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 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
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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.
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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.
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Cost:
$16 Drop In
$75 5 classes within 2 months
$140 10 classes within 6 months
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***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)
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Introduction to Veil
May 21, 2023 1-3PM
This class will be aimed at beginners with some bellydance experience, who are interested in veil work. I will talk about types of veils to use, and how the fabrics affect movement. I will introduce several veil wraps and removals for entrances, as well as tips for how to gracefully retrieve your veil for exits. We will complete with a short choreography for the entrance section of Tales Of The Sahara by Ihsan Al-Mounzer.
Please bring a full size rectangle veil (108"x36"), preferably in chiffon, though silk is a fine alternative. Also, bring water, clothes to work out in, and jazz shoes or foot undies, if you like. Be aware that we will be working with turns, and turning technique.
Here is a link for a great basic chiffon veil.
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This class is appropriate for all levels.
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Cost:
$30 Pre-registered online
$35 at the door, on the day of the workshop
Space is limited! Pre-register here!
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***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.