***ONGOING CLASSES at VITALIDAD MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER***
 

Where:

Vitalidad Movement Art Center
2648 East Burnside St. Portland OR 97214

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Belly Dance 1, Beginners, Monthly Series:

Tuesdays 6:30-7:30

Thursdays 7:30-8:30
 

Learn to belly dance! Belly dance isolations, movements, traveling steps, and musicality will be learned from the ground up; and provide you with a strong dance language and movement foundation.

Pass depends on month:

• Some months have 4 weeks and others, 5 weeks. $75 for months with 4 calendar weeks. $93 for months with 5 calendar weeks.

• NO DROP IN PASSES! Each student must pay for the entire month-long unit.

• All sales final, no refunds. No extensions.
   

Requirements:

• No prerequisites. Beginner level. All are welcome!

• Wear comfortable clothes to move in.

• You may want a hip scarf, ballet slippers or foot undies, water bottle, and a yoga mat for the warm up. 

• Please no coin belts or wraps with metal or glass beads, as they can be noisy and distracting, or pieces may fall on the floor that are dangerous to step on. Fringe, sequins, paillettes, lace scarves, etc. are some great alternatives!​

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Belly Dance 2, Beyond Beginners/Intermediate, Drop-In:

Tuesdays 7:30-8:30

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Let's dance! Building on what was learned in Belly Dance 1, you will expand your belly dance vocabulary with more complex movements and combinations, speed, finger cymbals, and improvisational techniques.

Pass depends on month:

• Belly Dance 2 classes are drop in.

• Drop in passes or punch cards are ok.

• All sales final, no refunds. No extensions.

Requirements:

• All 3 units of Bellydance 1 (at least 1 Teal, 1 Orange, and 1 Navy.) They can be taken in any order, but all 3 units need to be completed at least once before attending Bellydance 2. Salimpour Fundamentals 1 certification or instructor approval may also fulfill this prerequisite.

• Wear comfortable clothes to move in.

• Bring finger cymbals. See “Looking for Finger Cymbals?” for more information.

• You may want to bring ear plugs. especially if you are sensitive to the sound of finger cymbals.

• You may want a hip scarf, ballet slippers or foot undies, water bottle, and a yoga mat for the warm up. 

• Please no coin belts or wraps with metal or glass beads, as they can be noisy and distracting, or pieces may fall on the floor that are dangerous to step on. Fringe, sequins, paillettes, lace scarves, etc. are some great alternatives!​

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Belly Dance 3, Intermediate/Advanced, Drop-In:

Thursdays 6:30-7:30

Time to level up! Belly Dance 3 is where we bring everything together from both Belly Dance 1 and Belly Dance 2 into layering, faster and more complicated dance combinations and choreographies, cymbal patterns, and more. Get introduced to dancing with props like cane, sword, veil, and more. Debke lines, choreography, improv, history, and performance skills are just a few of some of the fun things we do in Belly Dance 3.

Pass depends on month:

• Belly Dance 3 classes are drop in.

• Drop in passes or punch cards are ok.

• All sales final, no refunds. No extensions.

Requirements:

• All 3 units of Bellydance 1 (at least 1 Teal, 1 Orange, and 1 Navy.) They can be taken in any order, but all 3 units need to be completed at least once before attending Bellydance 2. Salimpour Fundamentals 1 certification or instructor approval may also fulfill this prerequisite.

• Wear comfortable clothes to move in.

• Bring finger cymbals. See “Looking for Finger Cymbals?” for more information.

• You may want to bring ear plugs. especially if you are sensitive to the sound of finger cymbals.

• You may want a hip scarf, ballet slippers or foot undies, water bottle, and a yoga mat for the warm up. 

• Please no coin belts or wraps with metal or glass beads, as they can be noisy and distracting, or pieces may fall on the floor that are dangerous to step on. Fringe, sequins, paillettes, lace scarves, etc. are some great alternatives!​

Recommendations:

• Please have spent at least 12 weeks in Belly Dance 2, acquire instructor permission, have a Salimpour Fundamentals 2 certification, or have an advanced understanding of belly dance movement to attend Belly Dance 3.