CLASSES & EVENTS
"Bellydancing is the best!"
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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 the Salimpour Format.
Elinore is Level 3 certified in both Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour formats.
Bellydance Classes With Elinore!
***ONGOING CLASSES at VITALIDAD MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER***
Where:
Vitalidad Movement Art Center
2648 East Burnside St. Portland OR 97214
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Learn to bellydance with Elinore!
Please bring water, and comfortable clothes to dance and stretch in, and a hip scarf if you like (no coin belts please.) You might also like to bring a yoga mat for the warmup. No shoes are necessary, though jazz shoes, ballet slippers, or foot undies might be preferable to bare feet, depending on your needs.
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Bellydance 1, Beginners:
Tuesdays 6:30-7:30
Thursdays 5:30-6:30
Learn to belly dance! We will break down and practice belly dance isolations, movement, traveling steps, 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 mostly based on the Salimpour Format.
This class is drop in and is appropriate for all levels, including newcomers to dance and belly dance. Please bring finger cymbals, if you have them.
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Bellydance 2, Beyond Beginners/Intermediate:
Thursdays 6:30-7:30
Let's dance! Building on what was learned in Bellydance 1, we will work with more complex travel movements, isolations, and finger cymbals. We will also practice improvisation techniques and expand our belly dance vocabulary.
This class is drop in and is appropriate for dancers with some belly dance experience at a "beyond beginning" or intermediate level. It is recommended to have taken at least 12 weeks of Bellydance 1, or have Salimpour Level 1 certification. Please bring finger cymbals for this class.
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Choreography, Beyond Beginners/Intermediate:
Thursdays 7:30-8:30
Learn a new choreography every month! This class will introduce and build techniques in stylization, finger cymbals, veil, sword, cane, folkloric steps, and more, while building skills in improvisation and choreography.
This class is a four-week registration and is appropriate for dancers with some belly dance experience at a "beyond beginning" or intermediate level. It is recommended to have taken at least 12 weeks of Bellydance 1, or have Salimpour Level 1 certification. Please bring finger cymbals for this class, and/or the appropriate prop, as needed.
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Cost:
$20 Drop In
$90 5 classes within 2 months
$170 10 classes within 6 months
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***Elinore is available for online private lessons or in person private lessons in her home studio in Northeast Portland, Oregon. Contact Elinore for more information.