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Majickal Bellydance Classes, Term One, 2020 - New Studio!

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Majickal Bellydance at CIRE, Chirnside Park BOOK ONLINE NOW Beginning 6:30pm Wednesday 29th January Chirnside Park Community Hub 33 Kimberley Drive, Chirnside Park, Victoria $120 for 8 Week Course OR BOOK VIA FACEBOOK EVENT A Message from Your Teacher: I cooked up Majickal Bellydance based on a stock of Classical Egyptian Bellydance, seasoned with aspects of fusion and spiritual dance, heated with electronic fusion beats.  When you learn Majickal Bellydance you'll enjoy a whole body experience that mobilises every joint, every muscle, every dimension of the dancer you are.  Not only will you learn the basics of bellydance, you will also explore how to connect to a state of mindfulness via dance. Bellydance is an energy dance, which conveys the physical as well as the energetic impact of form and music. Most dancers leave my classes feeling invigorated! The emphasis for this class will be on health, fitness and mindfulness. Dress with comfort - more than glam...

Improvised Bellydance - An Alternative to the Stress of Remembering Choreography

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Have you ever been to a dance workshop and forgotten it all by the time you got home? Me too! Even after becoming a dance teacher myself, I would attend workshops for my own professional development, only to find myself feeling like I had two left feet as I struggled to learn a bunch of new combinations in a short amount of time. Most workshops focussed on my weakest attribute - memory! Christine, Cindy & Leanne at Seville House I don't know about you, but I can't learn a choreography in two hours and leave the workshop with a new routine installed in my repertoire. My brain just doesn't work that way. I imagine it's because I didn't go to any dance classes until I was twenty-six years old; a late start for a dancer. I had never worn a tutu, twirled a baton or stood on-stage caked in mum's make-up to perform a cute routine for calisthenics. I was an absolute beginner. The closest I had come to performance was my miraculous inclusion with the 'cool...