Belly Dance! - A Total Body Workout for Beginners (Udemy.com)
Increase your Fitness While Gaining Skills in the Beautiful Art of the Belly Dance
Created by: Daleela Morad
Last updated January 2019
What you will learn
- Gain a 25 minute belly dance, cardio workout
- Strengthen your core, tone overall body muscles
- Gain a repertoire of basic belly dance moves: hip circles, figure 8s, upper body moves, arms, hands, shimmies & traveling steps
- Shed pounds dancing graceful, belly dance moves
- Gain confidence, posture, grace and coordination
- Become the most fit and beautiful you
How it compares
Against the other 662 rated Udemy courses in Health & Fitness on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 49% of them
- Reviews52#588 of 663 by number of reviews
- Length1.4 hoursshorter than 76% of them
- Last updatedJanuary 2019earlier than 84% of them
Course Description
This course is organized in three major sections:
In the first section, you will increase your strength, tone, posture and coordination, while gaining a repertoire of basic belly dance movements
By the end of the second section, you will be dancing 8 different traveling combinations
Once you are dancing the first two section moves with relative ease, you will graduate to the third and final, Cardio Section of the workout. Here you will belly dance non-stop to gain cardio endurance
By the end of this course, you will gain in fitness through a great belly dance Cardio Workout, while simultaneously gaining artful skills in the beautiful, time-honored art of the belly dance
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
52 Reviews
Daleela Morad
Daleela Morad has been teaching the time-honored art of the belly dance for over 20 years and performing for almost 30 years. She is the recipient of the prestigious "Elly Award" which honors outstanding achievement in the Dramatic Arts. She has trained with various master teachers in Egypt, the motherland of the belly dance. Daleela holds a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and a Minor in Music. In her classes, books and DVDs, she fuses her expertise in both psychology and dance to present belly dance as therapy for body, mind and soul.
Daleela started belly dancing as a freshman at the University of California, Davis. This ancient art helped her balance a heavy academic workload with a low impact physical activity that she soon discovered was more than meets the eye. She discovered that this dance form was also emotionally and psychologically therapeutic, because it helped to counteract the masculinizing effects of what is still in essence a patriarchal culture. Daleela discovered the opportunity to connect to her feminine curves, a sensuality she didn't know she possessed, and to an ancient past when women danced with other women in a culture that nurtured sisterhood. This brought considerable balance and fun to the otherwise stressful effects of living in a fast paced world.
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Reviews
By Soraya Sacaan Maturana on 4/14/2023
This is one of the best belly dance courses I have seen online. Daleela is an amazing teacher. She goes from the simplest steps to the most advanced in an evolutionary way which makes it very easy to learn.
By Shanoka Reza on 5/1/2021
It was a good course. I could learn the basics and ejoyed a lot! Also this course made me interested to learn more.
By Vesna P. on 1/19/2021
I went through the course just once and enjoyed learning the steps. Daleela really knows how to explain each one well, but it was a bit difficult to hear some parts of the video. I'm looking forward to linking the steps into a smoother dance/fitness routine.
By Leah Simpson on 1/7/2021
I'm having fun already. I wish she had a microphone on, though. At some points, I feel like she is difficult to hear.
By Zeynep Gülay on 1/3/2021
Güzel beklediğim gib ancak altyazılar yardımcı değil. Hem yanlış yazılmış hem de instructorın ayaklarını görmemiz lazım
By Avi Kyan on 7/14/2019
This is the first online belly dance course that I feel I'm actually learning it! It feels even more natural than in-person belly dance classes. ~Can't be thankful enough Daleela
By Sachiko C on 5/13/2019
This course is great so far! I am a total beginner who owned one belly dancing DVD previously. I did not complete the DVD because it was too hard for me. I like your course much better :) Thank you!
By Patti Blaylock on 1/10/2019
Very good course. Perfect for beginners or to review if you haven't danced in a long time. Daleela gives clear instructions and demonstrates from all sides so you really get a sense of the movement. Great video!
By Andrea Martinez on 1/4/2019
Daleela patiently broke down the steps and was easy to understand. I enjoyed the cardio section because it was just right for a beginner. It wasn’t too difficult and yet I got a great workout!
By Joaquin on 1/4/2019
I thoroughly enjoyed this course because it was easy to follow, the teacher gave good instructions and she spoke clearly and slowly. I liked that she demonstrated the moves from different angles. I’m a beginner, so that was very helpful...Jackie
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Overall Score : 92 / 100






