NEW CLASS! Embrace a chance to express yourself in a whole new way, drawing on the engaging music of the Middle East and the beautiful grace of bellydance. Learn how to use your hips, torso, arms, and feet to create movements your body has never done before. Each class incorporates the disciplined practice of muscular breakdowns to increase your fitness level and fuse the movements into your body, while also piecing together a choreography to keep it interesting and fun. Classes will end with a shimmy session to work your legs and get your heart pumping. Come discover the power of a dance form rooted in ancient times, and you too can unlock the bellydancer inside you!

Room: Gymnasium • Kaylin • Tuition: $69 per person

Kaylin is a Middle Eastern dancer from the Central MA area. She has studied with a variety of local teachers such as Melina of Daughters of Rhea and has attended numerous workshops with experts in the field. Kaylin is part of the professional dance troupe, Troupe Moirae which specializes in modern styles of bellydance such as tribal improvisation and tribal fusion. As a soloist, Kaylin’s main focus is American style cabaret with Egyptian style influence, traditional bellydance that blends various regional forms as well as being especially influenced by the precision and earthy stylization specific to Egypt. She loves the study of Middle Eastern dance, both for the unique flavor of the movements and music, and for the depth of culture involved in its evolution. From her first bellydance class she was hooked and she continues to take great joy from being a performer, teacher, and student. She encourages women to see for themselves how transformative, challenging, and joy filled the experience of learning to bellydance can be!
 

No need to sit on the sidelines when you can be up on the dance floor. Line dancing is a great way to exercise and have fun. Step sheets will be provided for each dance. All new dances each semester except Electric Slide, Tush Push, and Boot Scootin Boogie. No partner needed, men welcome. Sign up today. Class fills up quickly!

Room: Gymnasium • Bob & Maurene Davis  • Tuition: $69 per person

Bob and Maurene Davis have been dancing seriously for many years. They dance several nights a week and continue to take workshops in couple, partner, and line dancing.

These 8 week workshops, as in all other ballroom dance workshops, are designed to focus solely on one dance – teaching style, technique and footwork in a fun and easy setting. Approximately 10 steps will be taught in each dance, following a pattern for easy recognition. Whether you have danced before or are just a beginner – you will love this workshop! Partners are strongly suggested, as are comfortable and dance appropriate shoes.

Room: Gymnasium • Carole Ann Baer •  Tuition: $119 per couple

Carole-Ann Baer has been in the ballroom dance track since the late 70’s. Dancing with Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire Dance studios, she has also danced with the world champion ballroom dance formation team at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where she studied dance. She currently works at Brandeis University and The Thoreau Club as a dance instructor. She has choreographed numbers for a swing show with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops and is currently choreographer for the Curtis Middle School Theater Troupe in Sudbury. Her recent plays she has worked on have been Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie and Anything Goes. She has also placed first in several competitions over the years in American style Waltz, Fox Trot, Swing, Cha-Cha, Quickstep and Rumba.