Level 1: Foundations of FCBD® Style Bellydance
with Petra

Level 1: Foundations of FCBD® Style Bellydance

This course is designed for beginners and experienced dancers alike! 

In this class, you will learn the basics of the FCBD® Style Bellydance vocabulary, posture and group dynamics. The foundation movements are the base upon which this format is built. Although these movements are often described as “The Basics” they are by no means simple, and even advanced students are encouraged to repeat this class. In nearly all classes, we cover a slow movement then a fast movement along with basic formations, zill (finger cymbal) patterns.  We also cover some aspects of chorus dynamics. 

This series is based around the families of "fast," or rhythmic movements of FatChance format, and each section lasts about six weeks.  During the first week of the section, we start with the foundational move, and, over a few weeks, you will build your knowledge of the move as we dive in, examine it, and learn/execute variations on it.  It gets more fun as we progress!

In addition to the "fast" move taught, a "slow," or arrhythmic, move, is taught in each class.  We don't really have families of slow moves, so we just cycle through all of them on a recurring basis.

It's really not!  Just come in and enjoy learning the moves being taught.  You'll fit right in...if a picture is worth a thousand words, doing a dance movement is worth a hundred thousand!