Charlottesville Bellydance Class Schedule

• Beginner bellydance classes are held every Monday from 6:00 - 7:00 pm
  
• Spiritual bellydance classes are held every Monday from 7:10 - 8:10 pm
  
• Performance-oriented bellydance classes are held every Monday from 8:15 - 9:15 pm
  

Bellydance is all about geometry. We learn to isolate specific locations in the body and use them to draw patterns in the air. You can think of the center of the motion as a single point

which we learn to move in different directions.

We can move it horizontally:	or vertically:	or along the z-axis (front to back):

Once we have mastered moving in these directions & finding these points:

Horizontal	vertical	z-axis:

We can start joining them into diamonds:

horizontal + vertical	horizontal + z-axis	z-axis + vertical:
when joined together in continuous movement, these points to create a...
vertical diamond	flat diamond	z-axis diamond

Which after mastering, we can smooth out into circles...

vertical circle	flat circle	undulation

It is very important to your balanced development that all motions are learned in both directions. For example, any motion learned clockwise should also be learned counter-clockwise. Very often, women discover that one direction is easier than the other. If you practice the side that is harder a tiny bit more, both ways will soon become equally easy. 

In later lessons we will learn about other shapes that we can make such as spirals & figure 8's (beginner), zig-zags (intermediate), and boxes (advanced).

Other Bellydance Class Topics:

• Music used in Bellydance Classes
• Health Benefits of Bellydance
• Class Goals & Basic Posture
• Directions of Movement in Belldance
• Bellydance and the Chakras: Introduction
• Bellydance and the Chakras: Manifesto
• Tribal or Cabaret?
• Shakti's Quick-Start Guide to Henna
• Balancing Things on Your Head
• Energetic Arms