CLASSES & EVENTS
"Bellydancing is the best!"
Learn skills in coordination, strength, and beauty in supportive and structured bellydance classes with Elinore Eaton. Be part of a wonderful community of dancers striving for excellence in technique, wondrous dance movement, and a ton of fun!
Most classes start with a lengthy warm up that includes stretching, seated technique practice and calisthenics to the get the heart pumping! Warmup is followed by standing and walking technique and drills, ending with a short dance combination/choreography. Technique, vocabulary, and nomenclature used in class is based off of Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour Format.
Elinore is Level 3 certified in both Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour formats.
Bellydance Classes With Elinore!
***ONGOING TUESDAY CLASSES at VITALIDAD MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER***
Where:
Vitalidad Movement Art Center
116 SE Yamhill St, Portland, OR 97214
Please bring water, and wear comfortable clothes to dance in, and a hip scarf if you like (no coins belts please.) No shoes are necessary, though jazz shoes, ballet slippers, or foot undies might be preferable to bare feet depending on your needs.
Bellydance Technique: Tuesdays 5:30-6:30
We will break down and practice bellydance isolations, movement, and musicality. We will start with a lengthy warm up that includes stretching, seated technique, and calisthenics. Warmup is followed by standing and walking technique instruction and drills, ending with a short dance combination/choreography and/or dance movement across the floor. Technique, vocabulary, and nomenclature used in class is based off Suhaila Salimpour Format.
Cost:
$15 Drop In
$70 5 class card
$130 10 class card
***Elinore is available for online private lessons in person private lessons in her home studio in Northeast Portland, Oregon. Contact at elinoreeaton@gmail.com for more.
***SPECIALTY WORKSHOP at VITALIDAD MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER***
Where:
Studio E by VMAC
1901 SE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97214
(right next door to Casa Bella)
Jamila Salimpour-Inspired Belly Dance Workshop
March 25, 2023 2-4PM
Come away from this class with some fun belly dance movements and strengthen your improv skills! This class will explore belly dance improvisation skills inspired by Jamila Salimpour's Egyptian Family of movements and steps. The class will begin with a lengthy warm-up, followed by a breakdown and practice of movements. We will be dancing "in the round" in a unique and fun callout fashion. We will also practice integrating basic finger cymbal patterns with our dancing, so please bring your finger cymbals! This class has a lot of movement and so much fun, so please wear comfortable clothing and bring a water bottle.
This class is appropriate for all levels.
Cost:
$30 Pre-registered online
$35 at the door, on the day of the workshop
Space is limited! Pre-register here!
***Elinore is available for online private lessons in person private lessons in her home studio in Northeast Portland, Oregon. Contact at elinoreeaton@gmail.com for more.