Bellydance Class FAQs! Join Us for Belly Dance Classes in Durham!
What can I expect at a belly dance class with Jewels of the East?
The regular classes are open level and tailored to you!
For your first class arrive 5-10 mins early so that you can fill in your 'fitness to dance' questionaire and discuss any particular requirements that you may have.
The class starts with a gentle warm up using bellydance moves and techniques.
We then up the pace to raise your heart rate using footwork, shimmies and percussive moves.
After a stretch out we concentrate on technique which we then use in the class choreography.
Each week we add to the choreography then have a cool down and stretch.
What do we do with the Choreographies?
We perform!
Each term we get together at different venues with teachers and classes from accross the region and perform for each other!
Its a great way to feel part of a belly dance community, to see other styles of bellydance and to have fun!
What Should I Wear to the Class
Something that you can move in - for example leggings/jogging bottoms/flowing skirt and a vest t-shirt.
It is best to wear a t-shirt that allows me to see your body movement.
Please try to avoid wearing jeans.
We generally dance bare foot but ballet shoes are ideal if you prefer.
When and where are the classes?
Monday:
At Tempest Dance Studio www.tempestdancestudio.co.uk
Balcony Unit 3, Vane Tempest Community Centre, Maynards Row, Gilesgate, Durham DH1 1QF
6.00pm - 7.00pm Belly Dancing (open level)
7.15pm - 8.15pm Burlesque
8.30pm - 9.30pm Jewels of the East Troupe (invitation only - ask for more info)
Wednesday
At Deerness Leisure Centre
Valley View, Ushaw Moor, Durham DH7 7LS
6.30pm - 7.30pm Open Level Bellydance
For more details and to book your place just contact us!
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Or give us a call: 07963792156
Jewels of the East Joining the Newcastle Soroptomists to Support Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres
This year the Jewels of the East are supporting the Newcastle Soroptomists as they raise money for Maggie's Centres to bring a Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre to the North East.
Come along to one of our fundraising events!
22nd July - A Night of Absolute Dance with proceedes from the raffle to Maggie's Centres
31st July - Come along to the charity Event at Namaste!
Maggie's North East forms part of the Joy of Living campaign. The are working towards raising £3 million for this Centre which will be built at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle.
In 2006 Maggie’s Centres was approached by Camillus House in the Tyne Valley with a proposal that Maggie’s take on their work with the objective of developing a Maggie’s Centre for the North East of England.
Maggie’s warmly welcomed this approach and they are now in the early stages of planning our fundraising campaign to make the centre a reality.
Maggie’s North East will lie within the North of England Cancer Network – covering a population of approximately 2.1million people. The region encompasses an area that runs from the east coast across to Cumbria and down to the River Tees. Maggie’s North East will be located a short walk from the Northern Centre for Cancer Care (NCCC) at Freeman Hospital, where people will receive treatment for their cancer.
There are around 5,500 new diagnoses of cancer a year in this region.
The RIBA Royal Gold Medallist, Ted Cullinan of Edward Cullinan Architects, has designed a highly sustainable Maggie’s Centre, located in the grounds of Newcastle's Freeman Hospital.
A vibrant landscape will surround the sheltered centre, which itself will partly enclose a courtyard. There are two wings of accommodation - one houses counselling rooms and a large living room space, the other leads to the all-important kettle and kitchen table. A central library incorporates stairs up to a mezzanine level, covered by an angled roof
covered in photovoltaic panels. The mezzanine leads out onto the flat landscaped roof, screened by planting. A courtyard occupies the fourth quadrant, which visitors can see and walk out into from the kitchen and large meeting room.
The vibrantly planted embanked earth around the courtyard and building provides shelter and privacy, and a small pavilion creates an outdoor place for conversation or being alone in.
Allowing the building, roof and landscape to be fully accessible aims to provide the users with a sense of ownership and allows for exploration and discovery on a relatively small site. Maggie’s Centres are somewhat domestic in character, having many of the features of a biggish house, and it has been found that they attract more women than men. So as well as the housey things, Ted’s centre has further things that both sexes might enjoy like gardening, barbecuing, hedge clipping, and outdoor games and gym equipment.
To find out more about Maggie's Centres visit:
http://www.youtube.com/user/MaggiesCentres
or www.maggiescentres.org
To find out more about the Soroptomists visit:
A Night of Eastern Delights 24th of June: Staring Sapphire
The 24th of June is the Night of Eastern Delights hosted by Namaste and the bellydancers Jewels of the East!
Dancing for you will be Jewel of the East: the Stunning Sapphire!
Sapphire (Jen) started bellydancing at Durham University and fell in love with the dance style which she has made her own. Sapphire dances both caberet and tribal fusion captivating her audience with her shimmies and her locks and pops.
Sapphire teaches bellydance workshops in the northeast and nationwide working with groups as diverse as Guides and RAF officers.
For your chance to see Sapphire belly dancing in Durham get in touch for your ticket to the Night of Eastern Delights!
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With dancers like the stunning Sapphire the amazing Ameerah and the enchanting Ruby tickets for this fabulous belly dance event at Namaste Restaurant are selling quickly to get yours soon!
