Bellydance Beyond Beginners- Advance Bookings 2025 T4

from $105.00

For our current students, so you can reserve your spot before we open to the public!
This term we have BBs level courses across 5 locations plus 2 online options. The topics are:

  • Bankstown (Tues 8pm with Laura)

  • Chipping Norton (Wed 8pm with Laura)

Musical Interpretation and Performance Skills
If you’ve seen Laura perform, you know she absolutely lights up the stage. In this course she’ll share some of that magic! Develop your understanding of Arabic music and how to translate it into movement - both in planned combinations, and on-the-fly. Learn how to connect more deeply with an audience, through direct interaction as well as attitude, eye contact and more. (Plus continually revising and improving Nubian and Silk Veil routines from terms 2-3, applying your stagecraft skills in preparation to perform at Ladies Lounge Sunday afternoon 23 Nov)

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  • Broadway (Tues 7.30pm with Rachel)

  • Eastwood (Wed 8pm with Vibha)

  • Parramatta (Thurs 8pm with Rachel)

  • ZOOM (Wed 8pm with Vibha)

Sweet Saidi with Stick
A cute pop choreography to a light-hearted song, from a Lebanese artist in Upper Egyptian style. Swing your stick with style! Blending Levantine flair and flirtiness with Egyptian earthiness, this routine offers a perfect intro to Saidi for those who’ve never done it before; or an enjoyable change of approach for those who’ve learned more masculine Saidi stylings in the past. There will be performance opportunities down the track.

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  • City (Weds 6pm with Andrea)

Living Heritage: Folk Dance Roots of Bellydance
Exploring a range of cultural styles from across different parts of the middle east and related areas. it will include Egyptian, Iraqi, Turkish, Persian and more. Like a sampler course to share the rich variety of traditions that feed into bellydance!
(Plus continually revising and improving Hassibak Terenn routine from term 3, in preparation to perform at Ladies Lounge Sunday afternoon 23 Nov)

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  • ZOOM (Tuesdays 7.45pm with Johara)

Johara’s famous Technique In Depth course is back! Whether it’s making smooth moves more juicy, sharp moves crisper, or adding extras like shimmies over the top of moves you already know, this course will challenge your body awareness, co-ordination, fitness and more! Johara’s deep understanding of the anatomy and mechanics of bellydance will give you an opportunity to understand and do the moves more deeply.

LEVEL: At least 1 year of bellydance training, confidence in all the foundation moves

Pricing: 10 classes $180 in person, $120 for Johara's Zoom course or $105 for the Wednesday hybrid Zoom. Additional courses discounted.

Location:

For our current students, so you can reserve your spot before we open to the public!
This term we have BBs level courses across 5 locations plus 2 online options. The topics are:

  • Bankstown (Tues 8pm with Laura)

  • Chipping Norton (Wed 8pm with Laura)

Musical Interpretation and Performance Skills
If you’ve seen Laura perform, you know she absolutely lights up the stage. In this course she’ll share some of that magic! Develop your understanding of Arabic music and how to translate it into movement - both in planned combinations, and on-the-fly. Learn how to connect more deeply with an audience, through direct interaction as well as attitude, eye contact and more. (Plus continually revising and improving Nubian and Silk Veil routines from terms 2-3, applying your stagecraft skills in preparation to perform at Ladies Lounge Sunday afternoon 23 Nov)

——

  • Broadway (Tues 7.30pm with Rachel)

  • Eastwood (Wed 8pm with Vibha)

  • Parramatta (Thurs 8pm with Rachel)

  • ZOOM (Wed 8pm with Vibha)

Sweet Saidi with Stick
A cute pop choreography to a light-hearted song, from a Lebanese artist in Upper Egyptian style. Swing your stick with style! Blending Levantine flair and flirtiness with Egyptian earthiness, this routine offers a perfect intro to Saidi for those who’ve never done it before; or an enjoyable change of approach for those who’ve learned more masculine Saidi stylings in the past. There will be performance opportunities down the track.

——

  • City (Weds 6pm with Andrea)

Living Heritage: Folk Dance Roots of Bellydance
Exploring a range of cultural styles from across different parts of the middle east and related areas. it will include Egyptian, Iraqi, Turkish, Persian and more. Like a sampler course to share the rich variety of traditions that feed into bellydance!
(Plus continually revising and improving Hassibak Terenn routine from term 3, in preparation to perform at Ladies Lounge Sunday afternoon 23 Nov)

——

  • ZOOM (Tuesdays 7.45pm with Johara)

Johara’s famous Technique In Depth course is back! Whether it’s making smooth moves more juicy, sharp moves crisper, or adding extras like shimmies over the top of moves you already know, this course will challenge your body awareness, co-ordination, fitness and more! Johara’s deep understanding of the anatomy and mechanics of bellydance will give you an opportunity to understand and do the moves more deeply.

LEVEL: At least 1 year of bellydance training, confidence in all the foundation moves

Pricing: 10 classes $180 in person, $120 for Johara's Zoom course or $105 for the Wednesday hybrid Zoom. Additional courses discounted.

Check the studio locations here.

Is this the right course level for me?

If you have not taken BBs level courses with Inspire previously, please contact us for individual assessment before booking.

Beyond Beginners Bellydance courses are for students with at least a year of belly dancing class experience (though it depends on the individual; ask your teacher for advice on your level). There’s no upper limit to your experience level as we will keep you learning forever! Each term has a different topic, such as more complex technique; props such as sword or cane; folkloric styles; musical interpretation and more.

These courses will develop your dancing with a focus on more complex combinations and footwork, improvisation and musicality, and more advanced techniques that build on your key bellydance moves from Fundamentals classes. Depending on the level of classes, elements of Egyptian folkloric dance may be taught, as well as props such as veil, finger cymbals (also known as zills or sagat), stick (cane or assaya) and sword balancing.

Group performance opportunities are available at community events throughout the year.

Be warned: at this level you’re expected to put in plenty of practice in between classes.

  • 1 year+: Once you’ve taken Fundamentals for at least a year, and can do all the foundation moves with confidence, control, and nuance, as well as having learnt and performed 2 or more Fundamentals level routines, you may be ready to upskill with ‘Beyond Beginners’. Once you’re here, you’ll continue to enjoy these classes for many years. We keep you learning and having fun by exploring the many aspects of the dance.

  • 2 years+: Keep taking Beyond Beginners, because there’s no upper limit to the experience you will gain in these classes. Every term is different. But we do also offer an Intermediate level class, which moves slightly faster, has a higher level of assumed knowledge, and expects students to put in more practice time in between classes. Before you join Intermediate classes, you should have already completed a number of terms of Beyond Beginners; including a range of styles, props, regional variations and more; and be confident with BBs level moves such as camels, jewels, undulations, layered shimmies etc.