Winter/Spring 2024 Vancouver Island events, dancers & teachers

Winter/Spring 2024 Vancouver Island events, dancers & teachers

(A nostalgic photo – Duncan Garage 2007)

*** See also the Vancouver Island Belly Dancers Fb page for other notices of classes and events. https://www.facebook.com/groups/16858407337 

Saturday February 17   Nada El Masriya is coming to Nanaimo!

Saturday, Feb 17th, 2024, from 9:30 AM – 5:10 PM

German Cultural Centre, 71 Caledonia Ave., Nanaimo

4 workshops for $120 or $35 each. Workshop series on Egyptian dances and their histories – from Baladi, to Awalim & Ghawazee, to the Golden Era and of course one Lecture Workshop.

Registration at  https://crimsoncoastdance.com/  will soon be available, though not at the moment of this e-mailing. Check the website in the coming weeks!

Part of AFRICAN CONNECTIONS – CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, curated with Tania Amaral and presented as part of Crimson Coast Dance Society.  

Spring events to look forward to

Saturday June 8

Dancers’ Bazaar Returns!   St. Andrews United Church, Nanaimo

It’s time to revive this popular once-annual event to celebrate our Island dance community!  A great opportunity to meet up with fellow dancers, meet teachers and students, while shopping for colourful costumes and accessories, attending mini-workshops, and watching short performances. As before, it will be a fundraiser for an Island non-profit supporting women affected by abuse. Further updates and requests for volunteers, vendors, and performers will be posted in the Vancouver Island Belly Dancers Fb group in early spring:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/16858407337 

If you’d like to assist in preparations for the event and haven’t already volunteered, please email Lynette before February at dancetarab@gmail.com 

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Vancouver Island Dance Teachers 

Nanaimo 

Lynette 

www.lynetteharper.ca       dancetarab@gmail.com  250-797-7953   

Mondays Feb.26 through March

7 pm Beginners’ “Belly dance” Essentials class  5 Mondays starting Feb.26

7:45 pm Renew/ReBoot for multilevel students and Intermediate/Advanced dancers, 4 Mondays through March. Energize your body and unleash your creativity while reconnecting with the eloquent music and dance of Turkey, Lebanon, and Egypt. Traditional and contemporary folkloric, baladi, and Oryantal styles.   

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Pynksy Shell aka Tania Amaral  

www.afro-fusionsharqidance.com/classes    pynksyshell@gmail.com 778-674-0091

Classes in Afro Fusion Sharqi Danceᵀᴹ & Egyptian Baladi / Adults & Seniors / Group & Private classes.

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Ramona  

ramona.passarello@gmail.com  250-616-3824  Available for private individual and private group lessons.

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Taissia  

778-269-0922   Goddess Dance classes include Bellydance (Egyptian style folk and cabaret), Indian Temple (Bollywood/Bangara), and Hawaiian (Hula). 

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Other Island communities, listed alphabetically:

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Cortes Island

Meinsje      250-895-1052  

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Courtenay/Comox/Cumberland/Denman Island/Union Bay

Cathy Stoyko    

Info/registration, call or message (250)218-0704 at the Abbey Studio in Cumberland.  

Tuesdays  “Shimmy, Shake and Groove Dance Workout”. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/202487346454876/user/100057823952735/ 

“Belly dance for beginners” will start in March  

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Emily Johnston – Forbidden Dance Company  

https://forbiddendancecompany.com  778-246-3639 

Classes Tuesdays 7-9, Fridays 6:30-7:30(performance troupe) at The House of Now, Courtenay. Raqs sharqi, classic Egyptian, Lebanese, Arabic sword, Isis wings, hand candles & performance troupe.

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Heather Hilberry  250-888-3123  call or text   

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Linda Doerksen  halima.dancer@gmail.com    250-703-0494   Contact regarding future classes in Courtenay. 

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Duncan/Cowichan Area

Karensa Camplair   saidisistersstudio.com   karensabellydance@gmail.com     250.715.7541   Facebook.com/SaidiSisters      

Classes available in studio and online: Belly Dance Basics, FCBDStyle® (Improvised Style), Sword, Fusion, and F.U.N. Belly Dance. 

At Sol Centre, 5380 Trans Canada Hwy, Duncan, BC 

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Qualicum Beach

Belly Laughs Navel Academy/Elaine De Rooy 

https://www.facebook.com/BellyLaughsNavelAcademy   bellylaughsnavelacademy@shaw.ca  250-752-3750 

Contemporary fusion in-studio classes Wednesdays, Thursdays, Sundays for Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced students.

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Saltspring Island

Sarah Allen  ssisarahlouise@gmail.com 

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Victoria 

Bashirah Middle Eastern Dance Studio, Victoria    

https://www.raksbobbie.com/classes/winter-2021-class-list.html    raksbobbie@shaw.ca   Extensive range of online and studio belly dance classes at Bashirah Middle Eastern Dance Studio, 137 Skinner St.

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Candace Aldridge   

https://harmonybellydance.com   A full fall schedule of live and online classes, featuring Bellydance for multiple levels, Yin Yoga, and more. 

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Mira –  Asmira Dance  

mirabellydancer@gmail.com

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Negma  

negmadance@gmail.com   https://www.negmadance.com Mixed levels belly dance classes, at Bashira Middle Eastern Dance Studio, 137 Skinner St.