+ BEGINNER

A BEGINNER: After you’ve completed one of our introductory courses (or if you’ve already learnt the basics elsewhere), this is the course for you! We'll work on the basic isolations, adding them to step combinations and integrating arm and hand movements as you really begin to dance! You'll have plenty of opportunity to practise the moves in one of our choreographies or even try your hand at improvisation. Dive deep into the world of oriental dance and music as each course period we present you with a different style or theme. Recognising and learning oriental rhythms will help you to stay in time with the music and adds another dimension to your dance experience.

Beginners can also benefit from our oriental dance technique class on Mondays at 18.30 (open level) where you'll focus more on technique and combinations without choreography.

+ INTERMEDIATE

A/M LIGHT INTERMEDIATE: (one to two years dance experience) Practising isolating your pelvis or upper body, combining them with steps, arm work or layering them with slow shimmies will keep you on your toes in this level! Learn to walk all over again, this time with ¾ shimmies, or the folkloric styles of ghawazee or hagallah or enjoy the dreamy art of veil dance. By now you'll be able to recognize many oriental rhythms and be able to keep in time with the music. Performing the choreography learnt in class in a group formation can add a new challenge and can help you focus on improving your technique, as you all try to stay synchronised with each other!

You can also benefit from our oriental dance technique class on Wednesdays at 17.30 (light intermediate level) where you'll focus more on technique and combinations without choreography.

M INTERMEDIATE: (two years or more dance experience) In this intermediate level class, the movements you'll learn become more 3 dimensional and can be combined with steps in many different directions and speeds. In addition to veil work, you can try your hand at dancing with other oriental accessories such as the cane, cymbals or even double veil! Alongside learning a choreography, more emphasis is placed on improvisation in dance. After practising regularly, with the help of your teacher to guide and correct you, you'll be surprised at how far you’ve come since you took your first steps in belly dance! Maybe you're ready to show your friends and family what you’ve been learning in class at one of our studio Haflas or our yearly show in a theatre in Zürich. Ask your classmates if they want to dance the choreography together that you’ve learnt in class.

You can also benefit from our oriental dance technique class on Thursdays at 12.00 (intermediate level) where you'll focus more on technique and combinations without choreography.

+ ORIENTAL DANCE TECHNIQUE

Get back to the basics and polish your belly dance technique! With no choreography to learn you have more time to really get to grips with isolations, steps and layering moves which are practised in small combinations or in improvisation exercises. This class is great for all levels; for beginners needing more time to practise, for advanced dancers wanting to refine their technique and get rid of bad habits or for anyone more interested in technique than choreography.

+ SHIMMY TECHNIQUE

Shimmies are the fast shaking movements in oriental dance, which fascinate everyone. In this course we get to know different shimmies with hip and chest, training the shimmy both slowly and quickly. As always: Practice makes the belly dance master!

+ CONTEMPORIENTAL

Oriental dance gives us subtlety, sensuality, delicacy, feminine energy and careful work of the inner muscles. Jazz and contemporary dances give us broader movements, more lines and weight changes that counteract and complement the work of oriental dance through the power and amplitude of the movements.

+ ORIENTAL FUSION

In this course, dance styles from all over the world are fused with classical belly dance. Whether very different dances (such as Chinese dance or ballet) or very similar (such as hula or Polynesian dances): everything can be fused with belly dance. Let yourself be surprised by the sometimes dreamy, sometimes upbeat, sometimes unexpected results! We've already fused the following styles with belly dance: Chinese dance, hula, Polynesian dances, tango, modern dance, contemporary, Indian dance, Central Asian dances and many more! The course is suitable for women who already have a good foundation in oriental dance and would like to try something new, expand their repertoire and work on their general dance technique.

+ TRIBAL FUSION

TRIBAL FUSION FROM A: You already have experience in oriental dance and would like to get a taste of Tribal Fusion? Then this course is for you. We practice isolations, shimmies and typical arm patterns and get to know the basis of Tribal Fusion, the American Tribal Style.

Tribal Fusion is a mixture of ATS (American Tribal Style) with other dance styles. The possibilities of expression - movement repertoire, music, accessories, costume - are almost unlimited.

TRIBAL FUSION M: We train precise technique, overlays, powerful arms and sustained shimmies and use them in combinations. We will also work on our cymbal skills - if you have your own cymbals, please bring them with you!

+ FCBD Style®

FCBDStyle® is a dynamic group dance in which the dancers in a group take turns leading the improvisation. Each dancer learns to lead, but also to follow. FCBD always includes playing cymbals.

IBasic FCBD knowledge is assumed (concept of leading/following, formation trio/duet, basic vocabulary swivel step, rhythmic undulation, taxeem, arm undulation, floreo, cymbals).

+ CHINESE DANCE

Chinese dance is especially known for its diversity. The dances range from the proud dances of the steppe peoples to the dreamy dances of southern China to the graceful and popular court dances of past dynasties. If you are looking for variety and something new, like to laugh, like to move or are interested in Asia, then this course is just the thing for you!

In this class different dance styles from China are taught. The subject changes every course period: A small choreography and the corresponding dance technique are taught. Examples from the content are: Fan dances, antique Chinese dance and dances with water sleeves, umbrella dances, dances of the Thai minority in China (peacock dance), Central Asian dances (Uygurian, Mongolian), Tibetan dance.

+ BARRE AU SOL

Barre au Sol (often called floor barre ) derives its name from the warm up technique in classical ballet, "barre".

This technique uses exercises which are modified to be done sitting or lying on the floor and are non weight bearing. This non weight bearing approach removes stress from the skeletal structure and the joints. Dancers often use this technique to improve their posture, strengthen their core muscles and enhance their precision, helping them make corrections to their posture that remain in their muscle memory for when they are standing-up. Whether you've always wanted to take a ballet class and thought it impossible, are afraid to go back to doing sports after an injury or are simply looking for a good healthy work out this class is for you.

+ SHIMMY FIT

A new way to get fit! Work on strength, stamina and shimmy technique in a non-stop action packed 50 minutes! No excuses - ‘’shut up and shimmy!’’

+ FRANKLIN METHOD®


The Franklin Method® is a ground-breaking training technique –
helping you unlock your body’s full potential through exercise, imagery and anatomical
understanding based on the Dynamic Neurocognitive Imagination (DNI)™.