Join us November 29th starting at 7:30pm. for another fabulous Ladies Night. Dance the night away. Make new friends. Bring your besties! We'll be celebrating our end of session, the studio's 18th birthday and the start of the Holiday season! Lots to party about!

Bring your hip scarf and wear something comfortable. Snacks, refreshments and birthday cake included.

Click here to purchase tickets online or etransfer
$22.60 per person to info@bellyup.ca 

Be sure to include full names of your friends if you are purchasing for more than one person in the message section of your payment. Their names will be added to the guest list.

Newly aspiring and experienced performers need a supportive safe space to develop their skills, try out new material and simply just be able to express their artistic voice.

The "Belly Room" concept is designed to be just that. An open performance night at the studio, created to help dance students of any level gain experience and confidence performing choreography and/or improvisation, which as we all know, is the heart and soul of Arabic dance. The event is open to dance students of any level, including Beginners.

Watch out for new about our next Belly Room event coming soon!

THE BENEFITS OF PARTCIPATING

- Gain experience performing for a live audience
- Build confidence and reduce stage fright jitters
- Experiment with new choreographic material you are working on
- Build and practice improvising skills
- Freedom to express your artistic voice
- Opportunity to receive feedback (openly or privately)

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS

You can choose to do one or two of the following:

A) Dance a full or partial choreography that you created.

B) Dance a full or partial choreography that someone else created.

C) Improvise to a song or in a style that you want to try out.

D) Try the Improv Challenge "Song Bowl"
Song names are written on folded pieces of paper, placed in a bowl and you'll pick one. You won't know what you're about to dance to until you hear the music. This is the ultimate improvisation experience. Just go with it and have fun. Free yourself and express your artistic voice.

RULES

1. You don't have to finish the entire song but you're more than welcome to. Aim for at least a minute. 
2. If you start dancing to the song and you want to start over again, just signal the DJ. Take a moment, regroup, deep breaths and start again when you're ready.
3. Before you start your dance, introduce yourself, tell us a bit about what you're going to dance or what your dance goals are. And if you want feedback from the audience, let them know.
4. The audience will have notecards and pens to jot down feedback if you want it. You'll be given the feedback cards at the end of the show so you can read the feedback privately. If you prefer to have feedback openly after your performance, we can do that too.

How to participate:

There will be limited spots for each Belly Room event. To participate email Joharah and we'll put you on the list for our first Belly Room coming this Spring.