Weekly classes for teenagers & adults in Brussels

  • Discover a form of belly dance that strengthens and respects the body, and that combines the pleasure of dancing to the benefits of a work out.
  • Develop your coordination skills by Learning to isolate your movements and then combine them in layers.
  • Sharpen your sense of rhythm and musicality to mesmerising middle-eastern sounds.
  • Initiate yourself to an ancient art, from a modern angle, and in a feminine way!

SCHEDULE 2019-2020 

Rythm & Dance Poséidon - Tuesday & Thursday evenings
www.poseidon.wslw.be/rythm-dance
@ Complexe sportif Poséidon (Metro: Tomberg)
Avenue des Vaillants 2, 1200 Woluwé-Saint-Lambert - ground floor studio on the right as you enter the building. 
  • Tuesdays:
    • 6.00-7.30pm: modern belly dance - beginner
      A modern vision of belly dance, based on the Suhaila Salimpour format, focused on coordination and muscular strengthening.​
    • 7.30-9.00pm: modern belly dance - level 3  (prerequisite: knowledge of Suhaila & Jamila level 2 materials, including cymbals, so minimum 3 years of classes with a Salimpour trained teacher).
  • Thursdays: beginner classes
    • 6.00-7.30pm: modern belly dance - level 2 (prerequisite: knowledge of Suhaila & Jamila level 1 materials, including cymbals, so minimum 2 years of classes with a Salimpour trained teacher).
    • 8.00-9.30pm: modern belly dance - level 1 (prerequisite: knowledge of the modern belly dance beginner class so at least one year with a Salimpour trained teacher).
    • Students are encouraged to start in September but it is still possible to join the Thursday classes in the course of the year, until the end February, when registrations are closed. 
  • Visit this link to the choreographies of the Poséidon end of year show to see what the result looks like!
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PEDAGOGY
Maëlle's classes are structured on the Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour formats and class structure, including a specific warm-up, technique, vocabulary, and nomenclature. 
They are organized in three parts: 
  1. warm-up and muscle strengthening,
  2. break-down of a specific movement and drills around the room, 
  3. dance combo & stretching.
Dancers of all age range and physical conditions are welcome. If you are pregnant, please see your doctor first before resuming any physical activity. The Jamila Salimpour method is used for teaching how to play finger cymbals.
The Suhaila Salimpour format is very different from other belly dance styles so dancers without Suhaila Salimpour experience must start in level 1, regardless of their belly dance experience. ​

​REGISTRATIONS & PRICES
  • At the Poséidon cashier, before the class
    NB: please plan for queuing time.
  • You have to pay for the first class, i.e. no free trial (a free trial class is organized the first week of September)
  • 1h30 classes: 16€/class, 135€/10-class card.
  • Special price for 15-18 year old teenagers: 185€/semester, 295€/year.
  • 10-class cards are valid for 4 months.

WHAT TO WEAR
Yoga/dance pants and a tight T-shirt, no skirts and no belts with coins or beads. Bare feet.

For more information, don't hesitate to contact Maëlle.