A3048 - Bellydance for fitness: move with confidence (all levels women only)

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Start Date: 25/09/2026      End Date: 27/11/2026        Start Time: 11:00      End Time: 12:30        Hours per Week: 1.50      No of Weeks: 9
Fees:      £90.00 (tuition)     £172.00 (overseas)     £28.00 (concessionary)
Tutor: Linda Cremin        No of Places: 10
Shadwell Centre

Course Overview

Course Overview
“No experience needed, just bring your curiosity and enjoy moving your body.”

This course is a welcoming introduction to belly dance for fitness and wellbeing. Suitable for complete beginners and returning learners, this course focuses on learning and refining core belly dance movements while building posture, coordination and confidence.
Learners explore basic hip and chest movements such as lifts, drops, circles and figure of eight patterns, alongside arm positioning and flowing transitions. Simple combinations are practiced to music with different tempos, helping to develop musical awareness and spatial confidence. Cultural and historical references are shared to place the dance style in context and deepen understanding.

What will you learn and be able to do?

What will you learn and be able to do?
* Maintain correct upright dance posture to support core engagement, spinal alignment, and overall physical fitness during movement.
* Perform at least four basic belly dance movements (e.g. hip drops, lifts, circles, figure of eight) with control, coordination, and muscular endurance.
* Sustain and transition between at least two arm positions while maintaining continuous lower body movement, building upper body strength and stamina.
* Complete a 45–60 second movement combination set to music, demonstrating improved cardiovascular endurance, rhythm, and full-body coordination.
* Identify and apply at least two basic belly dance movement terms used during class, supporting safe and effective participation.
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Entry requirements

Entry requirements
It is not required to have previous experience in dancing, if you wish to join this course. If you like this type of dance, you would like to work out the core and torso muscles and have fun, you are welcome to join.
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Equipment required

Equipment required
A bottle of water, clothes that you feel comfortable with and you can move easily in and be prepared to dance bare feet or wearing socks or very soft shoes. A scarf to tie around your hips.
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How will you know you are making progress?

How will you know you are making progress?
You will have an ‘Individual Learning Plan’ where the course learning outcomes are shown and where you can set individual learning goals and monitor your own progress against these.
You will need to evaluate your own progress and manage your time.
Your tutor will give ongoing feedback and will keep you informed of your progress.
Video recording might be used as a reflective tool.
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At the beginning of the course an initial assessment takes place to identify your level of experience
knowledge or current skills, and you will be asked to complete and sign a health screening
questionnaire.
The tutor will carry out informal assessments to check your understanding, there is no exam.
You will complete a self-assessment at the beginning, middle and end of the course and you will participate in regular self-assessment.
Your tutor will let you know how you are getting on throughout the course, to help you work to your
full potential.
At the end of the course you will receive written feedback.
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Progress opportunities - your next steps

Progress opportunities - your next steps
You can progress to another Belly Dancing All Levels course to consolidate your skills or Belly Dancing Improvers.
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Other info

Other info
In general, we will not allow late entries to any course after the first two weeks.
To maximise your chances of benefiting from the course fully we expect you to attend all scheduled
sessions and that you do so punctually and are ready to start learning at the start of the class.
Please note that if you are more than 10 minutes late for a class you will not be allowed to
participate practically in the session. This is for your own safety as by missing the warm up you will
be risking an injury. Being late also disrupts the rest of the group.
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Extra Support

Extra Support
If you have declared a learning difficulty, disability or support need whilst enrolling and you require support/assistance in class or to complete your course, please discuss your needs with your tutor at the first lesson.

If you intend to take an examination and feel you have an additional learning need or special requirements, you must declare them to your tutor within the first 2 weeks of your course.

If you are studying in an online group, then you can arrange a one-to-one online discussion with your tutor, after the session, or by email.

Where we aim to make reasonable adjustments to support our learners, please note we are unable to provide any type of in class or in person support if your course takes place online.
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