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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 5 weeks.  Each class works at a different level so it may take longer than 5 weeks depending on the ability of the students and the complexity of the choreography.  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:	Longsands College, St Neots. Beginners 6.30-7.30 £28.00 or £21.00 for concessions  Summer term begins 26th April 2010 Improvers 7.45-9.00 £35.00 or £28.00 for concessions Please telephone 01480 223348 or email lcac@longsands.cambs.sch.uk to enrol
TUESDAY:	Cottenham Village College Beginners 6.30-7.30 10 week course Summer course begins 27th April 2010 £40.00 or £30.00 for concessions Please telephone 01954 288751 to enrol or email community@cvcweb.net Impington Village College Beginners 8.00-9.00 10 week course Summer course begins 27th April 2010 Please telephone 01223 200411 to enrol or email community@impington.cambs.sch.uk
WEDNESDAY:	Cottenham Village College Improvers 6.30-7.30 (Not suitable for complete beginners) 10 week course Summer course begins 28th April 2010 £40.00 or £30.00 for concessions Please telephone 01954 288751 to enrol or email community@cvcweb.net St Ivo School, High Ley, St Ives. Beginners 8.15-9.15 This class is ideal for complete beginners or those wishing to improve their technique.  Please telephone 01480 495717 to enrol or visit www.aclearning.org.uk
THURSDAY:	Thorndown Infants School, Hillrise, St Ives. Improvers/Intermediate 7.00-8.15 Suitable for those with 6 months experience of Middle Eastern Dance Summer term begins 29th April 2010 £5.50 per class paid half termly in advance Beginners 8.30-9.30 This class is ideal for complete beginners or those wishing to improve their technique Summer term begins 29th April 2010 £5.00 per class paid half termly in advance Caroline also offers private tuition in her own dance studio for up to 2 people. Costs are as follows: 1 person £25 2 people £35 An ideal opportunity to cover that technique that you are having trouble with or to push your technique to the next level.  Other subjects can also include choreography, the art of improvision, baladi, saidi and rhythms to name but a few.  Workshops on a variety of subjects can  also be taught, please contact direct for full list.

I am fully insured to teach students from the age of 14 upwards and I am a qualified JWAAD trained teacher, a member of the JWAAD Teachers Association and have been CRB checked.  In 2009 I also completed the PTLLS City & Guilds Course, Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

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.

"Thanks again for coming in.  The feedback has placed you at the top in popularity for the events we put on over the two days.  I hope we can work together again soon." - Emma Letman, Sawtry Village College.......

"We LOVED your workshop both the younger and the older students really enjoyed themselves including me!!! You were a lovely teacher and the children enjoyed performing your work (including me!!).  The performance went very well thank you and the adults were very keen to know who you were and where you teach' .... Sarah Baker, Funk It Up Dance School.

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. Huntingdon Christmas Lights - November 2009 St Ives Carnival 2009 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 Willingham WI Christmas Lights Entertainment, Lion Yard, Cambridge 2008 & 2009 Huntingdon Christmas Lights Entertainment St Ives Christmas Lights Entertainment 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