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Oriental dance classes

PRESENTATION OF COURSES OFFERED

Cours de danse orientale

Join me, Cherine, oriental dance artist, teacher and choreographer with over 25 years of experience, from the comfort of your home with live, private, online instruction.

We can explore many styles. I offer classes for all levels ,private or small groups.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of several topics we can work on:

Accompanying and coaching you for your stage performances or competitions.
Personalized choreography creation (music of your choice or mine, at your request).
Perfecting technical work and the fundamentals of this discipline from different angles, with emphasis on: belly isolations, bust isolations, hip work, arms work, shimmies/shakes/vibrations, foot work, fluidity and coordination of mouvements, arabesques, turns and spins, posture, work on step combinations, etc…
Stage entrance, also known as magency or routine (instrumental only).
Tarab, a classical song in which emotions is transmitted by the voice, the singing (ex: Oum Kalthoum/ Abdel Halim Hafez/ Mohamed Abdal wahab etc).
Tabla solo, drum solo, percussion.
« Golden Era style ». A study of the dancers who left their mark on this era, observing their particularities and drawing inspiration from their movements.
Baladi style, a more popular and earthy dance style.
Trendy songs and love songs, for example : Amr Diab, Shereen, Fadel Shaker, Nancy Ajram , Ruby, etc.
Work on the musicality, rythtms, instruments and how to use them.
The keys to improvisation (both on CDs or with a live orchestra).

Prices

Private class: 40 euros per hour.
Small-group work : Please contact me by email
Personalized choreography : Please contact me by email.
You would like to organize a Workshop with Cherine : Please contact me by email

Join me, Cherine, oriental dance artist, teacher and choreographer with over 25 years of experience, from the comfort of your home with live, private, online instruction.

We can explore many styles. I offer classes for all levels ,private or small groups.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of several topics we can work on:

  • Accompanying and coaching you for your stage performances or competitions
  • Personalized choreography creation (music of your choice or mine, at your request)
  • Perfecting technical work and the fundamentals of this discipline from different angles, with emphasis on: belly isolations, bust isolations, hip work, arms work, shimmies/shakes/vibrations, foot work, fluidity and coordination of mouvements, arabesques, turns and spins, posture, work on step combinations, etc…
  • Stage entrance, also known as magency or routine (instrumental only).
  • Tarab, a classical song in which emotions is transmitted by the voice, the singing (ex: Oum Kalthoum/ Abdel Halim Hafez/ Mohamed Abdal wahab etc).
  • Tabla solo, drum solo, percussion.
  • « Golden Era style ». A study of the dancers who left their mark on this era, observing their particularities and drawing inspiration from their movements.
  • Baladi style, a more popular and earthy dance style.
  • Trendy songs and love songs, for example : Amr Diab, Shereen, Fadel Shaker, Nancy Ajram , Ruby, etc.
  • Work on the musicality, rythtms, instruments and how to use them.
  • The keys to improvisation (both on CDs or with a live orchestra).

Prices