The Magic of Bellydance
Technique, combinations and layers designed to awaken your chakras and unleash your inner divine!
Fundamentals:
Freestyle Training:
Atmosphere:
Personal Benefits:
This class is a moving meditation that gives you space, time and movement pathways to release stress, nurture your yin side, and tune into your inner feminine divine. Expect a gentle reset of your mind-body-soul connection, chakra healing, and subtle sensual inspiration.
Dance Benefits:
Fitness Benefits:
Credentials Available:
Fundamentals:
- Slides
- Circles
- Undulations
- Figure Eights
- Snakes
- Mudras
- Shimmies
- Snaps
- Pops
- Locks
- Steps
Freestyle Training:
- Sacred Flow
Atmosphere:
- Nurturing
- Healing
- Wellness Focussed
Personal Benefits:
This class is a moving meditation that gives you space, time and movement pathways to release stress, nurture your yin side, and tune into your inner feminine divine. Expect a gentle reset of your mind-body-soul connection, chakra healing, and subtle sensual inspiration.
Dance Benefits:
- Increases command of slow and fast bellydance basics
- Heightens ability to isolate movements
- Improves grace
- Improves coordination
- Improves flow
- Increases sinuosity
- Improves dance posture
- Provides building blocks for future layering
Fitness Benefits:
- Increases range of motion
- Increases tone
- Increases stamina
Credentials Available:
- Practitioner Level Certification
- Performer Level Certification
- Instructor Level Certification
Currently available:
- Pole & Aerial Fitness - weekly in-person classes
- Arts Bonita - monthly workshops
Sacred Sinuosity
Yoga-Bellydance-Floorwork
Fusion
Level two of the Magic of Bellydance program, this class adds on decorated yoga poses and floor work!
Standing Techniques:
Floorwork Techniques:
Relaxation Cool Down:
Atmosphere:
Personal Benefits:
This class is a mix of flow and exertion designed to integrate your Yin and Yang energies so you can increase your command of self, knowing when to rest and recharge and when to take action and assert your will power. Expect a full mental, emotional, physical, and chakra system reset.
Dance Benefits:
Fitness Benefits:
Credentials Available:
Standing Techniques:
- Slides
- Circles
- Undulations
- Figure Eights
- Snakes
- Mudras
- Shimmies
- Vriksasana Tree Pose
- Ardha Utkatasana Half Chair Pose
- Padangusthasana Toe Hold Pose
- Natarajasana Dancer Pose
- Urdhva Prasarita Eka Padasana Standing Split Pose
- Virabhadrasana Warrior One Pose
- Utthita Parsvokanasana Extended Side Angle Pose
- Trikonasana Triangle Pose
Floorwork Techniques:
- Anjaneyasana Lunge Pose
- Hanumanasana Monkey Pose
- Uttanasana Wide Leg Forward Fold
- Goddess Pose
- Spinal roll down
- Malasana Squat Pose
- Baddha Konasana Butterfly Pose
- Samakonasana Middle Splits
- Marjaryasana Cat Pose
- Bitilasana Cow Pose
- Vajrasana Thunderbolt Pose
- Virasana Hero Pose
- Ustrasana Camel Pose
- Supta Virasana Reclined Hero Pose
- Back Arch
- Rise, Roll Ups and Rotations
- Floor Crawl
- Berber Walks
- 3 point turn
- 2 point turn
- Mandukasana Frog Pose
Relaxation Cool Down:
- Salamba Bhujangasana Sphinx Pose
- Vajrasana Seal Pose
- Bhujangasana Cobra Pose
- Chakrasana Wheel Pose
- Ardha Bhekasana Half Frog Pose
- Eka Pada Rajakapotasana Pigeon Pose
- Parivrrta Supta Padangusthasana Cat Tail Pose
- Ardha Matsyendrasana Spinal Twist Pose
- Sucirandhrasana Figure Four Pose
- Apanasana Kness to Chest Pose
- Air Splits
- Savasana Corpse Pose
- Fetus Garbhasana Pose
- Malasana
- Spinal Roll Up
Atmosphere:
- Nurturing
- Healing
- Invigorating
- Wellness Focussed
Personal Benefits:
This class is a mix of flow and exertion designed to integrate your Yin and Yang energies so you can increase your command of self, knowing when to rest and recharge and when to take action and assert your will power. Expect a full mental, emotional, physical, and chakra system reset.
Dance Benefits:
- Increases command of slow bellydance techniques
- Increases command of slow bellydance layers
- Hones control of intermediate yoga postures
- Adds a unique fusion style to repertoire
- Heightens advanced bellydance floorwork abilities
Fitness Benefits:
- Increased strength
- Increased balance
- Increased flexibility
Credentials Available:
- Practitioner Level Certification
- Performer Level Certification
- Instructor Level Certification
Currently available:
- Pole & Aerial Fitness - weekly in-person classes
Bellydance Performance Circle
Deep training on improvisational techniques and concepts for executing the American Bellydance Cabaret performance set, capacity of which is considered by many to be the quintessential representation of a master bellydancer. Program includes fusion, props, and guidance on how to create your own signature style!
Atmosphere:
Personal Benefits:
This class will light up your creative life in a multitude of ways including costuming, makeup, and set design. It's a huge confidence builder that can heal stage fright, connect you with your intuition, expand your sense of self, give you a space in which to embrace your sensual expression, as well as connect you to a deeply supportive and empowering community. Students perform a full cabaret set weekly for instructor feedback as well as one solo per session for instructor and classmate feedback.
Dance Benefits:
Fitness Benefits:
Credentials Available:
Multiple Performer Level Certifications granted including Magic of Bellydance Master, AmCab Master, Fusion Master, and Prop Master.
- Openings
- Veil
- Shiftitelli
- Floorwork
- Drum Solo
- Finger Cymbals
- Fan Veils/ Isis Wings
- Cane
- Swords
- Candles
- Indian Fusion
- African Fusion
- Spanish Fusion
- Gypsy Fusion
- Tribal Fusion
- Burlesque Fusion
Atmosphere:
- Nurturing
- Healing
- Wellness Focussed
Personal Benefits:
This class will light up your creative life in a multitude of ways including costuming, makeup, and set design. It's a huge confidence builder that can heal stage fright, connect you with your intuition, expand your sense of self, give you a space in which to embrace your sensual expression, as well as connect you to a deeply supportive and empowering community. Students perform a full cabaret set weekly for instructor feedback as well as one solo per session for instructor and classmate feedback.
Dance Benefits:
- Advanced technique mastery
- Advanced combinations mastey
- Advanced layers mastery
- Advanced improvisation mastery of cabaret set
- Advanced improvisation mastery of fusions
- Advanced improvisation mastery of props
- Increased onstage charisma
- Increased stage command
- Increased emotional expression
- Increased musical interpretation
- Ability to work with musicians
- Opportunity to perform weekly
Fitness Benefits:
- Increased stamina
- Calorie burn
- Increased strength
- Increased tone
Credentials Available:
Multiple Performer Level Certifications granted including Magic of Bellydance Master, AmCab Master, Fusion Master, and Prop Master.
Currently available:
- Weekly Online Group Class - Zoom
Hot Combos Bellydance Showcase Choreography
Professional dance training that replicates the standards, demands, and experiences of performing in professional dance productions.
This class builds:
Atmosphere:
This class is designed to enhance Yang energy and is based on the principle of being able to burn through blocks and challenges that may stand in the way of reaching left brain goals. It’s a chance to strengthen your masculine divine so that you can create and sustain containers within which your feminine divine and right brain creativity can flourish. It's a structured environment full of the tools you need to maintain your center under pressure so you can practice performing at a professional level while feeling powerful, in control, and dazzling at showtime and beyond!
Personal Benefits:
Acquiring the above traits can have a positive effect on your family, work, community, production, and performance relationships. It can help you to mitigate the stress you may feel in high pressure situations and it can help you become more analytical, organized and efficient in learning about your inner self and in engaging in projects with others.
Dance and Fitness Benefits:
This depends on the choreography being focussed on at any given time.
Requirements:
Check policies for this class here. Students will receive a printed version of class description and policies to sign indicating they have read, understand and agree to all terms before showcase eligibility applies.
This class builds:
- Responsibility: attendance/ meeting deadlines/ following through with commitments.
- Accountability: owning mistakes and areas needing improvement and taking steps to adjust.
- Organizational skills: using learning tools such as notes, videos, memorization tips, stage fright tips, and Q&A time to forward growth.
- Focus: honing ability to cut through inner blocks/ resistances in order to accomplish a goal.
- Listening: increasing capacity to listen to information that may be delivered at a fast pace.
- Comprehension: striving to understand communication that may be nuanced.
- Confidence: letting go of stage fright and projecting power and joy onstage.
- Discipline: funneling self expression through a structure that requires adapting to the plan rather than having the plan adapted to you.
- Humility: supporting your teammates and overall group goal when individual preferences can’t always be met.
- Memorization: learning to count, work with outside of class practice assignments, and pass tests to accomplish mastery of dance.
- Creativity: putting together costumes for different showcase themes.
- Acceptance: understanding that if you do not meet the deadlines or follow through on your assignments or commitments that you will be cut from the showcase regardless of time or monetary investment
- Adaptability: being able to adjust and incorporate changes all the way up to showtime.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to take fast criticism.
- Ability to multi-task.
Atmosphere:
This class is designed to enhance Yang energy and is based on the principle of being able to burn through blocks and challenges that may stand in the way of reaching left brain goals. It’s a chance to strengthen your masculine divine so that you can create and sustain containers within which your feminine divine and right brain creativity can flourish. It's a structured environment full of the tools you need to maintain your center under pressure so you can practice performing at a professional level while feeling powerful, in control, and dazzling at showtime and beyond!
Personal Benefits:
Acquiring the above traits can have a positive effect on your family, work, community, production, and performance relationships. It can help you to mitigate the stress you may feel in high pressure situations and it can help you become more analytical, organized and efficient in learning about your inner self and in engaging in projects with others.
Dance and Fitness Benefits:
This depends on the choreography being focussed on at any given time.
Requirements:
Check policies for this class here. Students will receive a printed version of class description and policies to sign indicating they have read, understand and agree to all terms before showcase eligibility applies.
Currently available:
- Weekly Online Class - Zoom
- Pole & Aerial Fitness - weekly in-person classes
Workshops
Ansuya is an international superstar bellydance performer and instructor who has offered her show and workshops on multiple world tours for two decades. Sponsor her live or on zoom at your event or festival to perform and teach any of the following workshop themes as pure technique or choreography!
- The Magic of Bellydance Workshop - beginner level
- Hot Combos Choreography - intermediate level
- Firecracker AmCab Openings - advanced level
- Megance with am AmCab Twist - advanced level
- Dramatic Veil - advanced level
- Scintillating Shiftitelli - advanced level
- Sacred Sinuosity - advanced level
- Mesmerizing Floorwork - advanced level
- Dynamic Drum Solo - advanced level
- Indian Fusion
- African Fusion
- Spanish Fusion
- Gypsy Fusion
- Tribal Fusion
- Burlesque Fusion
- Canes
- Candles
- Swords
- Fan Veils
- Isis Wings
- Finger Cymbals