Bellydance Beyond Begs | Nubian | Tues 8pm, Bankstown
with Laura, Tuesdays 8pm (55 mins x 10 weeks) from 22 July 2025
Radiant Nubian Dance
Travel south along the Nile to explore the joyful and colourful dance traditions of Nubia! The moment you hear the music, you’ll be smiling from ear to ear. With roots in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, Nubian dance has a celebratory spirit that reflects the communal nature of its music and culture. The dance is characterised by delicate footwork patterns, lilting torso movements, iconic gestures and head movements, and group interaction. It's performed in long dresses with oversized head veils, which also become a prop for the dance. Course includes:
- cultural / historical context
- women’s technique, plus a little taste of what the men do
- how the dance is presented on stage
- using formations to represent the cultural role of the dance
- a lively group choreography with optional performance opportunities.
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 Tuesdays in Bankstown and Wednesdays in Chipping Norton. Catch up missed classes by attending the alternative location.
Pricing: The course is $180 per person.
with Laura, Tuesdays 8pm (55 mins x 10 weeks) from 22 July 2025
Radiant Nubian Dance
Travel south along the Nile to explore the joyful and colourful dance traditions of Nubia! The moment you hear the music, you’ll be smiling from ear to ear. With roots in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, Nubian dance has a celebratory spirit that reflects the communal nature of its music and culture. The dance is characterised by delicate footwork patterns, lilting torso movements, iconic gestures and head movements, and group interaction. It's performed in long dresses with oversized head veils, which also become a prop for the dance. Course includes:
- cultural / historical context
- women’s technique, plus a little taste of what the men do
- how the dance is presented on stage
- using formations to represent the cultural role of the dance
- a lively group choreography with optional performance opportunities.
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 Tuesdays in Bankstown and Wednesdays in Chipping Norton. Catch up missed classes by attending the alternative location.
Pricing: The course is $180 per person.
with Laura, Tuesdays 8pm (55 mins x 10 weeks) from 22 July 2025
Radiant Nubian Dance
Travel south along the Nile to explore the joyful and colourful dance traditions of Nubia! The moment you hear the music, you’ll be smiling from ear to ear. With roots in southern Egypt and northern Sudan, Nubian dance has a celebratory spirit that reflects the communal nature of its music and culture. The dance is characterised by delicate footwork patterns, lilting torso movements, iconic gestures and head movements, and group interaction. It's performed in long dresses with oversized head veils, which also become a prop for the dance. Course includes:
- cultural / historical context
- women’s technique, plus a little taste of what the men do
- how the dance is presented on stage
- using formations to represent the cultural role of the dance
- a lively group choreography with optional performance opportunities.
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 Tuesdays in Bankstown and Wednesdays in Chipping Norton. Catch up missed classes by attending the alternative location.
Pricing: The course is $180 per person.
Beyond Beginners (BBs) classes are suitable for dancers with at least a year’s class experience, who are confident with all the Fundamentals moves and are gaining familiarity with more complex moves, concepts and cultural styles in Oriental Dance. Performance opportunities are available for experienced students. If you’ve had a bit of a break from dancing, consider joining the Fundamentals class (as well or instead). Contact us for personalised advice.
NEW Bankstown Studio Location
Bollard School of Dance
13/14 /35 Birch St, Condell Park NSW 2200
Private, hijab-friendly studio with mirrors. Plenty of free parking on the street outside (please don’t park inside the complex - we’ll get in trouble!).
Our students tend to come from surrounding suburbs including Punchbowl, Lakemba, Belmore, Roselands, Riverwood, Peakhurst, Padstow, Revesby, Yagoona and Greenacre.
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For more Bellydance goodness, join another class too - in the studio or on Zoom. Warm up with Fundamentals right here at 7pm!
Try Zumba Gold : at our Parramatta studio, or from home via Zoom.
Start your weekends right with our beginner-friendly online Yoga Fundamentals course.
You get a big discount for taking multiple courses, so check them out.
Find out more about your teacher Laura on the About Us page.