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Berkshire Belly Dance Classes and Teachers

Last Updated on February 4, 2024

In the dance studio — Valeria in the dance studio

Teacher: Al Warner

Location: Langley Hall, The Ring, Bracknell, Berkshire

Level: Call Al for further details.

Time/Cost: Call Al for further details.Information via her site at www.belly-dance.me.uk

Types taught: Egyptian style.

Experience & style: With over five years of experience, Al is a quality teacher who is a popular teacher in the Berkshire area.

Contact Al for news of her latest classes and workshops.

Teacher: Kathryn Dawes

Location: Martyrs Church, Reading, Berkshire, England.

Time/Cost: Weekly classes and some workshops. Lessons are usually Wednesday evenings but email Kathryn to confirm.

Types taught: Egyptian, Fusion, Baladi, and modern Egyptian style.

Experience & style:

A few years experience in dancing and also teaching classes. Kathryn enjoys improvising as well as making choreographies for solos and groups.

Her favorite styles are Egyptian and fusion and she loves using props, such as sagat, veils, and isis wings.

For more information, check Kathryn’s belly dance site.

Teacher: Rachel

Location: Reading, Maidenhead, Windsor, and Crowthorne in Berkshire, England, UK.

Teaching Venues:

Woodlands Park Village Centre, Maidenhead
Windsor YC Dance Studio, Windsor
Wellington Health & Fitness Club, Crowthorne
All Saints Jnr CofE School, Maidenhead
Loddon Hall, Twyford, Reading, Berkshire.

Level: Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced, Mixed level, Improver dance classes.

Time/Cost: All lessons are an hour long and prices vary according to class. For full details please visit www.rachelbellydancer.com

Type taught:

Egyptian Bellydance courses (beginners to advanced)
Bellytastic Workout – belly dancing for fitness and fun.

Address: Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire.

Experience & style

Rachel is a fully qualified teacher (QTS) and CRB checked.

She is a CYQ Level 2 qualified Fitness Instructor.

Rachel offers weekly belly dance classes, workshops, and private tuition to all ages and levels.

Teacher: Helen Santa Maria

Location: Classes and workshops in Berkshire, normally in Reading and Thatcham.

Level of lessons: Beginners to advanced.

Time and cost: Classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Types taught: Modern and classical belly dance, folkloric, and fusion.

Contact address: helenbellydance.com

School name: The Santa Maria Bellydance Academy

Phone – inquiries by email only.

Are you ready to sparkle with confidence and bring out your feminine side?

At the Santa Maria Bellydance Academy, we welcome all kinds of women who are ready to dedicate some time to themselves and try something inspiring, different, and fun yet engaging and challenging enough to stick at and return to week after week.

Through our classes, we offer a learning experience that cultivates women’s confidence and sense of fun!

We deliver instruction in easy-to-follow classes that teach you the movements step by step.

Each class or course has a clear structure so students feel a sense of progress that motivates them to come to class each week.

Teacher: Sandy Maya

Location: Woodley / Reading.

Level of lessons: beginners, improvers, and intermediate.

Styles taught: fusion.

Contact: You can contact Sandy Maya and find out more information about her classes (including times and prices) on her website www.sandymaya.com.

Sandy also offers private tuition.

Interesting information: Sandy Maya has been belly dancing since 2011 and started teaching in 2015.

Mostly trained in Egyptian belly dance, Sandy likes to fuse Bellydance to modern pop music, such as “Candyman” by Christina Aguilera, as in the video below:

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Dr Valeria Lo Iacono

Dr Valeria Lo Iacono is a belly dancer and a dance researcher with a PhD in dance and heritage. Valeria also teaches and performs as a belly dance but also enjoys learning ballet, jazz dance and other dance genres.