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Caroline is a caring, reassuring and approachable teacher.  She encourages each student to maximise their own potential and creates a warm, friendly and fun class environment.

Whatever your reasons for wanting to learn belly dance, your very first lesson can be a daunting prospect - don't worry, we've all been there and we know how you feel!  Belly dance will help you tone up, increase your co-ordination and flexibility, improve your posture, help you gain confidence and bring out the inner diva in you! Most important of all - you will have fun.

A TYPICAL CLASS WILL INCLUDE:

• Warm up - Gentle moves from top to toe to mobilise all parts of the body.  This is followed by a pulse raiser which is usually a fun follow on dance to get you moving!

• Technique/Isolations - We will learn technique and isolations each week and will also revise moves already learned.  Each student is observed individually and offered in-depth breakdown and correction if necessary along with lots of encouragement.

• Every student will learn at their own pace and will probably find some moves easier to carry out than others - don't worry, this is completely normal! 

• Improvisation - It is important not to just learn technique but also how to use it both in improvisation and choreography.  We will incorporate improvisational skills on a regular basis as it is very important to be able to improvise in belly dance - it's not that scary - honest!!!

• Choreography - This is a sequence of moves which we will learn over the course of approximately 3 weeks.  Each class works at a different level so it may take longer than 3 weeks depending on the ability of the students.  We will continue working on the choreography until everyone is happy with it.  You will receive a written copy of the choreography along with advice as to where to buy the music - you can then astound your friends by performing it for them!!  We will continue to practise previous choreographies on a regular basis so that when we perform we have a varied reportoire.

• Cool down - Gentle movements and stretches so that we don't ache the next day.

MONDAY:	Willingham School Hall Beginners/Improvers 7.15-8.15  Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate 8.30-9.30   Please call 01954 203347 to check if there are any places available. Term starts Monday 14th April 2008
TUESDAY:   WEDNESDAY:	Cottenham Village College Beginners 6.30-7.30 10 week course Term starts Tuesday 15th April 2008 Cottenham Village College Improvers 6.30-7.30 (Not suitable for complete beginners) 10 week course Term starts Tuesday 15th April 2008 These classes are run by Adult Education Please telephone 01954 288751 to enrol.
WEDNESDAY:	Thorndown Infants School, Hillrise, St Ives Mixed level class 8.30-9.30 Students can pay £5.00 for the first class to give you an idea of what we do and whether it's for you.  If you decide to join the class then it will be £4.50 paid half termly in advance. Term begins Wednesday 9th April 2008 - please contact me direct for details

I am fully insured to teach students from the age of 14 upwards and I am a qualified JWAAD trained teacher and a member of the JWAAD Teachers Association. All classes include a warm up, pulse raiser and stretches.  Please check with your doctor before begininning any form of exercise unless you exercise regularly already.  It is still possible to belly dance during pregnancy - please speak to me before embarking on any class.

PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

My students perform regularly at a wide variety of  events.  All students are given the opportunity to perform the choreographies they learn if they would like to.  There is no pressure to perform, and usually after a first performance there is no stopping them.  I find that this is a fantastic way for students to gain confidence and to show the public that belly dance is for everyone. The students have performed at many events including: Darwin College, Cambridge - Arabic Night Gorleston Raft Raising Day St Ives Carnival Willingham School Fete Royal British Legion events The Premier Holiday Show, Newmarket March Homemakers Event Thorndown School Fete, St Ives Houghton Feast Week Rampton Fete Private party at Chilford Hall, nr Newmarket Over Carnival Swavesey Fete Earith Fete   If you have an event you would like us to perform at please contact me.

Darwin College	Gorleston Raft Raising Day
Tesco Fashion Show	Gorleston Raft Raising Day
St Ives Carnival	My daughter Phoebe performing at St Ives Carnival
Performance at Houghton Feast week	Performance at Thorndown School