Atlanta Belly Dance Curriculum
Learn how to Bellydance
Where to begin? Start with a Middle Eastern Belly Dance beginner choreography class: Each six week course teaches you about 20 moves, then puts them in sequence to form one simple dance. After a few courses, you can start performing in shows and advance to the intermediate level for more complex dances. The pay-as-you-go belly dance workout classes will give you a taste of belly dance while also giving you a great workout. They will introduce you to our studios, and accommodate irregular work schedules.

Combination courses are great for beginners that want to learn belly dance moves, and for more advanced students that want to focus on a particular style of belly dance. Many are therefore "mixed level", where the instructor teaches basic technique and offers variations that more advanced students can incorporate in their dance.

Middle Eastern
Belly Dance Courses

Explore the wonderful world of
Middle Eastern Belly Dancing:
Styles: From classical Egyptian to Lebanese, Turkish, and Moroccan style dancing;
Types: Cabaret, Folk or Modern Fusion dances.
Beginner Choreography all levels
Great way to start belly dancing. Start with any of our 12 beginner dances. Designed for novices, simple and fun.
Week 1-4: learn that dance's technique
Week 5-6: learn the choreography
Sample Props: * Zills (Jasmina dance)
List of beginner dances

Culture Caravan all levels
Make your dance more authentic & natural. Learn the original folk & character dances from the Middle East and North Africa.
Culture Caravan description

Intermediate Choreography
Longer & more complex dances
(Prerequisite: Four beginner level courses)
Sample Props: * Candles/Fire (Pharonic)
List of intermediate dances

Advanced: Partner and Group dancing
(Prerequisite: Troupe membership)
Sample Props: * Sword (Menni)

Professional: Apprenticeship program
* Teacher training and certification
* Restaurant / Party dancing

Supportive Courses

Designed as a supplement to choreography classes, but can be taken on its own.

Technique I
Learn all the beginner level moves and combinations. Great as a supplement to get more practice. All levels.

Propology the study of props
Learn and drill technique used when dancing with props (zills, veil, sword, etc.) Master a different prop every six-weeks. All levels.

Technique II
Drill intermediate and advanced level moves and combinations
Open to advanced beginners / intermediate

No Choreography!

Workout with Belly Dance

Get the health benefits of belly dance through our Workout Classes

Pay-as-you-go, all levels

Abs Gluts & Thighs Walk-In & Workout Classes
Abs of steel and thighs of titanium - maintain the correct core & thigh strengthening belly dance posture while focusing on upper, middle and lower abdominal isolations, hip movements, and some great booty shaping exercises too.

Global Grooves Walk-In & Workout Classes
Using moves & music from belly dance as well as other dance forms, you'll be dancing like an Egyptian to Shabi music, jumping to Bollywood Bhangra music, shaking your hips to Tahitian drums, pop-locking to Tribal Fusion. Increase your flexibility and tone your muscles. We will drill movements to build strength in your upper body, core, and legs.

Boot Camp Walk-In & Workout Classes
This class will be a fast paced, shimmy-shaking, hardcore belly dance workout incorporating belly dance moves with exercises taken from the fitness & aerobics world as well. Bring a towel and get ready to SWEAT.

Yoga for Belly Dance Walk-In & Workout Classes
Designed for those new to yoga and/or belly dance. You will learn basic yoga poses, breathing, transitions, relaxation and muscle control, which will help you improve your strength, flexibility and concentration.

BellyCaribbean Cardio Walk-In & Workout Classes
We are going to work it out fusion style with a combination of Salsa, Cha cha, Afro-cuban, Merengue, and Belly Dance. Get a great workout and learn some moves you can take to straight to the dance floor

Combinations
Belly Dance Courses

Combination courses are a hybrid - we teach moves and combinations like in a technique course, but each course has a special focus such as a country, music type, dance style, etc.

Open to all levels

Country specific combinations
Each country has its own flavor of belly dance, which we explore in the following combinations courses:

  • Egypt
  • Turkey
  • Lebanon
  • Persia (Iran)
  • Saudi - Gulf
  • Morocco / North African
  • Nubia / Sudan
Fusion Belly Dance Courses
Fusing or mixing different dance styles with belly dance is very popular.
  • Pop Culture
    • Beyonce
    • Shakira
    • Ciara
  • Gothic Fusion
  • Pop, Lock, and Flow
  • Spanish
  • Gypsy
  • Caribbean / Latin
  • Cabaret
Tribal Fusion Dance
Learn modern Tribal Fusion belly dance routines and combinations, popularized by The Indigo / Rachel Brice / Zoe etc.
Bellydance meets Pop & Lock and Hip hop.
All levels

Specialty Courses

You can at any point start with or add one of our sister dance forms: While they use a lot of the same moves, each has something that makes it quite different.
Open to all levels

Bollywood dancing
Learn the basics of typical Indian Bollywood and Bhangra style dancing moves and routines, including frequently used steps, hand gestures,
and head-eye movements.
All levels

Polynesian Dancing
Learn the basics of the graceful Hawaiian Hula and the fast and furious Tahitian dancing. Choreographies put the moves
together.
All levels

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Atlanta Belly Dance LLC, home of the Nazeem Allayl Dancers, is the largest belly dance studio in the south-eastern United States. Based in Metro Atlanta in three locations, we offer women-only classes taught by women. All our instructors were trained by our founder, Schadia, who has been teaching in Atlanta since 1999. See our dancers perform in Metro area restaurants, or perform yourself in one of our many studio shows or haflas (belly dance party). The best place to learn how to belly dance, or simply get a workout bellydancing and have a good time.