A weekly community dance class with Chelsey.
Dance is an ancient and universal form of human expression that accompanies celebrations, entertainment, social events and rituals, not everyone feels comfortable getting up for a dance without having a drink or unless you are part of a dance group and our dance classes are here for you to come and feel more than comfortable to learn some moves, so you can really enjoy the bliss and joy that dance is here for!
See what dance has to offer you. Our community dance classes are for all abilities, and you can do as much or as little as you can.
Belly dance originated across Egypt, Greece and Turkey mainly, it is said to have been a dance women did in groups with other women; only later developing into performance. Belly dancing is a ‘sensual’ yet ‘sacred’ art form and we encourage you to dare to experience and give life to this part of yourself, primarily for you.
So What do Mermaids have to do with Belly dancing? Well they both have one thing in common they move their belly and they do body ripples! Belly dancing is actually just as much about the hips and chest, as it is to do with the stomach - which most people associate with it, and being based by the seaside we felt Mermaid better described the feeling and motion of the dance as a whole.
After a warm up, and learning the basic belly dance moves including the body ripple, we move onto the choreography, dancing to a well known pop dance song. This is a fusion style belly dance class where instead of dancing to the oriental music we dance to other remix tracks, making the class easier for beginners and also more fun, we do however still love to have some oriental music to dance to in the class. The class closes with a cool down.
We always have performance opportunities with our dance classes, we encourage you to perform, it’s a great confidence builder and gives a little extra excitement that always makes performances the best dance you have danced! It gives the group something to work towards and also means you get to plan/make your own costume. For anyone who is wanting to perform we also offer class discounts as our dance performances and classes at the West End Markets, where we perform, are supported by Creative West End supporting well-being, creativity and community in the West End.
Come along to learn some Belly Dance moves that have inspired The Mermaid Dance.
This class is open to all abilities.
Staring with a warm up, some free movement dance and finally a simple but fun choreography.
These weekly classes will build up to a performance at the West End Market in August, second Saturday of the month, Saturday 12th August.
Saturday 8th July class will be an outside class at the West End Markets, depending on where the group is with the dance this might also be chance for a practice performance as part of this session.
In the weekly classes we will be building confidence and getting everyone comfortable with performing and a big part of this is getting your costume right so we will be also working on this together as well.
Join us for a performance on Saturday 12th August at the markets.
These classes are supported by Creative West End promoting the West End Markets. We believe health and fitness should be accessible to everyone.
Donations/Tips Welcome.
