Baladi Studio Bellydance

Baladi Bellydance Classes

Baladi Bellydance classes provide individuals with the opportunity to experience many types of Bellydance. Students receive an array of cultural knowledge & practice to enhance their own individual abilities. From beginner to performer, Jessica can customize the instruction to each individual class & assist with the development of students own unique style, as well as choosing an authentic dance of choice one may wish to represent.

~Each group of classes or workshops are progressive, focusing on rhythm, steps, isolation's, technique and choreography.

~During her classes she utilizes various props both traditional & modern. Students are encouraged to experience the music and she offers an introduction to traditional instruments and music.

~Sometimes a musician may accompany her for a class to demonstrate traditional rhythms and experience the dance with the real live music.

Jessica calls her instructional classes Baladi Bellydance. Her lessons represent the traditional technique in which the body can move gracefully. She identifies with the word Baladi as it has many meanings. It means the country, or country folk. It also means dance, and some people believe that the word bellydance may have evolved from the word Baladi. It is also a very common Egyptian rhythm used in most countries where Oriental dance and music lives within it's people.

Bellydance in it's various original formats, is an art form that lives within most living rooms, celebrations and musical gathering in The Middle East & throughout other parts of Europe & Africa. With respect to it's origins, she regards this dance as a bottomless vessel of rich knowledge & beauty that continually engages and fulfills the mind, body and spirit.

Instruction & Perfromance

See contact page for Workshop or Performance bookings & Inquiries

Performance by Jessica Tigerlily

As founder & Artistic Director of the Baladi Moon Dancers Jessica performs & choreographs Bollywood, Bellydance & other Artistic and Cultural dance expressions.

Jessica performing with the Moving Mosaic Samba Band. see their web-site for upcoming shows.

http://www.movingmosaic.ca/events.html

West African Dance with fabulous the West Kootenay Musicians and Shakers. Always a honnor & pleasure working with these talented folks. Please send e-mail via contact page for booking details.

Jessica is currently studying Aboriginal dance and connecting with her Ojibway ancestry. She is a member of the Lower Columbia All first Nations Rainbow Drum Circle and enjoys drumming and singing with them at various community gatherings.

Jessica has studied Oriental Dance for more than 10 years with numerous instructors including internationally renowned, Azziza, Hadia, & Paola Blanton. As an Instructor herself, she delivers a fresh and inspired tapestry of knowledge & props for Bellydance students to enjoy. Her repertoire includes, Classical Egyptian, Folk, Turkish, Bollywood, Bellydance & Tribal Fusion. In addition to various different bellydance styles, Jessica adds elements of moving meditation and encourages personal expression.

Jessica is a passionate and dedicated dance teacher and performer. She has produced various shows and provided opportunities for her students to perform. She encourages her students to explore their creativity and loves seeing them reach their goals as dancers. She enjoys working with other dimensions of culture with her art and is grateful for the many relationships she has cultivated with musicians, performers and community members.