Oriental dance
(bellydance)
It's a fascinating variety - from sensual, gentle movements of the hands and hips to strong and cheerful folklore to the heavy beat of the drums.
Oriental dance
Oriental dance (Arabic: raqs sharqi ), popularly known as belly dance, comes from the Middle East, its main center is Egypt. It includes a wide variety of dance forms that vary in style and costumes depending on the region. Contrary to the popular name, the whole body works during the dance - not only with the hips, but also with the hands, chest and even hair. The varied qualities of the movements are fascinating: tremors, soft, octal and circular movements, sharp accents and isolations, complex and dynamic steps, head and wrist movements - all these spectacular elements intertwine and overlap in dance, giving amazing possibilities for complex interpretations of music and emotional expression.
Raqs sharqi includes a wealth of styles and varieties: from emotional classics danced to traditional Arabic songs, through juicy baladi to accordion sounds, coquettish, casual street shaabs, spectacular drum solo to the sound of a drum, show with props such as voile, wings of Isis, sword or saggats, to folklore dances, including the popular saidi danced with an assaya (staff), hagallah, ghawazee and many others. Oriental dance also includes its modern, western varieties such as FCBD® (FatChanceBellyDance®), which is based on group improvisation, and tribal fusion, danced to contemporary, often non-oriental music. This dance allows every person, regardless of age and build, to love and enjoy their body.
With time, it shapes the figure and strengthens the muscles, and teaches you to move gracefully every day.
Do you want to learn belly dancing? Or are you especially interested in Egyptian folklore dances? I cordially invite you, take a look at my schedule.
Persian dance
The neoclassical Persian dance * is a beautiful, subtle, light and airy dance style reminiscent of a princess from eastern fairy tales. Deeply rooted in Persian aesthetics, the intricate hand gestures and body poses are applied to the spacious steps and subtle work of the hips, together with the dancer's facial expressions, creating an expressive and beautiful whole.
The concept of "Persian dance", however, hides a whole wealth of various dance styles: coquettish, slightly heavy and lazy Kajar dance, cheerful dance to Persian pop, folklore dances of Iran (e.g. energetic Bandari, cheerful Qasemabadi from Gilan or Baba Karam).
Do you want to learn Persian dance? Write to me - I am not running Persian dance groups yet, but I will put you in touch with Apsara Afsanesara, my long-time teacher :)
* (also called classical Persian dance - the terminology is not clear here, as all attempts to classify and categorize this dance are still a very new thing :) More information on this subject can be found in the book "The Art of Persian Dance" by Shaharzad Khorsandi, one of the most important contemporary Persian dancers.) <3
Chinese dance
Chinese dance is an extremely niche dance in Poland. I was delighted with this form of art and, as soon as it was possible to teach it in Poland, I began to discover its diversity and richness rooted in a centuries-old tradition. Before I knew it, I became a member of the first Chinese dance group in Poland - Liu Yi Lan :)
I have been learning Chinese dance for only 2 years, so I do not teach this style, but if you want to start your adventure with Chinese dance - write to me - I will contact you with Emilia Potocka, my Chinese dance teacher :)