Classes

Learn the art of Bellydance!
Why Wait? Alexia offers classes at several convenient locations! Anyone can learn!

If you're new to the art of Bellydance, then check out the Basics class information below. Or maybe you have just moved here from another city and would like to continue to learn? You can find information on advanced classes by clicking on Levels 2 & 3 or Intermediate/Advanced. Also below is information regarding private classes and workshops. Please do not forget to read about important class information at the bottom of the page.

Please email Alexia for more information on available classes: Alexia@alexia-dance.com

"Dance is a metaphor for life. As we are born, we are destined to move in life through time and space. As we learn to dance, we are also learning to move through time and space. Thus, the process of learning to dance can bring us information about living our lives, if we allow it to. We can learn how to move through our lives with fearless autonomy, grace and spirit; to flow with the melody line, be in the stillness or ride the chaos; to overcome the fear that puts us on the sidelines. We can listen to the voice in our head that says,
I CAN DANCE!" ~ Author Unknown

Bellydance Basics Class

BELLYDANCE BASICS CLASS
Tuesday @ 6-7pm
Alcoa Hwy

BELLYDANCE BASICS CLASS
Thursday@ 8:30 - 9:30pm
West Knoxville

Bellydance Basics is a technique and fitness-oriented class that offers a solid foundation for developing a graceful dance style. Students learn basic hip and arm movements, head slides, basic traveling steps and turns, and basic combinations for dancing at home and socially. No previous dance training is necessary. No two sessions are identical, so students may remain in bellydance basics as long as desired and still learn new movements.

Level 2

Level 2 & 3
Thursday@6:15pm
Alcoa Hwy

- layered traveling steps (including shimmies!)
- undulations forward and reverse
- advanced variations on figure 8's and mayas
- learn to play cymbals
- veil work
- choreography
Plus, learn how to blend the movements together into combinations for improve!

Intermediate and Advanced

Tuesday@7:15pm
Alcoa Hwy

In this class students will learn:
Choreographies
Transitions
Veil Dancing
The Art of Takseem and Ciftetelli
The Art of Improvisation
The History and Technique of Playing Finger Cymbals
Turns, Spins, Directional Changes and Floor Patterns
Crisp and Powerful Hip, Pelvic Full Body Undulations
Cane dancing

Private Workshops & Classes

Let Alexia put together a workshop for you or these can be covered in a series of privates to get you ready for club dates and private parties!

So You Wanna be a Star - a two day intensive on how to put on a professional show, how to add polish to your show, how to promote yourself, appropriate costuming for your body type, stage make-up, how to achieve the total look and optional video critique of each participant.

Drum solo - including the elements of a great drum solo, sword dancing, and cane.

Private lessons $40

2 hours WORKSHOPS $35 per person

Class Information

GIFT CERTIFICATES are always available!
FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AND NON TRANSFERABLE. No exceptions!
We accept Cash, Paypal, and Checks
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$35 fee on returned checks

Middle Eastern Belly Dance with Alexia
Belly dance is a Western term for a traditional Arab dance genre known as raqs sharqi literally ("oriental dance") or sometimes raqs baladi literally "dance of country", and so ("folk" dance). It is also sometimes called "Middle Eastern Dance" or the "Arabic Dance" in the United States. Native to the Middle East, and now popular worldwide, belly dance takes many different regional forms, both in costume and dance style, indicating that distinctive dance moves may have been transported to these regions and incorporated with local dance styles.

Important Class Information
You CAN NOT carry over the missed classes over the next term or session. Missed Classes May be made up within the current 8 week term, but cannot be carried over to the next term... no exceptions!