Belly Dance with Maya Taahira

On Mondays...BELLYDANCE is at Rendezvous.

Maya Taahira has been a student of Middle Eastern dance since 1998, a performer throughout the United States and Germany since 1999, and a teacher since 2002. She has studied with many exceptional pioneers in her field, including Elizabeth Artemis Mourat, Saqra Raybuck, Delilah Flynn, and Suhaila Salimpour.

Maya has taught hundreds of students in varying locations throughout the Washington D.C. area. After the birth of her children, she developed a unique niche in the Middle Eastern Dance community by teaching pre- and post- natal belly dance classes and workshops at the Hot Mama Fitness Studio in Bethesda, MD, which were subsequently featured in articles in the Washington Post and Bethesda Gazette.

Currently, Maya serves as the Artistic Director of the Triple Goddess Tribal Belly Dance Troupe and is hard at work on a series of young adult fiction novels about belly dancers and drum circles.

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BELLY DANCE is a class that inspires freedom of movement in the entire body. Learn how to style your arms and move your body to every instrument in the music while you gain flexibility and fun in a different style of dance. Everyone welcome. Wear workout clothes that allow you to see your body lines. Hip scarves encouraged. Individual class descriptions follow the schedule below.

NOTE: All classes are available for ALL levels as we begin the new program. When the program expands, we will offer Beginner and Intermediate levels of Technique. Please let the instructor know of your interests.

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MONDAYS at 6:30 - 7:30pm- Belly Dance Technique and Cardio Belly Dance Combo Class

Just $8 per person per class! CLICK HERE TO Buy a Class Card to SAVE!

Belly Dance Technique
This class will focus on the foundational movements of a belly dancer's repertoire and provide students with a yogic-style workout that focuses on developing core strength, flexibility and proper posture. Students should wear comfortable, form-fitting clothing that allows the sensual gracefulness of the moves to be seen in their hips and abdominal region. Hip scarves are encouraged; shoes are optional.

Cardio Belly Dancing
This class is for dancers who are looking to work up a good sweat, Middle Eastern style! Focus will be given to short dance choreographies and drum solos that encourage cardiovascular fitness and stamina. Hip scarves encouraged; shoes are optional. Previous or concurrent participation in Belly Dance Technique classes strongly recommended.