The best belly dancing classes in NYC

Want to learn belly dancing, but unsure where to start? Consider enrolling in a beginner belly dancing class. In courses like this one, you’ll learn what makes belly dancing unique and how it can be a solid fitness activity in addition to a sensual dance. You’ll get to practice basic routines and you’ll have the chance to start thinking about how you can make your dances unique to your own desires.

After you’ve gotten the basics of belly dancing down, you may find that there are certain techniques that you want to improve upon or practice to integrate into your routines. In this technique booster course, you’ll have a chance to get personalized instruction and feedback on whatever aspects of belly dancing are giving you problems (or piques your interests). Each week, you’ll work on a different technique (including shimmy/ figure 8's/ undulations/ arms etc.), meaning that you can enroll in multiple classes to start shaping your own routines and your own belly dancing skill set.

This introductory course gives students the chance to learn basic belly dancing techniques and how to combine those techniques into sensual and fast-paced dances that they can use to impress on the dance floor. All of the moves will be broken down for you, so you can learn them as individual components in a step-by-step process where instructors provide guidance and feedback. Then, you’ll learn how to string individual techniques together to create basic routines. In addition to in-class training, you’ll also get access to video guides that will help you practice the step-by-step techniques.

Once you’ve gotten the basics out of the way, it is time to move onto an intermediate class and start working with more expressive and complex belly dancing techniques. You’ll cover several musical styles commonly associated with belly dance and you’ll learn the art and science of body kinesthetics as you do dancing drills and learn how to take your belly dancing skills to the next level.

Step into the world of belly dance in this introductory course designed to make this sensual and rhythmic dance accessible to everyone. You’ll learn basic moves and techniques that will not only help you develop impressive dance skills but also firm up your body and help sculpt lean belly muscles as you get a workout dancing. This course aims to provide an authentic belly dancing experience and show that everyone can learn to belly dance without too much difficulty.

Continue making your belly dance routines more elaborate and personalized by adding props. Using props like finger cymbals, veils, fan veils, and canes, you’ll add dynamic elements to your routines and discover the myriad of different ways you can enhance your dancing through prop work. You’ll get training in how to use each prop, how to incorporate them into routines and how to decide what props are the best fit for your performance goals.

This advanced belly dancing clinic will have you dancing full sets to master the art of shimmying and learn the process of personalized belly dance choreography. You’ll dance to classic Middle Eastern-inspired music and contemporary modern hip-hop, demonstrating the breadth of dance routines you can master once you have advanced training. Learn to add flair to your moves and receive personalized feedback on your style in this advanced belly dancing course.

Once you have the basics down, you can start learning more advanced techniques and start choreographing your own dances and routines. This advanced course is a great place to learn how to align your dance with the music, how to select the right music for your purposes and how to take your techniques to the next level. Students will get personalized feedback and guidance from experienced instructors as they start to personalize their belly dancing experience.

SharQui is an emerging popular style of fitness dance that blends the fast-paced movements of a workout routine with the focused movements of belly dance. In this course, you’ll get a high-intensity workout design to improve posture and coordination and work the belly and hip muscles to tone and shape your form. Don’t miss out on this chance to combine an accessible dance lesson with a sweat-inducing workout.

If your main goal in learning belly dancing is sculpting your muscles, losing weight and building endurance and coordination, consider taking your workout to the next level in this advanced SharQui belly dance workout. Even faster and more up-tempo than regular belly dancing this style aims to combine a fitness workout with traditional, authentic belly dancing techniques. You’ll do drills aimed to improve your belly dancing skills and you’ll learn techniques that you can apply to choreographed routines, all while burning calories and working up a sweat as part of a high-intensity dance routine.