Fall Quarter Belly Dance Class -- Register Now, Get 50% Off Private Coaching!

If you've been thinking of starting or continuing your belly dance journey, NOW IS THE TIME! Exciting belly dance class options for fall quarter....all on Tuesday evenings in the Ravenna area of Seattle.

Classes listed below begin this week. Register for any of them before Tuesday, September 23rd, and I'll give you a private one-hour, one-on-one training session at a 50% discount! (Normally $40/hour). An exclusive offer to Biznik members only (for now) and a perfect package to accelerate your skill level!

EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCE WORKOUT 7:30-8:45, 9/16-10/28 (7 weeks) - $79 Those wishing to build a solid technical foundation for their art form, advanced beginner-intermediate. Lots of drilling with patterns and short combinations to build vocabulary and accurate muscle memory, and at a brisk pace. http://class.seattle.gov/parks/Activities/ActivitiesCourseDetails.asp?aid=168&cid=33344

Plus Three-Tuesday special topics series' throughout the quarter...

VEIL (Sept. 16-30, 6:30-7:30) Invigorate your dance with emotion. Universal and timeless, the infinitely creative possibilities of veil with movement have inspired dancers of many genres. Using principles of alignment and basic elements of belly dance, you will study technical execution while exploring multiple approaches that can be tailored to your choice of movement expression. http://class.seattle.gov/parks/Activities/ActivitiesCourseDetails.asp?aid=168&cid=33568

LIVE DANCER-DRUM SOLOS, co-instructed with Jane Hall (Oct 7-21, 6:15-7:30) Don't miss this rare opportunity to study the art of communication between dancer and drummer, with percussionist Jane Hall of House of Tarab! This intensive series will cover interpretation of rhythms and accents, guidelines of improvisation, composition and story, transitions, common patterns, and the primal synergy between audience, musician, and dancer. http://class.seattle.gov/parks/Activities/ActivitiesCourseDetails.asp?aid=168&cid=33343

FINGER CYMBALS FOR BELLY DANCERS (Dec. 2-15, 7:30-8:45) Incorporate this joyful percussive instrument ("Zills"-Turkey, "Sagat"-Egypt) effectively into your dance and supersize your performance! Develop the coordination to dance and play simultaneously with grace and fluidity. As a dancer-percussionist playing selectively to compliment both music and dance, learn positioning, tonality, rhythms/counter rhythms, and patterns. http://class.seattle.gov/parks/Activities/ActivitiesCourseDetails.asp?aid=168&cid=33349

Register online via the URL links provided below each topic, or by phone at (206) 684-7534

Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center (behind Third Place Books) 6535 Ravenna Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98115

For more info go to: www.planetsuzanna.com/classes