Bellydance
World Dance (Zumba Gold)
Yoga

with Rachel, Thursdays 6pm (55 mins /wk)

Choose your dates: August only, September only, or both. Custom passes available - reach out using the contact form below!

WOMEN ONLY

North Parramatta studio

Social Belly Dance (رقص شرقي / رقص بلدي) plus Your Requests

The class with a bit of everything.

• Wish you felt more confident and comfortable on the dance floor at Lebanese or Egyptian (or even Iraqi, Turkish or Greek) parties and weddings? We’ll learn and practice the most common steps that women use in social bellydance, on your favourite music.

• Build your skills by exploring variations on those foundation moves and applying them on a range of songs. We’ll pay attention to the structure of the music, creating combos and giving you strategies to make your dancing more interesting, varied and connected to the music.

• Developing technique is important to make your moves look better. Expect some exercises to refine your body awareness and range of motion.

• Plus learn a few bonus ‘fancy’ moves or combos for when you want to show off and impress your friends!

• Send us your requests and personal goals. Song requests welcome: we’ll pick one song each week for a deeper dive, including mini combos and choreography.

LEVEL: Open. Perfect for beginners. Dancers with more experience will be invited to consolidate, deepen and refine their skills - our teachers are experts at helping you continue to improve.

Hijabi participants welcome (private studio space, women only).

with Laura, Tuesdays 7pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 21 July - 22 September

Bankstown (Condell Park) studio

Bellydance Fundamentals: Technique (Moves and Musicality)

… is our signature course. It’s a perfect introduction to Oriental Dance, or a tune-up and refresher for those who have learnt a little already. You'll learn lots of moves - from hip drops to shimmies to circles - plus how to combine them and set them to music. Along the way you’ll also explore posture, foot and arm positions and pathways, and enjoy an intro to Arabic music and cultural aspects of the dance. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to join the dancefloor at the next Arabic party!

The systematic course structure helps you understand and remember, plus there’s video support so you can practice in between if you choose. Improve your fitness, co-ordination, elegance, core strength and more, alongside other women who often become good friends by dancing together.

For those with some bellydance experience, your teacher will challenge you to go deeper, to refine your movements and develop finer control and elegance.

Private studio, women only.

LEVEL: All Welcome. Perfect for beginners. Dancers with more experience will be invited to consolidate, deepen and refine their skills - our teachers are experts at helping you continue to improve.

Catch-up options: This course will also be taught on Weds 7pm Liverpool (Chipping Norton) and Eastwood. Plan ahead if you’ll miss any lessons, and contact us to arrange attending an alternative location - ideally in the same week.

Pricing: $180 per person for the 10-wk course.

with Laura, Wednesdays 7pm (55mins/wk x 11wks), 22 July - 23 September 2026

Chipping Norton (Liverpool) studio

Bellydance Fundamentals: Technique (Moves and Musicality)

… is our signature course. It’s a perfect introduction to Oriental Dance, or a tune-up and refresher for those who have learnt a little already. You'll learn lots of moves - from hip drops to shimmies to circles - plus how to combine them and set them to music. Along the way you’ll also explore posture, foot and arm positions and pathways, and enjoy an intro to Arabic music and cultural aspects of the dance. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to join the dancefloor at the next Arabic party!

The systematic course structure helps you understand and remember, plus there’s video support so you can practice in between if you choose. Improve your fitness, co-ordination, elegance, core strength and more, alongside other women who often become good friends by dancing together.

For those with some bellydance experience, your teacher will challenge you to go deeper, to refine your movements and develop finer control and elegance.

Private studio, women only.

LEVEL: All Welcome. Perfect for beginners. Dancers with more experience will be invited to consolidate, deepen and refine their skills - our teachers are experts at helping you continue to improve.

Catch-up options: This course will also be taught on Tuesdays 5.30pm at Broadway and 7pm in Bankstown (Condell Park). Plan ahead if you’ll miss any lessons, and contact us to arrange attending the alternative location - ideally in the same week.

Pricing: $180 per person for the 10-wk course.

with Rachel, Thursdays 7pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 23 July - 24 September 2026

North Parramatta studio

Bellydance Fundamentals: Egyptian Pop Routine

We’ve chosen a delightful Saidi Pop song, and created a full choreography for you! From individual moves like hip lifts and shimmies, we’l build it piece by piece into combos, and eventually a whole routine, with optional group performance opportunities at the end of the course. The song is in Upper Egyptian style, so you’ll get extra cultural insights into the dance of this region.

Choreography helps you understand the dance better by seeing how movements fit to various kinds of music, how they connect together into phrases, and how we can use space. It builds your memory and consolidates your skills. We might even have a performance opportunity down the track. Plus, improve your fitness, co-ordination, elegance, core strength and more, alongside other women who often become good friends by dancing together.

LEVEL: All Welcome. Perfect for beginners. Dancers with more experience will be invited to consolidate, deepen and refine their skills - our teachers are experts at helping you continue to improve.

Private studio, women only, hijabi particpants welcome.

Catch-up options: Recordings are available if you miss your class.

Pricing: 10 class course, $180 per person.

with Laura, Tuesdays 8pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 21 July - 22 September 2026

Bankstown Studio

Bellydance Beyond Begs: Next Level Technique

Dive into exciting and juicy technique: fancy hip drops; camels and jewels; luscious layers. Plus, build the nuance and precision that really makes your dancing next-level. It is not just about learning new moves, it’s also about refining the quality of all movements, and understanding how to execute your movements with control.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Catch-up options: This course is held Tuesday in Condell Park and Wednesday in Chipping Norton. If you need to miss your usual class, plan ahead to switch to the alternative location for that week. Recordings are not available, sorry - please make every effort to be there in person each week.

Pricing: 10 classes $180 in person.

with Laura, Wednesdays 8pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 22 July - 23 September 2026

Chipping Norton (Liverpool) studio

Bellydance Beyond Begs: Next Level Technique

Dive into exciting and juicy technique: fancy hip drops; camels and jewels; luscious layers. Plus, build the nuance and precision that really makes your dancing next-level. It is not just about learning new moves, it’s also about refining the quality of all movements, and understanding how to execute your movements with control.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Catch-up options: This course is held Tuesday in Condell Park and Wednesday in Chipping Norton. If you need to miss your usual class, plan ahead to switch to the alternative location for that week. Recordings are not available, sorry - please make every effort to be there in person each week.

Pricing: 10 classes $180 in person.

with Rachel, 8pm Thursdays (55 mins x 10 weeks), 23 July - 24 September 2026

North Parramatta studio

Bellydance Beyond Begs: Folklore Flavours

The dance we love, commonly know as bellydance, is founded on folk styles from across the Middle East. Each region has its own unique flavour; they’re essential knowledge for any dancer who takes the art form seriously, while being colourful, fascinating and fun!

Each week, we’ll dive into a particular style. The smorgasbord includes authentic homestyle folk dances such as Saidi, Turkish Romany and Khaleegy; folkloric adaptations for the stage, like Nubian and Alexandrian; and historical variations from which modern bellydance has emerged.

Folklore is super fun, and it's also important to know about it if you want to develop as a dancer. Plus, there are heaps of great moves which come from folklore, that you can apply in your "regular" bellydance to expand your repertoire and add nuance to your dancing. This is one of the courses that all professionals wish we'd had as students. Luckily for you, Rachel has studied folklore for many years!

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Catch-up options: This course is held Tuesday in Broadway, and Thursday in Parramatta and on Zoom. Catch up missed classes by attending another location, Zooming in, or using the recording. Enrolled students may request access to the recordings to practice or catch up.

Pricing: 10 classes $180 in person. A discounted Zoom option is available if you can’t make it in person.

with Rachel, Mondays 6pm (55 mins/wk x 10wks), 20 July - 21 September 2026

Chatswood studio

Let’s groove with world music and dance!

Making dance fitness beginner-friendly and accessible to everyone, Zumba® Gold is a low impact, gentler and easier form of Zumba Fitness. It’s perfect for you if you have injuries, are not as mobile as you once were, are recovering from injury or pregnancy, or maybe just prefer a lighter class taught at a slower pace. But don’t worry, we still build up a sweat.

Come on a tour of the globe. You'll learn the basics of many dance styles such as Salsa, Bollywood, Merengue, Flamenco, Cha-cha, West African, Afro-Caribbean and more. But it’s not about mastering the technique: we focus on moving in the way that’s fun, safe and the perfect workout for you personally. Everyone is different, and we embrace that! On the way, you’ll build your cardio fitness, co-ordination, range of motion, memory, balance and more. We sometimes add optional light hand weights to tone you up that extra bit more.

You don't need a dance background, and you don't need to be young, fit or thin (but it's also OK if you are). All you need is the desire to have fun dancing your way around the world! Each routine is introduced step-by-step at first, to make sure you understand it, then as the weeks go by we speed it up and add more routines.

LEVEL: Open to all

Pricing: The course is $180 / 10 wks for a place in the studio (strictly limited!). If you’ll be away, plan ahead so you can Zoom in instead, or join us on Tuesday at Broadway. The Zoom class is run from the studio, in conjunction with our live class. Think of the laptop as just another student in the group! This means recordings are available for you on demand.

with Rachel, Mondays 7pm (55 mins/wk x 10wks), 20 July - 21 September

Chatswood studio

Bellydance Fundamentals: Technique (Moves and Musicality)

… is our signature course. It’s a perfect introduction to Oriental Dance, or a tune-up and refresher for those who have learnt a little already. You'll learn lots of moves - from hip drops to shimmies to circles - plus how to combine them and set them to music. Along the way you’ll also explore posture, foot and arm positions and pathways, and enjoy an intro to Arabic music and cultural aspects of the dance. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to join the dancefloor at the next Arabic party!

The systematic course structure helps you understand and remember, plus there’s video support so you can practice in between if you choose. Improve your fitness, co-ordination, elegance, core strength and more, alongside other women who often become good friends by dancing together.

For those with some bellydance experience, your teacher will challenge you to go deeper, to refine your movements and develop finer control and elegance.

LEVEL: All Welcome. Perfect for beginners. Dancers with more experience will be invited to consolidate, deepen and refine their skills - our teachers are experts at helping you continue to improve.

Catch-up Options: This course is also taught on Tuesdays (Broadway) and Wednesdays (Eastwood). If that doesn’t suit you, recordings are available to stream at home.

Pricing: $180 per person for the 10-wk course.

with Vibha, Wednesdays 7pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 22 July - 23 September 2026

Eastwood studio

Bellydance Fundamentals: Technique (Moves and Musicality)

… is our signature course. It’s a perfect introduction to Oriental Dance, or a tune-up and refresher for those who have learnt a little already. You'll learn lots of moves - from hip drops to shimmies to circles - plus how to combine them and set them to music. Along the way you’ll also explore posture, foot and arm positions and pathways, and enjoy an intro to Arabic music and cultural aspects of the dance. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to join the dancefloor at the next Arabic party!

The systematic course structure helps you understand and remember, plus there’s video support so you can practice in between if you choose. Improve your fitness, co-ordination, elegance, core strength and more, alongside other women who often become good friends by dancing together.

For those with some bellydance experience, your teacher will challenge you to go deeper, to refine your movements and develop finer control and elegance.

LEVEL: All Welcome. Perfect for beginners. Dancers with more experience will be invited to consolidate, deepen and refine their skills - our teachers are experts at helping you continue to improve.

Catch-up Options: This course is also taught on Mondays (Chatswood) and Tuesdays (Broadway). If that doesn’t suit you, recordings are available to stream at home.

Pricing: $180 per person for the 10-wk course.

with Vibha, Wednesdays 8pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 22 July - 23 September 2026

Eastwood studio

Bellydance Beyond Begs: Dabke For Bellydancers

Dabke is an energetic style of folkloric dance that is part of everyday life for people of the Levant (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria). Perhaps originally a practice where villagers came together to help stamp down mud rooves and floors, Dabke has now become an intrinsic part of the culture, practiced at every celebration. It’s centred around community, joy and political resistance.

As bellydancers, we make use of Dabke steps and stylings when we dance to Dabke music - whether traditional, modern, or fused with Arabic pop vibes. The powerful, driving rhythm, along with the singers’ calling out of encouragement, urge us to move our feet! This course will teach the foundations of dabke, and how we maintain that connection with its roots while adapting it to a bellydance context. Expect to leave this term feeling more confident in your ability to freely dance to any Dabke song, and ready to participate in the festivities at Lebanese and related parties!

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Catch-up options: Recordings available

Pricing: 10 classes $180 in person. A discounted Zoom option is available.

with Rachel, Mondays 8pm (55 mins/wk), 20 July - 21 September 2026

Chatswood studio

Bellydance Intermediate/ Advanced Level: Wings!

Flutter, spin, wrap, swoosh, ta-da! "Wings of Isis" are about making a big impact by filling a space. They can also be used to strategically conceal and reveal; to highlight graceful lines and turns; and as your personal backdrop for your favourite moves. In a group, their power is multiplied! Get your wings out and let's fly together. The course will include technique, combos and choreography.

Bring your own if you have them. A small number of wings will be available to borrow in class. Consider also getting yourself a smaller or "children's" pair so you can practice at home or in restricted spaces.

As this prop requires a lot of shoulder strength and movement, it's not recommended for those with upper body injuries.

LEVEL: This more advanced class is open by invitation only, for dancers who have consistently attended class and practised for at least 2 years. Confidence with all Fundamentals and BBs techniques, ability to learn and retain combinations, developing understanding of Middle Eastern music, readiness to dive deeper. In general you should always get in touch before registering for this class if you’re not already a regular.

Pricing: $180 / 10wks per person for a place in the studio.

A discounted Zoom option is available. The Zoom class is run from the studio, in conjunction with our live class. Think of the laptop as just another student in the group! This means recordings are available for you on demand, for catch-up or revision.

with Rachel, Tuesdays 6.30pm (55 mins / week), 21 July - 22 September 2026

Broadway Studio

Let’s groove with world music and dance!

“I was under the impression it was a latin music only, Zumba designed for older dancers with less mobility. But what got me very interested is how you explore a little bit of each dance technique that I've never tried or experienced before. I love it! On top of being a good opportunity to burn some calories before the bellydance class which is a lot slower.” - Priscila

Come on a tour of the globe. You'll learn the basics of many dance styles such as Salsa, Bollywood, Merengue, Flamenco, Cha-cha, West African, Polynesian, Afro-Caribbean and more. But it’s not about mastering the technique: we focus on moving in the way that’s fun, safe and the perfect workout for you personally. Everyone is different, and we embrace that! On the way, you’ll build your cardio fitness, co-ordination, range of motion, memory, balance and more.

Participants of all ages and fitness levels are welcome. The goal is to make dance fitness beginner-friendly and accessible to everyone! This low impact, gentler and easier form of Zumba Fitness is perfect for you if you have injuries, are not as mobile as you once were, are recovering from injury or pregnancy, or maybe just prefer a lighter class taught at a slower pace. But we still build up a sweat: you can amp up the intensity to suit yourself.

You don't need a dance background, and you don't need to be young, fit or thin (but it's also OK if you are). All you need is the desire to have fun dancing your way around the world! Each routine is introduced step-by-step at first, to make sure you understand it, then as the weeks go by we speed it up and add more routines.

LEVEL: Open to all

Pricing: Pricing for the 10-week course is $180 for a place in the studio (strictly limited!)
A discounted Zoom option is available on Mondays. Recordings are available on demand.

with Rachel, Tuesdays 5.30pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 21 July - 22 September 2026

Broadway Studio

Bellydance Fundamentals: Technique (Moves and Musicality)

… is our signature course. It’s a perfect introduction to Oriental Dance, or a tune-up and refresher for those who have learnt a little already. You'll learn lots of moves - from hip drops to shimmies to circles - plus how to combine them and set them to music. Along the way you’ll also explore posture, foot and arm positions and pathways, and enjoy an intro to Arabic music and cultural aspects of the dance. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to join the dancefloor at the next Arabic party!

The systematic course structure helps you understand and remember, plus there’s video support so you can practice in between if you choose. Improve your fitness, co-ordination, elegance, core strength and more, alongside other women who often become good friends by dancing together.

For those with some bellydance experience, your teacher will challenge you to go deeper, to refine your movements and develop finer control and elegance.

LEVEL: All Welcome. Perfect for beginners. Dancers with more experience will be invited to consolidate, deepen and refine their skills - our teachers are experts at helping you continue to improve.

Catch-up Options: This course is also taught on Mondays (Chatswood).

Pricing: $195 per person for the 11-wk course.

with Andrea, Wednesdays 8pm (55 mins x 10weeks), 22 July - 23 September 2026

Sydney CBD studio

Bellydance Fundamentals: Egyptian Pop Saidi Choreo

We’ve chosen a delightful Saidi Pop song, and created a full choreography for you! From individual moves like hip lifts and shimmies, we’l build it piece by piece into combos, and eventually a whole routine, with optional group performance opportunities at the end of the course. The song is in Upper Egyptian style, so you’ll get extra cultural insights into the dance of this region.

Choreography helps you understand the dance better by seeing how movements fit to various kinds of music, how they connect together into phrases, and how we can use space. It builds your memory and consolidates your skills. We might even have a performance opportunity down the track. Plus, improve your fitness, co-ordination, elegance, core strength and more, alongside other women who often become good friends by dancing together.

Private studio, women only.

LEVEL: All Welcome. Perfect for beginners; for those with some bellydance experience, your teacher will challenge you to go deeper, to refine your movements and develop finer control and elegance.

Pricing: 10 class course / $180 per person.

with Rachel, Tuesdays 7.30pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 21 July - 22 September 2026

Broadway Studio

Bellydance Beyond Begs: Folklore Flavours

The dance we love, commonly know as bellydance, is founded on folk styles from across the Middle East. Each region has its own unique flavour; they’re essential knowledge for any dancer who takes the art form seriously, while being colourful, fascinating and fun!

Each week, we’ll dive into a particular style. The smorgasbord includes authentic homestyle folk dances such as Saidi, Turkish Romany and Khaleegy; folkloric adaptations for the stage, like Nubian and Alexandrian; and historical variations from which modern bellydance has emerged.

Folklore is super fun, and it's also important to know about it if you want to develop as a dancer. Plus, there are heaps of great moves which come from folklore, that you can apply in your "regular" bellydance to expand your repertoire and add nuance to your dancing. This is one of the courses that all professionals wish we'd had as students. Luckily for you, Rachel has studied folklore for many years!

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Catch-up options: Recordings available

Pricing: 10 classes $180 in person.

with Andrea, Wednesdays 6pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 22 July - 23 September 2026

Sydney CBD studio

Bellydance Beyond Begs / Intermediate: Entrance (Majense) Choreography

"Majense" is a term used in the Egyptian dance community to describe a piece of music written specifically to be the dancer's entrance piece. The music usually contains a prelude where you wait offstage; a fast section for you to come on stage (lots of travelling steps, turns, often with veil); and then a series of other segments to give a taste of the dancer's style, and what the rest of her show may contain; often this may include some folkloric flavours. It's a bit of everything, all in one piece, which makes it fun and interesting both for the dancer and the audience. All those changes will help attune you to a range of feelings and rhythms in the music.

To allow for our special Iraqi Dance Performance Project at 7pm, we are combining our usual BBs and Intermediate classes into one group. More advanced dancers within the group will be offered extra challenges.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Catch-up options: Sorry, there are no recordings and no repeats of this lesson. Please make every effort to attend in person each week.

Pricing: 10 classes $180 in person.

with Andrea, Wednesdays 7pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 22 July - 23 September 2026

Sydney CBD studio

SPECIAL IRAQI DANCE PERFORMANCE PROJECT

Join me for a 10-week journey into the vibrant world of Iraqi dance!

This course is designed for dancers who want to move beyond individual technique and experience the joy, energy, and connection of dancing as a group. Together, we'll explore the spirit of Iraqi dance through choreography, musicality, and dance sisterhood.

Throughout the term we will:

🌟 Learn Raqs El Kawleeya and Raqs El Hacha'a choreography

🌟 Explore how to dance confidently within a group; develop fun staging and performance skills

🌟 Learn travelling Iraqi steps and dynamic formations

🌟 Master hair movements and signature Iraqi styling

🌟 Build exciting combinations designed specifically for group dancing

🌟 Discover unique techniques rarely seen on social media, inspired by movement traditions passed down directly from Kawleeya dancers

🌟 Learn to identify and dance to the Ruba'a and Hacha'a rhythms

🌟 Successful dancers will have the opportunity to perform our spectacular group choreography on a prestigious stage at Central Coast Bellydance Festival at the end of term.

This course combines technique, culture, musical understanding, and performance training in a supportive and inspiring environment.

Whether your goal is to perform, improve your Iraqi dance skills, or simply experience the joy of dancing with others, this course will give you the tools, confidence, and knowledge to take your dancing to the next level.

✨ All with love, appreciation, and respect for Iraqi culture and heritage.

LEVEL: To attend this course, you must have experience learning dance choreography (including remembering sequence and stage positioning). You also need some experience of Iraqi Hacha’a / Kawleeya dance styles.

IRAQI DANCE INTENSIVE BUNDLE:

If you’re keen but don’t have Iraqi experience yet, or want to take advantage of all the training Andrea has to offer, we have a deal for you! Join the Iraqi Dance Foundations 5-week online class, to get you ready for this course, and get both courses together for $360: that’s $66 off if booked by midnight on Wednesday 24 June.

This course happens only once a week. Summary recordings are available to help you practice, but the full lesson is not recorded. Please prioritise attending class every week to make the most of your enrolment.

Pricing: 10 week course $250 per person for a place in the studio - strictly limited.

with Tara Yasmin, Tuesdays 7.30pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 21 July - 22 September 2026

Newcastle Studio

Bellydance Fundamentals Plus: Baladi Choreo

Discover the warmth and earthiness of Egyptian baladi dance in this 10-week choreography course.

This fundamentals course explores the joyful spirit of Baladi through a playful choreography to El Helwa Di, the beloved classic composed by the legendary Egyptian musician Sayed Darwish. The title translates roughly as “This Beautiful One,” and the song is rich in character and everyday storytelling. Its lyrics portray the life of the working class in early 20th-century Egypt, capturing the humour and dignity of daily life while celebrating the beauty and charm of life. This makes it the perfect introduction to one of Egypt’s most loved social dance styles.

Throughout the course, you’ll develop a deeper understanding of baladi as both a dance style and a cultural expression. We’ll explore the grounded movement quality, expressive musicality and cheeky, confident personality that make baladi so engaging, while building a choreography that is fun to dance and full of authentic feeling.

Level: Not suitable for absolute beginners. Fundamentals Plus is for those with some bellydance experience already (at least one term), who want to progress further in their musical understanding, technique and expression. Makes a perfect pair with our 6.30pm class (and enjoy a big discount for taking both!)

Pricing: 10 classes $180 per person.

with Tara Yasmin, Tuesdays 6.30pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 21 July - 22 September 2026

Newcastle Studio

Bellydance Fundamentals: Technique (Moves and Musicality)

… is our signature course. It’s a perfect introduction to Oriental Dance, or a tune-up and refresher for those who have learnt a little already. You'll learn lots of moves - from hip drops to shimmies to circles - plus how to combine them and set them to music. Along the way you’ll also explore posture, foot and arm positions and pathways, and enjoy an intro to Arabic music and cultural aspects of the dance. By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to join the dancefloor at the next Arabic party!

The systematic course structure helps you understand and remember, plus there’s video support so you can practice in between if you choose. Improve your fitness, co-ordination, elegance, core strength and more, alongside other women who often become good friends by dancing together.

For those with some bellydance experience, your teacher will challenge you to go deeper, to refine your movements and develop finer control and elegance.

LEVEL: All Welcome. Perfect for beginners. Dancers with more experience will be invited to consolidate, deepen and refine their skills - our teachers are experts at helping you continue to improve.

Pricing: $180 per person for the 10-wk course.

with Rachel, Mondays 6pm (55 mins/wk x 10wks), 20 July - 21 September 2026

Online (Zoom)

Let’s groove with world music and dance!
Making dance fitness beginner-friendly and accessible to everyone, Zumba® Gold is a low impact, gentler and easier form of Zumba Fitness. It’s perfect for you if you have injuries, are not as mobile as you once were, are recovering from injury or pregnancy, or maybe just prefer a lighter class taught at a slower pace. But don’t worry, you can still build up a sweat if you want to!

Come on a tour of the globe. You'll learn the basics of many dance styles such as Salsa, Bollywood, Merengue, Flamenco, Cha-cha, West African, Afro-Caribbean and more. But it’s not about mastering the technique: we focus on moving in the way that’s fun, safe and the perfect workout for you personally. Everyone is different, and we embrace that! On the way, you’ll build your cardio fitness, co-ordination, range of motion, memory, balance and more.

You don't need a dance background, and you don't need to be young, fit or thin (but it's also OK if you are). All you need is the desire to have fun dancing your way around the world! Each routine is introduced step-by-step at first, to make sure you understand it, then as the weeks go by we speed it up and add more routines.

LEVEL: Open to all

Pricing: As this class is streamed from the studio (which means there are occasional internet glitches), it is offered at the discounted rate of $105 for the 10-week course. Recordings are available on demand.

with Johara, Saturdays 9am (60 min x 10wks) from Saturday 25 July - 26 September2026

Open to everyone - whether you've got some yoga experience, or have never tried it before. (Non dancers are always welcome too! There’s no actual bellydance in the course; dancers will be given extra tips on how to make it relevant, but if you don’t dance, it’s still a fabulous Yoga Fundamentals course.)

A regular yoga practice supports the health of your mind and body.

Discover the physical aspects of yoga ('asana' or poses) alongside the philosophical, providing a well-rounded holistic foundation to yoga that builds from week to week. Experience benefits in strength and range of motion, as well as body awareness and mental focus. For those who have done yoga in the past, these classes will consolidate your foundations and deepen your practice.

LEVEL: All welcome. Do let us know in advance if you have any conditions that may affect your ability to participate, so Johara can plan modifications for you.

Pricing: 11 week course $132. If you’re already taking another course, such as Bellydance, the price comes down to just $87 to add this course. The discount will apply automatically at the checkout.

Why do Yoga?

1. Improve strength and flexibility, balance and posture.

2. Reduce stress, anxiety and self-judgement

3. Increase energy levels, concentration and focus

4. Gain a greater awareness of mind/body and connection to breath.

5. Improve joint mobility and core strength for greater freedom and ease of movement

Dancers will appreciate all of this, as well as exploring more abstract benefits that can make you a more embodied dancer. Johara has found that thanks to her yoga practise, she can allow the flow of energy from the ground, up the legs and muscles, into the core and then out the rest of the body, giving her dance more texture, feeling, depth and power. Being able to feel many levels of the body, skin, muscles, bones, joints, micro movements in all of these.... feeling all the way to fingers and toes and out. Connecting movements to breath has helped her to feel that breath in the music as phrasing, influencing how she executes the moves to the music. Plus she has uncovered more freedom during improvisation: allowing the body to lead more, with less mental interference.

Doesn’t that sound inspiring?

What do you need?

• yoga mat (if possible, otherwise a large towel)

• 2x yoga blocks… these can be chunky books, or sturdy Tupperware containers

• strap or belt

• chair

• blanket

• a towel or two to roll up and make a bolster

• enough space to lay down and stretch out

Classes are recorded and available to you for the whole term, so you can use them to practice every day if you wish!

with Vibha, Wednesdays 8pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 22 July - 23 September 2026

Online (Zoom)

Bellydance Beyond Begs: Dabke For Bellydancers

Dabke is an energetic style of folkloric dance that is part of everyday life for people of the Levant (Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria). Perhaps originally a practice where villagers came together to help stamp down mud rooves and floors, Dabke has now become an intrinsic part of the culture, practiced at every celebration. It’s centred around community, joy and political resistance.

As bellydancers, we make use of Dabke steps and stylings when we dance to Dabke music - whether traditional, modern, or fused with Arabic pop vibes. The powerful, driving rhythm, along with the singers’ calling out of encouragement, urge us to move our feet! This course will teach the foundations of dabke, and how we maintain that connection with its roots while adapting it to a bellydance context. Expect to leave this term feeling more confident in your ability to freely dance to any Dabke song, and ready to participate in the festivities at Lebanese and related parties!

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Catch-up options: Recordings available

Pricing: 10 classes $105 online.

with Rachel, Mondays 8pm (55 mins/wk x 10wks), 20 July - 21 September 2026

Zoom (online)

Bellydance Intermediate/ Advanced Level: Wings!

Flutter, spin, wrap, swoosh, ta-da! "Wings of Isis" are about making a big impact by filling a space. They can also be used to strategically conceal and reveal; to highlight graceful lines and turns; and as your personal backdrop for your favourite moves. In a group, their power is multiplied! Get your wings out and let's fly together. The course will include technique, combos and choreography.

For our Zoom friends, we recommend getting a smaller or "children's" pair so you can practice in smaller spaces.

As this prop requires a lot of shoulder strength and movement, it's not recommended for those with upper body injuries.

LEVEL: This more advanced class is open by invitation only, for dancers who have consistently attended class and practised for at least 2 years. Confidence with all Fundamentals and BBs techniques, ability to learn and retain combinations, developing understanding of Middle Eastern music, readiness to dive deeper. In general you should always get in touch before registering for this class if you’re not already a regular.

Catch-up options: This course is recorded on Zoom. Enrolled students may access all recordings on demand.

Pricing: $105 / 10 weeks to join us online only.

with Johara, Tuesdays 7.45pm (55 mins x 10 weeks), 21 July - 22 September 2026

Zoom (online)

Beyond Beginners’ Oriental Technique: Golden Era (Part 2)

Join Johara to relive the elegance and glamour of the Golden Era of Egyptian cinema, music and dance. From the 1940s to 1960s (ish), cinema reigned supreme. Stars like Taheya Karioka, Samia Gamal, Naima Akef; then later Kitty, Naemet Mokhtar, Zeinat Olwi and more became household names and defined the styles of bellydance at the time. The Golden Era is trending again now: jump on board the nostalgia train to build your technique and expression.

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Online-only course to enable students to attend from anywhere. Pricing: $120 for 10 weeks (with discounts for taking multiple courses).

RECORDINGS AVAILABLE: This class will be recorded for those who can’t attend in real time. You can catch up or review it at a time that suits you.

with Rachel, 8pm Thursdays (55 mins x 10 weeks), 23 July - 24 September 2026

Zoom (online)

Bellydance Beyond BegsFolklore Flavours

The dance we love, commonly know as bellydance, is founded on folk styles from across the Middle East. Each region has its own unique flavour; they’re essential knowledge for any dancer who takes the art form seriously, while being colourful, fascinating and fun!

Each week, we’ll dive into a particular style. The smorgasbord includes authentic homestyle folk dances such as Saidi, Turkish Romany and Khaleegy; folkloric adaptations for the stage, like Nubian and Alexandrian; and historical variations from which modern bellydance has emerged.

Folklore is super fun, and it's also important to know about it if you want to develop as a dancer. Plus, there are heaps of great moves which come from folklore, that you can apply in your "regular" bellydance to expand your repertoire and add nuance to your dancing. This is one of the courses that all professionals wish we'd had as students. Luckily for you, Rachel has studied folklore for many years!

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Minimum 1 year. This class is not suitable for beginners. You’re expected to be familiar and confident with all the basic moves of bellydance, as taught in our Bellydance Fundamentals Technique course, as well as putting them into combos. Moves like shimmies, hip drops and circles will not be broken down and explained. More advanced dancers are very welcome and can expect to be challenged!

Catch-up options: Ask us for the recordings to practice or catch up.

Pricing: 10 classes $105. Recordings are available.

with Rachel, Mondays 6pm (55 mins/wk x 10wks), 20 July - 21 September 2026

Online (Zoom)

Let’s groove with world music and dance!
Making dance fitness beginner-friendly and accessible to everyone, Zumba® Gold is a low impact, gentler and easier form of Zumba Fitness. It’s perfect for you if you have injuries, are not as mobile as you once were, are recovering from injury or pregnancy, or maybe just prefer a lighter class taught at a slower pace. But don’t worry, you can still build up a sweat if you want to!

Come on a tour of the globe. You'll learn the basics of many dance styles such as Salsa, Bollywood, Merengue, Flamenco, Cha-cha, West African, Afro-Caribbean and more. But it’s not about mastering the technique: we focus on moving in the way that’s fun, safe and the perfect workout for you personally. Everyone is different, and we embrace that! On the way, you’ll build your cardio fitness, co-ordination, range of motion, memory, balance and more.

You don't need a dance background, and you don't need to be young, fit or thin (but it's also OK if you are). All you need is the desire to have fun dancing your way around the world! Each routine is introduced step-by-step at first, to make sure you understand it, then as the weeks go by we speed it up and add more routines.

LEVEL: Open to all

Pricing: As this class is streamed from the studio (which means there are occasional internet glitches), it is offered at the discounted rate of $105 for the 10-week course. Recordings are available on demand.

with Rachel, Tuesdays 6.30pm (55 mins / week), 21 July - 22 September 2026

Broadway Studio

Let’s groove with world music and dance!

“I was under the impression it was a latin music only, Zumba designed for older dancers with less mobility. But what got me very interested is how you explore a little bit of each dance technique that I've never tried or experienced before. I love it! On top of being a good opportunity to burn some calories before the bellydance class which is a lot slower.” - Priscila

Come on a tour of the globe. You'll learn the basics of many dance styles such as Salsa, Bollywood, Merengue, Flamenco, Cha-cha, West African, Polynesian, Afro-Caribbean and more. But it’s not about mastering the technique: we focus on moving in the way that’s fun, safe and the perfect workout for you personally. Everyone is different, and we embrace that! On the way, you’ll build your cardio fitness, co-ordination, range of motion, memory, balance and more.

Participants of all ages and fitness levels are welcome. The goal is to make dance fitness beginner-friendly and accessible to everyone! This low impact, gentler and easier form of Zumba Fitness is perfect for you if you have injuries, are not as mobile as you once were, are recovering from injury or pregnancy, or maybe just prefer a lighter class taught at a slower pace. But we still build up a sweat: you can amp up the intensity to suit yourself.

You don't need a dance background, and you don't need to be young, fit or thin (but it's also OK if you are). All you need is the desire to have fun dancing your way around the world! Each routine is introduced step-by-step at first, to make sure you understand it, then as the weeks go by we speed it up and add more routines.

LEVEL: Open to all

Pricing: Pricing for the 10-week course is $180 for a place in the studio (strictly limited!)
A discounted Zoom option is available on Mondays. Recordings are available on demand.

with Johara, Saturdays 9am (60 min x 10wks) from Saturday 25 July - 26 September2026

Open to everyone - whether you've got some yoga experience, or have never tried it before. (Non dancers are always welcome too! There’s no actual bellydance in the course; dancers will be given extra tips on how to make it relevant, but if you don’t dance, it’s still a fabulous Yoga Fundamentals course.)

A regular yoga practice supports the health of your mind and body.

Discover the physical aspects of yoga ('asana' or poses) alongside the philosophical, providing a well-rounded holistic foundation to yoga that builds from week to week. Experience benefits in strength and range of motion, as well as body awareness and mental focus. For those who have done yoga in the past, these classes will consolidate your foundations and deepen your practice.

LEVEL: All welcome. Do let us know in advance if you have any conditions that may affect your ability to participate, so Johara can plan modifications for you.

Pricing: 11 week course $132. If you’re already taking another course, such as Bellydance, the price comes down to just $87 to add this course. The discount will apply automatically at the checkout.

Why do Yoga?

1. Improve strength and flexibility, balance and posture.

2. Reduce stress, anxiety and self-judgement

3. Increase energy levels, concentration and focus

4. Gain a greater awareness of mind/body and connection to breath.

5. Improve joint mobility and core strength for greater freedom and ease of movement

Dancers will appreciate all of this, as well as exploring more abstract benefits that can make you a more embodied dancer. Johara has found that thanks to her yoga practise, she can allow the flow of energy from the ground, up the legs and muscles, into the core and then out the rest of the body, giving her dance more texture, feeling, depth and power. Being able to feel many levels of the body, skin, muscles, bones, joints, micro movements in all of these.... feeling all the way to fingers and toes and out. Connecting movements to breath has helped her to feel that breath in the music as phrasing, influencing how she executes the moves to the music. Plus she has uncovered more freedom during improvisation: allowing the body to lead more, with less mental interference.

Doesn’t that sound inspiring?

What do you need?

• yoga mat (if possible, otherwise a large towel)

• 2x yoga blocks… these can be chunky books, or sturdy Tupperware containers

• strap or belt

• chair

• blanket

• a towel or two to roll up and make a bolster

• enough space to lay down and stretch out

Classes are recorded and available to you for the whole term, so you can use them to practice every day if you wish!

with Rachel, Mondays 6pm (55 mins/wk x 10wks), 20 July - 21 September 2026

Chatswood studio

Let’s groove with world music and dance!

Making dance fitness beginner-friendly and accessible to everyone, Zumba® Gold is a low impact, gentler and easier form of Zumba Fitness. It’s perfect for you if you have injuries, are not as mobile as you once were, are recovering from injury or pregnancy, or maybe just prefer a lighter class taught at a slower pace. But don’t worry, we still build up a sweat.

Come on a tour of the globe. You'll learn the basics of many dance styles such as Salsa, Bollywood, Merengue, Flamenco, Cha-cha, West African, Afro-Caribbean and more. But it’s not about mastering the technique: we focus on moving in the way that’s fun, safe and the perfect workout for you personally. Everyone is different, and we embrace that! On the way, you’ll build your cardio fitness, co-ordination, range of motion, memory, balance and more. We sometimes add optional light hand weights to tone you up that extra bit more.

You don't need a dance background, and you don't need to be young, fit or thin (but it's also OK if you are). All you need is the desire to have fun dancing your way around the world! Each routine is introduced step-by-step at first, to make sure you understand it, then as the weeks go by we speed it up and add more routines.

LEVEL: Open to all

Pricing: The course is $180 / 10 wks for a place in the studio (strictly limited!). If you’ll be away, plan ahead so you can Zoom in instead, or join us on Tuesday at Broadway. The Zoom class is run from the studio, in conjunction with our live class. Think of the laptop as just another student in the group! This means recordings are available for you on demand.