Get Fit at Get Bent!

Get a great workout while learning to belly dance!  Belly Dancing is a fantastic - and fun - core conditioning exercise that works the entire body.  Get Bent's Beginner Belly Dance Workout classes provide you with the fundamental techniques and conditioning for more advanced classes.

In these classes, you will learn isolated hip and torso techniques to develop your stomach, arms, back, legs, glutes & calves.  These classes will also improve your cardio, core strength, rhythm, coordination & mind-body connection.

Wear comfortable clothing and bare feet -- and be prepared to sweat!  Best of all, these classes help you to learn to love your body.

Disclaimer:

Please Note: Get Bent can not be held responsible for any addiction to belly dancing or costumes you develop from these classes.

Get Bent's trademark style!  Colourful, Energetic & Uplifting

"Get Bent's Bollywood Bellydance" style is a high-energy, vibrant and modern style that is exclusively taught at Get Bent.  This unique style blends belly dance with the upbeat dance moves, popular music and colourful costumes of India's "Bollywood" movies.  This style is well suited for group choreography and stage performances. Particularly, this style incorporates many of the story-telling elements and hand movements of Indian "Kathak" and "Bhangra" dancing.

Why Bollywood Belly Dancing??  I thought Belly Dancing was Arabic not Indian.

Although most people associate belly dance with the Middle East, many historians believe belly dancing actually evolved from India's temple dances.  Through the centuries, the nomadic "Gypsies" of North India (The Romany people) spread their music and dance through the Middle East and North Africa.  The "Get Bent Bollywood Bellydance" style honours these Indian roots and puts a modern twist on this ancient dance.  For those who want to learn more about this history, watch: The Romany Trail - Gypsy Music into Africa

If you want to learn a high-energy and modern belly dance style for a fun night out dancing,

"Get Bent's Bollywood Bellydance" style is a great choice.

The Ballet of Belly Dance

When most people think of belly dance, they picture Egyptian Cabaret.  This classical belly dance style is often performed by a solo dancers in restaurants.  Egyptian Cabaret is elegant, graceful and feminine; therefore, many people call this style the "Ballet of Belly Dancing".  Costumes are extravagantly decorated with shimmering beadwork.  Egyptian Cabaret is done to traditional Middle Eastern music and rhythms.

These classes teach the classical elements, techniques and rhythms of belly dance.  Further, these classes are ideal for developing proper posture, balance, coordination and grace.  All serious students of the art should have a strong foundation in Egyptian Cabaret.  Further, the moderate pace of this style is ideal to learn combination movements, fluidity and control.  These classes also introduce veils and zills (finger cymbals) to enhance movements and rhythms.

Dark, Snaky & Mesmerizing

Tribal Fusion is the antithesis Get Bent's Bollywood Bellydance style.   While Get Bent's Bollywood style is energetic, upbeat and colourful, Tribal Fusion is slow, dark and mesmerizing.

Tribal Fusion is a modern belly dance style with a gothic industrial feel.  It is often performed to modern music with a deep urban vibe; however, Tribal Fusion music varies widely.

Tribal Fusion movements are highly isolated and require performers to develop great control of their body and mind.  The Tribal Fusion style also incorporates Hip Hop elements (such as popping) and folkloric styles such as Flamenco.  This intense and commanding style completely envelopes its viewers.  The music and costumes are totally distinctive and very cool.

This style is well suited for improvised solo or group

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