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Intensives

About Intensives

About Intensives

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Intensives are guided training programs with a specific theme. Each intensive combines a selection of technique drills, lectures and various assignments gathered together to help you develop and/or improve certain skills. Check below which topics appeal to you the most.

 

You can follow the suggested duration of each intensive, or do it on your own pace. Also, you can keep track of your progress while following the steps of the intensive, as well as continue your practice afterwards with suggested related topics.

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Secret Double Leg Shimmy
Technique

Secret Double Leg Shimmy

GUEST TEACHER Shahrzad will teach us an intricate technique of a double leg shimmy!

5 weeks

Apsara Dream
Technique

Apsara Dream

Explore the Cambodian Apsara dance, experiment with fusion & train your HANDS, WRISTS, FINGERS muscles.

4 weeks

Basics of Ghawazee With Khariya Maazin
Technique

Basics of Ghawazee With Khariya Maazin

Explore the style that informed many belly dance moves, but also influenced dance as a profession.

4 weeks

Elegant Arabesque
Technique

Elegant Arabesque

A series of workouts to help you fully understand and fix your arabesque.

3 weeks

Mahraganat (Street Shaabi)
Choreography

Mahraganat (Street Shaabi)

Learn choreography in Mahraganat style, and understand how to build a character on stage.

8 weeks

Exercises For Feet
Technique

Exercises For Feet

Our feet are the support for the entire body, key to a good balance, proper technique and confidence on stage.

1 week

Saidi Stick (Tahtib)
Technique

Saidi Stick (Tahtib)

Our GUEST INSTRUCTOR Veronika Shulkevich will help you master some intricate tricks with tahtib.

2 weeks

Drum Solo Improvisation
Musicality

Drum Solo Improvisation

Scared of drum solo improvisations? I guarantee your approach will change after this intensive.

6 weeks

Chest Isolation
Technique

Chest Isolation

Work on your upper body flexibility & chest isolations together with Iana and guest teacher Alex Delora.

3 weeks

Identifying Rhythms
Musicality

Identifying Rhythms

Let's make sure you not only know the rhythms, but also are comfortable with identifying them in the songs!

8 weeks

Isolation Technique
Technique

Isolation Technique

Focus on isolations, consistency in our practice, and live drumming beats!

2 weeks

Developing Choreographing Skills
Choreography

Developing Choreographing Skills

Get ready to create your own drum solo choreography in collaboration with Iana!

7 weeks

Hips Shimmy
Technique

Hips Shimmy

Drills and daily exercises for improving your hips shimmies!

3 weeks

Conditioning For Belly Dancers
Technique

Conditioning For Belly Dancers

28-day marathon on building strength in your muscles, and preping you for advanced belly dance technique.

4 weeks

Baladi Choreography
Choreography

Baladi Choreography

Learn Baladi chore, & discover more about musicality, emotional archetypes and history of Baladi style.

10 weeks

Cairo Belly Dance Guide
Technique

Cairo Belly Dance Guide

This in our first ONLINE RETREAT, taking you on dance & travel adventures to Cairo.

7 weeks

Archetypes of Egyptian Goddesses in Dance
Technique

Archetypes of Egyptian Goddesses in Dance

Use the power of Egyptian mythology to enhance your stage presence.

3 weeks

Vibration Shimmy
Technique

Vibration Shimmy

Time to dive into the third major type of shimmy: vibration shimmy!

3 weeks

Belly Rolls & Flutters
Technique

Belly Rolls & Flutters

Follow this training plan, and build control over your belly muscles and diaphragm!

5 weeks

Turns
Technique

Turns

Are you struggling with balanced turns without any dizziness? Time to fix it!

3 weeks

The Power of Imagination
Technique

The Power of Imagination

Dealing with performance anxiety, developing energy projection, and creating character in dance.

3 weeks

Egyptian Knee Shimmy
Technique

Egyptian Knee Shimmy

The focus of our work: avoiding any tension while improving our Egyptian knee shimmy.

3 weeks

Baladi Improvisation
Musicality

Baladi Improvisation

Let's work on our improvisation skills in Baladi style, and develop our musicality skills!

3 weeks

Golden Era Style
Technique

Golden Era Style

GUEST TEACHER Julia Farid will help you to explore various nuances of the Golden Era style!

2 weeks

The Art of Belly Dance Choreography
Choreography

The Art of Belly Dance Choreography

Iana together with a guest
Dr. George Sawa explore the structure of Muwashahat song!

1 week

Folklore Drills for Belly Dance Technique
Technique

Folklore Drills for Belly Dance Technique

Get familiar with the most common folklore styles, and work on your belly dance technique at the same time!

1 week

Advanced Level Traveling Step
Technique

Advanced Level Traveling Step

24 drills to help you master various traveling steps

6 weeks

Dance Habits
Technique

Dance Habits

Discover what blocks your progress, and how to overcome your training limitations.

3 weeks

Samai Combo With Julia Farid
Choreography

Samai Combo With Julia Farid

Challenge yourself with an advanced level combo by our guest teacher Julia Farid!

4 weeks

Hair Movements
Technique

Hair Movements

Don’t limit your movement vocabulary just because you're afraid, or simply don’t know how to move your hair!

3 weeks

Listen to The Music
Musicality

Listen to The Music

Tune up your musicality, learn about movement-music connection, and stop rushing ahead of the song.

6 weeks

Tab Wana Maly (Tarab)
Choreography

Tab Wana Maly (Tarab)

Learn choreo to a classic song, and work on nuances of the lyrics interpretation & facial expression.

10 weeks

Dancing to Turkish 9s
Choreography

Dancing to Turkish 9s

Learn a drum solo in 9 to the music by guest teacher Raquy, work on isolations & get inspired by Turkish style!

4 weeks

Mejance Al Foulla
Choreography

Mejance Al Foulla

You will have a ready-to-perform choreography, and skills to self-coach and polish any dance routines.

8 weeks

Veil Technique
Choreography

Veil Technique

Focus on intricate technique details, as well as stop fighting with your veil, and transform it into your friend!

3 weeks

Fluid Arms
Technique

Fluid Arms

Drills, combos and daily exercises to improve your arm movements!

4 weeks

Finding Groundedness
Technique

Finding Groundedness

Groundedness is an important concept in belly dance. But what does it mean, and how to achieve it? Let's work on it!

3 weeks

The Process of Learning Choreography
Choreography

The Process of Learning Choreography

Let's work on our technique while also learning a full choreography!

2 weeks

Topics Coming Next: Connecting Movements With Music

Drum Solo Choreography

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