Serenity Tribal

Classes Offered

Learn to dance the Fat Chance Belly Dance method, learning and refining the basic vocabulary of movements, tribal stylization, and Middle Eastern folkloric rhythms and music. Using both slow movements and fast steps, we'll get you dancing in your first class! The beginning course teaches posture and body awareness, finger cymbals, and group formations. This class is an ongoing cycle, so feel free to drop in at any time!

Add to your dance vocabulary! Learn new moves, practice your improvisation, and increase your profiency in zils (sagat). Level 2 ATS drills the basic steps from Level 1 and adds the many variations of each that we use in this dance form. You must complete a full session of Level 1 before moving on to Level 2.

Want to get more improv in your life? Learned all the moves in Level 1 and 2 and ready to get your dance on? Come to Drills & Skills and work your ATS out. Please wear choli and 10 or 25 yard skirt to this class!

Serenity Tribal: Classes

Durrah and Nadira teach Level 1 ATS (Foundations of American Tribal Style) on Thursday evenings at 7pm at the Airotique Movement studio in Virginia Beach, located at 1181 Jensen Dr #104, off Birdneck Rd. Cost is only $10 per class. You can pay for classes online right here (please pay online if possible).

Level 2 ATS is held Tuesdays 7:45pm-8:45pm at Hipnotic Belly Dance, 139 Tilden Ave Suite F (second floor) in Chesapeake, near the Great Bridge Locks. Cost is $80 for a 6 week session, or $15 for a drop-in (contact instructor for drop-ins). Current session runs Feb 14 to Mar 20, next one will run Mar 27 to May 1. Please prepay for the session (contact Durrah or Nadira).

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Belly dance is an active and muscular dance, and a great form of exercise. Classes involve a warm up and cool down, so it is important to be dressed appropriately. Please wear something similar to gym or yoga attire. There is no rule about showing your belly in class, so wear what makes you comfortable. Please no jeans, non-stretch pants, or tight skirts, as they are too restrictive.

Level 2 ATS students are expected to wear an open-back choli and a 25 or 10 yard skirt.

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