairly-new students who want the excitement of a high-level class while still needing a newcomer's reasonably-paced learning.
• Turns, traveling steps, and body isolations – everything you need to grow into advanced class!
• Special training on the discipline and good attitude required for a high-level dance class
• Class enrollment is by audition.
• Taught by Safira Zeki.

Tribal Belly Dance for Levels 2+:

Smoky, sultry, fusion:

• Combines dance steps from many tribes around the world
• Emphasis on unison, slow arms, snakey hips
• Dance groups can improvise, cueing each other throughout the dance.
• Costume pieces from Afghanistan to India!
• Taught by Fatinah Hayat.

Middle Eastern Level 3: Dancers with Experience

Here, we kick it up a notch:

• More intensive work on props: sword, shamadan, cane, finger cymbals, veil
• More complex choreography with multiple turns, advanced hip and body isolations.
• Class includes gypsy cardio and ballet exercises
• Class enrollment is by audition.
• Taught by Safira Zeki.

Middle Eastern Level 4: Almost Boot Camp

This class is fast-paced. If you find it exciting to take a challenging class, this class is for you!

• Turns, technique, choreography learned quickly, lots of corrections
• An exemplary attitude is required
• Students must do push-ups (or girls' push ups), abs and back, and lunges.
• Class enrollment is by audition.
• Taught by Safira Zeki.

Middle Eastern class in Reda Technique:

Technique and Choreography of Mahmoud Reda.

Nobody teaches technique like the grand master of Egyptian folk dance, Mahmoud Reda. We don't pretend to his perfection, but we do work hard to convey his graceful and elegant dance style. Reda's work with the Reda Troupe revolutionized Egyptian dance. Class is based on Safira's study in Egypt at the 3rd Cairo Seminar with Mahmoud Reda and Farida Fahmy, February 2007, and also on numerous workshops taken during his US tours. Taught by Safira Zeki.

Special Topics:

Fun time to explore Middle Eastern Dance.

This class operates by inspiration, so check the calendar. Recent classes offered a session of zar, an exorcism dance, Ivory Coast/Samba fusion, or coaching on how to dance solo. Taught by Safira Zeki.

• Classes are ongoing.
• Please contact us so Safira can help you decide which class is best for you.