Classes

Hello, Dance Fans! Finally!!  The tech issues (incurred due to ZOOM’s upgraded platform last spring) have been resolved, so Tuesday Class can resume, starting THIS Tuesday September 2, 2025.

• Class start time is changing from 7 PM Eastern Daylight Time (Eastern Time after Nov 2) to 6:30 PM
• The class is still one and a half hours of Morocco’s famous warm up followed by drills, combinations, and exploration of various Middle Eastern music genres.
• NO inflation here!  Per class price is still $25, with discounts available with subscriptions.  (Scroll down for price and payment information).
• All levels welcome:  Warm up is body friendly and includes most of the movement vocabulary.
• Open to requests and suggestions (best provided prior to class via email, or come to class 10 minutes early to discuss.)
• Cultural information included when possible as appropriate to music and movement being presented.
• Classes or parts thereof may be recorded from time to time, for possible future uploading to a streaming platform.  Notice will always be given prior to recording, and participants’ images will not be visible on the recordings. 

All levels welcome! Enjoy a variety of music from all over the Middle East, as well as cultural information to inform your dance. Explore the infinite movement combinations within this expressive dance vocabulary, and make it yours!

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SO: Going Forward: Tuesday evenings on ZOOM START TIME is 6:30 PM ending at 8:00 PM EDT/ET.

Same 1 1/2 hour class!

Same price since before COVID: NO inflation here! Scroll down for pricing and payment information.

Class Description:

Classes provide body friendly movements that benefit beginners as well as advanced dancers: this is a social dance where it comes from! Technique and expression challenges for all levels!

All Classes begin with Morocco’s famous 34 minute Warmup, which starts with 5 minutes of initial stretching plus 14 minutes of slow Oriental movement vocabulary, working ergonomically from the larger outer muscles into the smaller inner muscles.  This is followed by 19 minutes of hip articulations including drops, lifts, infinities, undulations, twists, quivers, shimmies, and more.  This Warmup is key to your body’s absorption of the Oriental technique (the language of the dance)!

After the Warmup, a rotation of material is presented, including themes such as: technique breakdown and drills; useful combinations and smooth transitions; shimmy technique and variations; arms, framing, and presentation; hearing and expressing the emotional content of the music; cultural context; choreography; and more. Sometimes we just have fun and party!

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NOTE: Our SUNDAY 2 1/2 Hour Dance Workshop Series on ZOOM is currently paused. Look for new offerings in the Spring of 2026! Weekly Tuesday Classes will be ongoing.

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Registration/payment for Class or Workshop will be accepted up to 2 hours before the event. Class links sent to your email address approximately an hour before the Class or Workshop, if you are subscribed, or after payment (see PayPal links below). Prices same as before; no inflation here!

Pricing and Payment options: NO INFLATION here! Same prices since 2020!

ZOOM link is forwarded approximately an hour before Class or Workshop after payment is received. Thank you!

1) Single Class, paid at least 2 hours prior to class:  $25

****Or: Subscriptions as follows:****

ZOOM links are forwarded to your email approximately an hour before the class to eligible subscribers.     Thank you!

2) Four Class Subscription: $90 

3) Eight Class Subscription :  $176 

4) Sunday Workshop: $50.00

Once paid, ZOOM link will be forwarded to your email approximately 1 hour before the Class or Workshop if you are subscribed or after payment is received. Payment must be received at least 2 hours before the Class or Workshop. Thank you!

*SUBSCRIPTION POLICY: 4 Class Subscriptions are good for a 60 days from purchase date. 8 Class Subscriptions are good for 90 days from purchase.

Contact me if you would like to make alternative payment arrangements.

Private instruction is available on ZOOM or in person at my location; contact me for more information.

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**Sunday Dance Workshops:  2 1/2 Hour Dance Workshop Format (Currently none scheduled)

The first half of our Workshop concentrates on the Oriental dance vocabulary itself, including our full Class warmup, which includes movement breakdown.  Then we move to execution of the movements in targeted drills, transitions from movement to movement, and combinations with varied rhythms.   Cultural information will be inserted where helpful, especially regarding how these movements are typically expressed.

A short break follows: to catch breath, hydrate, or make a rest stop.  I will be available for most of this break time to chat.

The second half of the Workshop will sample the smorgasbord of musical and dance variety.  Relevant cultural information will be shared as we go, and we’ll get a chance to dance their way!  Dance is organic, and knows no borders – let the lush rhythms and far eastern influences embroider our dance!  

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NOTE: No Workshops are currently scheduled. The next will be in Spring 2026: Details to come in February 2026. Our journeys so far have given an overview of several regions that contribute substantially to Oriental Dance. Future sessions will take a closer look at individual trends. If there is a topic you would like to see, let me know!

Questions? Comments? Email Karima: kahaerter at gmail dot com

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 CHECK OUT MOROCCO’S WEBSITE: http://www.casbahdance.org/

 Morocco’s Book:  You Asked Aunt Rocky:  Answers and Advice About Raqs Sharqi and Raqs Shaabi  is now available directly from Morocco, or  on LULU,  AMAZON, and Barnes & Noble.

Morocco’s Technique manual:  The Fundamental Movement Vocabulary of Raqs Sharqi, is available directly from Rocky, or from Amazon