Punch Card Option

BEGINNERS Level I
(Six Week Session)
An average student might expect to repeat this level two to three times before advancing to Beginner Level 2

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BEGINNERS Level 2
(Six Week Session)

This class is available to students who have mastered basic foundation steps as presented in the Beginner 1 session, and must be approved by instructor.  The average student should expect to study at this level for at least two months to as long as six months.  This six-week session will involve a review of basic foundation steps as learned in Beginner 1 with the addition of more steps and combinations, all of which will be included in a fast-paced, energetic, aerobic style choreograhy.  (Wahad from the album: Oriental Delight)

Tuesday, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
January 10, 17, 24, 31; February 7, 14
Instructor: Gypsy (Paula Stump)
$55.00 per  six-week session or $15.00 per class
Punch Card - 10 lessons + one free $100.00

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Ongoing/monthly

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When signing up for classes please make sure you select the correct month.  Weeks vary per month  

Thursday 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Ongoing Schedule as follows:

January 5, 12, 19, 26
February 2, 9, 16, 23
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
April 5, 12, 19, 26
May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
June 7, 14, 21, 28
July 12, 19, 26
August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
September 6, 13, 20, 27
October 4, 11, 18, 29
November 1, 8, 15, 29
December 6, 13, 20

(Aladdin's Genies Student Troupe)*

THE REFORMED ALADDIN'S GENIES (ADVANCED STUDENTS) TROUPE IS A SEMI-PROFESSIONAL DANCE GROUP, COMPRISED OF (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) STUDENTS ATTENDING CLASSES AT THE ADVANCED LEVEL. MEMBERSHIP AND/OR PARTICIPATION IN CLASSES/MEETINGS OF THE GROUP IS GRANTED BY INVITATION AND APPLICATION, WITH ACCEPTANCE DEPENDENT ON AUDITION. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDELINES.
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Gypsy Presents Belly Dance Basics Instructional (DVD) NOW AVAILABLE! Click here for more information

FOR TESTIMONIALS, RANGING FROM SIMPLE EXPRESSIONS OF APPRECIATION TO RAVE REVIEWS!

*Combination Packages (with Gypsy) available*
 Beginner 1 and Beginner 2- $80.00 or $22.00 for two hour class
Beginner 2 and Intermediate $80.00 or $22.00 for two hour class

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Samra  (Iara Kendrick) a native of Brazil, began studying belly dance with Gypsy in 1992.  Since then she has traveled all across the US and around the world, including Turkey and Egypt to study with some of the great masters of Oriental and Folkloric dances. Samra started teaching belly dance classes in Galax, Virginia in 1993 and continued to offer her classes until her move from Fancy Gap to Winston-Salem in May of 2010.  During the last seven years she has traveled around the world teaching workshops and performing various styles of Middle Eastern dances, fusion and fire dancing.  She also teaches workshops and private lessons locally and beyond.

Since moving to Winston Salem, Samra and several other local artists have established the World Artists Mosaic, a collaborative of performing artists dedicated to cultural diversity of which she is president. Samra’s approach to dancing is that everyone can dance regardless of age, body type, physical limitations, or previous experience.  Dancing and performing are often interrelated, but Samra feels that each individual should be allowed to decide at which level they desire to take the art of dance whether it is to the stage or purely for personal enrichment or fitness.

For those students desiring a daytime class opportunity, Samra (Iara Kendrick) will be offering a six-week session (Traditional Belly Dance Basics) on Thursdays, from 11am - 12noon beginning January 12.  Cost is $50.00 for the session or $10.00 per lesson… for more information: Call 775-8052/cell or 924-3940/home or email - samra40@netzero.net.

"BURLESK Revealed"  offered by Selia d'Katzmeow is a six-week burlesque teaser class on Wednesdays, from 7-8pm beginning January 11.  Cost is $50.00 for the session or $10.00 per lesson.  The session will cover the history of Burlesque up through its modern day resurgence.  Basics of fundamental movement, peel and reveal, character development, flow and progression, props and costumes, and confidence building will also be covered. (This course is for all levels...anyone who has ever been interested in learning more about the art of the tease and for those who have never even heard of it…any and all interest levels, performance skill levels, all shapes and sizes.  However, the series will be taught in progression so students will not be accepted into the class after the second week.)  For more information: Call 255-8821 or email - selia_carmichael@yahoo.com

Selia d’Katzmeow is a 15-year veteran of the stage and performs all over the USA with international traveling performance artists, satisfying her primal needs to keep it movin’ and shakin’! She has performed with and shared stages with The Coney Island Roadshow, The Koffin Kats, Big John Bates & The Voodoo Dollz, Pretty Things Peepshow, Armitage Shanks, Princess Farhana, and hundreds of other musical and vaudeville acts. She has been chosen for and participated in several burlesque festivals across the nation and continues to make traveling for inspiration her aspiration.  Selia d'Katzmeow is the creator and producer of the first and longest-running monthly Burlesk Revue in NC. She has performed in three Fringe Festivals, producing two of the shows. She is an experienced and published Model; with work in international trade-shows and magazines. The organizer of Heavy Rebel Weekender's 'Wiggle Room,’ d’Katzmeow continues to promote and produce shows, spanning from burlesque, art openings, music, and large fundraisers.