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Learn How to Belly Dance: Complete Guide from A to Z (Udemy.com)

Discover your inner goddess in a fun 17-hour belly dance journey guided by award-winning dancer Iana Komarnytska.

4.6
536 reviews

Created by: Iana Komarnytska

Last updated May 2021

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What you will learn

  • Various belly dance movements: shimmies, belly rolls, hips movements, undulations, chest isolations, and many others!
  • Basic belly dance rhythms, fundamentals of dancing with a veil, related folklore styles, and other things that are essential to know right from the beginning.
  • Skills to put all learnt movements into dance combinations, and simply enjoy dancing to the music.
  • Knowledge to understand music, costume fashion, essential parts of a belly dance show, and cultural environment of this dance.
  • Full belly dance routine (drum solo choreography).

How it compares

Against the other 418 rated Udemy courses in Lifestyle on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 47% of them
  • Reviews536#155 of 419 by number of reviews
  • Length17.3 hourslonger than 97% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2021earlier than 65% of them

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Course Description

Belly dance is a fascinating art form that started in the Middle East, but today it is practiced all across the globe by people of all shapes, sizes and ages.
Through belly dance you can train muscles that no other activity can reach, strengthen your core, develop flexibility and achieve graceful and fluid body coordination. Moreover, belly dance will give you benefits beyond just physical ones, such as a boost in self-confidence, reconnecting your mind with your body and practicing self-love and self-care.
My name is Iana Komarnytska. I came to my first belly dance class 16 years ago, and I had no idea it would change my life so much. Today Im a full-time award winning professional dancer and choreographer, and I have been teaching and performing belly dance in many countries around the world. I created this course with one thought in my mind: to create the resource I wish I had when I was starting my belly dance journey! The result is a complete belly dance guide for beginners, with over 100 video tutorials teaching you step-by-step all basic movements (shimmies, belly rolls, circles, undulations and more), in more than 14 hours of dance practice, lectures, drills and combinations. This course is ideal for those who never had any experience in belly dance, or even dance in general, as well as for those who may have already began their belly dance journey and want to take their skills to the next level with solid foundations.
I designed this course in a simple manner that you can adapt to your needs, whether you have only 15 mins or several hours to practice. Each section combines a related group of movements with a detailed explanation of each one, and a summary dance combination to practice new skills. You will also get an overview of the most important rhythms, folklore styles, principles of dancing with veil, and dozens of dance combinations for polishing your technique.
Our final sections consist of dance practice to four different types of belly dance songs, and learning a complete belly dance routine to an exciting drum solo music. In addition, you will find several bonus sections with lectures about topics related to belly dance such as costumes, props, music, and the cultural environment of this dance, as well as resources to continue your belly dance learning.
By the end of the course you will be able not only to perform all major belly dance moves such as hip drops, undulations, figure 8, and maya, but also layer them on top of different shimmies, perform to specific rhythms, and even to incorporate some props into your dance.
All you need to begin is to be interested in exploring the beauty of dance, transforming your body and spirit with a fun physical activity, and learning to appreciate and love yourself.
What are you waiting for? Jump in and start belly dancing today.
Who this course is for:
Complete beginners.
Continuing students (1-3 years of practice) who know some basics but want to push their technique to the next level.
Read More Beginner Beginner Level product length iconTime: 17.3h

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Instructor Details

Iana Komarnytska

Iana Komarnytska is an award-winning dancer and choreographer based between Canada & Ukraine, specializing in Middle Eastern and Central Asian dance styles. Her multiple awards include Cairo by Cyprus 2015, Star Bellydancer Canada 2014, Spark Dance Competition (Canada, 2012); Belly Dance Championship Bastet (Ukraine, 2009), and many others. Over the last few years Iana has taught and performed in dozens of countries including Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Ukraine, USA, Cyprus, Hungary and others.
Iana is a graduate from professional dance program of York University, as well as the first dancer and choreographer who started using Triple Isis wings, and since 2012 it is one of her style signatures. She is the author and producer of several training video series, DVD The Art of Belly Dance Choreography in collaboration with historian and musician Dr. George Sawa, host of the Belly Dance Life Podcast, lead dancer of the Blue Dot Ensemble, and an active blogger and participant of the international belly dance community.

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4.6

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By Ibtisam musallam aljohani on 12/13/2020

Loved it

By Chassidy Wright on 10/27/2020

Yes!! Amazing Teacher!

By Roslin T. Castell on 10/13/2020

Yelena is sweet and the course has a ton of really good material. However, I would have liked a little more break down/explanation of some of the moves. I wound up having to watch videos on YouTube to get more clarity on the exact details of some of the moves.

By Aliceson luther on 8/15/2020

Easy to understand

By Clara Fischl on 8/13/2020

really good course!

By Jordan Wilkins on 8/12/2020

Fantastic course! Would recommend to anyone wanting to learn how to belly dance. Iana explains everything really well and each video is full of helpful tips for performing each move.

By Lilian Catalan on 8/9/2020

Excelente!!!!! me encant

By Christina on 7/27/2020

Absolutely. Iana is an amazing teacher who is patient and explains in a simple way.

By Nimue on 7/5/2020

Great selection of moves, really comprehensive.

By Debra Webster on 6/27/2020

I am super excited to learn more

By Simona Evoli on 6/20/2020

Amazing course very well organized and taught

By Reetta Lehtonen on 6/18/2020

Love it! :)

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Learn How to Belly Dance: Complete Guide from A to Z
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  • Price: $39.99
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  • Updated: icon May 2021
  • Level: Beginner Beginner
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