Belly dance in East Lothian, Belly Dancing in Haddington and Tranent

This page contains items about belly dancing and hafla events in Haddington, Tranent and other parts of East Lothian, and in Edinburgh.

New Bellydance Classes In Edinburgh for 2010

Edinburgh Weekly Bellydance Classes
with Award Winning Bellydancer Fereshteh Hosseini

Improvers and Intermediates Bellydance Classes.

Learning and understanding the 4 main types of Arabic dance. These classes are suitable for improvers and intermediates. The class will focus on learning new moves, and combinations while working on posture and being relaxed.
Date: Tues 19th Jan 2010 (6wk block)
Time: 7-8pm

Location:The Guilty Lily Bar Function Room, 282 Bonnington Road, Edinburgh
Cost: £5 per class, total price for 6 week block £30

or earlybird price by 8th Jan for 6wk course = £24 (£4 per class)

For more info contact Fereshteh at www.fereshteh.co.uk

Places will be limited, so please contact Fereshteh in advance if interested in joining etc... If the 6 week block of classes is paid in advance it will be cheaper than paying on the door. Contact me now for more info...

Beginners Bellydance Classes

Learning some bellydance moves and putting them together, to make a small routine. Learning the basics of this loveley artform of Bellydance. A fun exciting class.

Come along and join inthe fun!
Date: Thurs 21st Jan 2010 (6wk block)
Time: 7-8pm

Location:The City Cafe, 19 Blair Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QR
Cost: £5 per class, total price for 6 week block £30

or earlybird price by 8th Jan for 6wk course = £24 (£4 per class)

For more info contact Fereshteh at www.fereshteh.co.uk

Improvers and Intermediates Bellydance Classes.

Location:The City Cafe, 19 Blair Street, Edinburgh EH1 1QR
Cost: £5 per class, total price for 6 week block £30

or earlybird price by 8th Jan for 6wk course = £24 (£4 per class)

For more info contact Fereshteh at www.fereshteh.co.uk

Edinburgh Hafla

Hafla/Team Building Event
Date:Sat 13th Feb
Time: 7-11pm
cost: £4

Location: Guilty Lily Pub, 284 Bonnington Road, Edinburgh

For more info contact Fereshteh at www.fereshteh.co.uk
Tickets should be bought in advance to avoid disappointment

Workshop in Glasgow with Fereshteh Hosseini
Learn from the Best, From an Award Winning Dancer!

Date: Sat 27th Feb 2010
Time: 2-4pm
Location:The White Studios 410-412, Templeton on the Green, 62 Templeton Street, Glasgow, G40 1DA
Level: Open Level, (thou maybe challenging)
Cost: Earlybird price £12 if booked by Feb 1st. After Feb 1st workshop costs £15

This workshop will focus on co-ordination, and the layering of moves. A class that beginners can attend, while more advanced dancers can layer the same move, making it more complex for themselves. This then allows one to be more exciting in their dance, and choose whether they wish to use a move in a simplistic or complex way.

For more info contact Fereshteh at www.fereshteh.co.uk

or email: the_fereshteh@yahoo.co.uk
Places will be limited, so get in contact NOW!

Click on picture above to see Suzanne performing a veil dance to Una Música Brutal by Gotan Project - music from the CD La Revancha del Tango, available on Amazon.

Hafla in Argyll ---- “Watch my hips”

Amanda Fearn, a local belly dancer, organised the weekend. All the hard work and time she must have put into arranging the event really paid off as everyone who attended had a great time. Certainly the group from Haddington had a most enjoyable and instructive weekend.

First there was a 3-hour workshop with Kay Taylor (aka Farida). Kay’s tuition is so skilled and friendly that the time passed too quickly. Amazingly we all (well nearly all) learned a new dance to a techno version of the classic tune Enta Omri. Video of the dance is available on You Tube - link below.

The Hafla was superb. The dancers from both near and far displayed a very varied selection of styles and techniques. Everything from tribal to sword dance! Farida was the star of the show and we all envied her talent, style and grace.

Our group also showed our various talents. Suzanne performed a classic cabaret dance. Carol and Margaret performed an impromptu and impressive veil dance and Flame donned a pink wig and feathers for a freestyle performance to “Minnie the Moocher”! Flame likes to call this style “A trifle confusion”.

Unfortunately the music for our group dance refused to play so our veil dance “Tango” will have to be performed at a future time.

The Hafla also featured a beautiful fashion show by Farida and there was an opportunity to purchase the costumes from the Souk.

There was a raffle at which Carol and Flame both won prizes and a very filling buffet.

The evening came to a close in carnival fashion with salsa and a conga led by a mysterious carnival horse!

On Sunday we had another class with Kay. This time the emphasis was on more classical style and although exhausting after the night before we all found it very motivating and I think we all mastered at least a few new moves.

We all had a splendid weekend are already practising for next year when we hope Amanda will organise another event.

Flame's first solo appearance at the RAQS Britannia event in Blackpool can be seen by clicking below

Click on picture above to see Suzanne performing a veil dance to Una Música Brutal by Gotan Project - music from the CD La Revancha del Tango, available on Amazon.

Hafla in Argyll ---- “Watch my hips”