Online Belly Dance Classes - Breaking the Ice

Q: How much time should a student who enrolls for this course practice every day?

This course will require practice time outside of lessons. Time spent practicing may vary from 15 minutes per day to an hour, depending on a student’s level of interest. Students who wish to become professional dancers will need more hours of practice per day using a different set of exercises and materials than students who are seeking to learn dance as a hobby. A detailed structure of practice for each student will be discussed and explained during class.

Q: What if a student is unable to attend an upcoming class?

The student is required to inform the teacher about his/her absence from a particular session, two days prior to the class. In such a case, the teacher will reschedule the class and conduct the rescheduled class on or before the end (i.e. Saturday) of the ensuing week or some other time as may be mutually decided between the teacher and the student. In case the student fails to give two days prior notice about his/her absence to the teacher, then the decision to conduct another class for that student is completely based on the teacher’s discretion.

Q: How long will a teacher take to revert to students’ queries after class hours?

Students should get a response within 24 hours if the teacher is not preoccupied or traveling.

Q: What if the teacher wishes to reschedule a class?

In case the teacher is unavailable for the scheduled class, he/she will inform the students two days prior to the class. The teacher will conduct the rescheduled class on or before the end (i.e. Saturday) of the ensuing week or such other time as may be mutually decided between the teacher and the student.

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by Soumya Syal

12 Years Experience

Has a Senior Diploma in Bharatanatyam from the Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad (Prayagraj), and is professionally trained in Oriental Belly Dance from International artists.

US $19.2 per class |

for 1-on-1, 60 mins class

Recommended: 1 class per week | 12-16 weeks to level up

Pay as you go, 2 classes at a time

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Course Summary

Have you fancied belly dancers all your life? Watched Shakira’s videos in loops and wondered if you could ever dance like that. Well, now it’s time for you to live your dreams. This course, designed by Soumya Syal gives a perfect orientation for beginners. Belly Dance hails from the Middle East and this course preps you with all the essentials - the basic techniques, upper and lower body isolations, and shimmies. Several oriental and fusion choreographies in Arabic and Bollywood songs are also a part of the curriculum.

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Soumya Syal

Experience: 12 Years

From: India

Teacher Skill Keywords
Various Dance Styles, Bollywood Choreography, Bharatanatyam
Education
Senior Diploma in Bharatnatyam from Prayag Sangeet Samiti
B. Tech. in Computer Science from NIT Bhopal
Work Details
Software Engineer - Microsoft

About the Course

This course designed by instructor Soumya Syal introduces beginners to Oriental Belly Dancing with a focus on basic techniques -

Expressions
Muscle Awareness
Musicality
Choreography
Skeletal and Muscular mobility and flexibility

The techniques we will be learning can be broadly categorized as - Percussive, Serpentine, and Locomotor. They include

Basic hand movements and footwork
Chest isolations and Hip isolations in vertical, horizontal, and sagittal planes and their variations
Chest and hip undulations
Getting the figure of infinity using chest, hip in the horizontal plane, hip in the vertical plane (Maya), hip in vertical plane reversed (Taqsim)
Layering with footwork
Shimmies - Chest shimmy, Knee shimmy, Hip Shimmy, Twist shimmy, 3/4th shimmy, Chu-Chu shimmy

We will be incorporating these techniques and adding basic layering to them on short choreographies. Each choreography will be completed over 2 weeks. Thus, the students will learn 6-8 choreographies covering all the beginner-level belly dance techniques by the end of this course.

About the Teacher

Soumya Syal is a creative entrepreneur, dancer, choreographer, content creator, and social media influencer based in Hyderabad, India. She has a community of over 250k on YouTube and 35k on Instagram.

She started her dance journey when she was just 4 years old. She has a Senior Diploma in Bharatnatyam from the Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad (Prayagraj), and is professionally trained in Oriental Belly Dance from Payal's Dance Academy and international artists. Bollywood, Salsa, Contemporary, and Hip-Hop are some other dance forms she has trained in.

She has organized dance workshops in various cities of India including Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Leh, and Bhopal, and also choreographs private events (including Wedding/Sangeet) and corporate events.

Apart from dance, Soumya has a B.Tech. in Computer Science Engineering from NIT, Bhopal. She worked at Microsoft for 3.5 years before pursuing dance as her full-time career.