Join Us for Monthly Belly Dance Classes in St. Louis!
Fourth Sunday Flow is a belly dance class in St. Louis (and sometimes online**) taught by a different dancer each month.
These afternoon workshops are for any dancer who wants to:
✨Hang out with dance friends
✨Drill skills
✨Build community
✨Learn new techniques
✨Explore different dance styles
✨Try out new instructors
✨Leave the house on a weekend (you know you should)
✨Have some fun! (also very good for you!)
Training in different genres is the best way to add texture to your dance and help you develop your unique style.
**Check individual class listings to see what levels the class is aimed at and whether there’s an online option available.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Fourth Sunday Flow:
Monthly Belly Dance Classes in St. Louis
Date: Fourth Sunday of every month
(click to add to your Google calendar)
Time: 1-3 pm
Price: $45
Location: Dance Coop ~ 356 North Boyle Ave, St. Louis, Second Floor
Some classes will also have an online option.
Upcoming Dates & Instructors
March 22 - Zaina - Freedom and Flow with Fan Veils*
* Special Location: Utopia Studios, 3957 Park Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
April 26 - Rooted & Radiant: I'm Stuck In Love! Choreography Workshop with Salwa
May 24 - Musicality & Expression with Lauren Zehara
Are you a local dancer or instructor who’d like to offer a workshop in this series? Apply here!
If you have questions the day of the workshop, please contact Lois at 314-956-9725
Brought to you by a coalition of St. Louis regional bellydancers:
Lauren Zehara of Dance Hipnotique
Salwa of Aalim Belly Dance St. Louis
Ami Amoré of Lunar Fusion & the Stygian Collective
Daewen of the Stygian Collective
Register for Fourth Sunday Flow
March 22nd
Freedom & Flow with Fan Veils
Explore the graceful art of dancing with silk fan veils
* Special Location: Utopia Studios, 3957 Park Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
Register Here:
In this workshop, you’ll explore the graceful art of dancing with silk fan veils - a mindful blend of breath, movement, and expression. Throughout the class, we’ll focus on finding your flow and dancing with the silk as an extension of your body and rhythm. Dancing with fan veils can become a moving meditation - an invitation to embody softness and strength, freedom and flow. We’ll combine multiple fan veils moves with simple bellydance steps, culminating in a short choreography.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
🔥Multiple fan veil holds
🔥Accentuated arm movements and spins with fan veils
🔥Windmills and three-beat weaves with fan veils
Levels: Beginner to intermediate
What to Bring: Fan veils! A limited number of extra fan veils will be available to borrow.
Online Option: Available!
About Your Instructor
Amber has been bellydancing for over 25 years, finding in dance and flow arts a creative outlet for expressing emotion and embodying freedom. As a member of Dance Hipnotique, she loves performing group choreography at community festivals throughout St. Louis. For several years, she has loved incorporating silk fan veils into her choreographies to create visually dynamic movements that express both softness and strength.
April 26th
Rooted & Radiant: I'm Stuck In Love!
A Jamila Salimpour-Inspired Choreography
Workshop with Salwa
Register Here:
Get ready for Salwa’s latest choreography – a high-energy, expressive piece that balances technique and emotion; it is simple, yet challenging to Amoot Ana by Mahmoud El Esseily.
Amoot Ana (I Die/I’m Dying) is an upbeat, romantic song that expresses extreme, yet playful adoration for a romantic partner.
The movements in this dance are heavily inspired by the legendary Jamila Salimpour’s* grass root’s format.
Make sure to bring: plenty of water, a sweat towel, & wear deodorant please :P
Here’s what you’ll learn:
🔥Basic Jamila Salimpour Movement
🔥Choreography based on Movements taught
🔥Choreography Notes
🔥How to make a choreography your own (time permitting... OR it will be saved for a follow-up Fourth Sunday class)
Levels: Intermediate to Advanced
Online Option: None
*A little more about Jamila Salimpour, who she is and what she has done for Belly Dance of all genres...
Jamila Salimpour – 1926 – 2017
Jamila Salimpour was a pioneering American Belly Dancer, educator, choreographer and has been recognized as the “Mother of Tribal Belly Dance”. In 1968, she revolutionized the art form by founding the influential Bal Anat dance troupe and establishing the first standardized vocabulary of steps – a system that remains in place today. Her profound legacy lives on through three generations of Salimpour Belly Dance, who continue to uphold her commitment to excellence in this art form.
About Your Instructor
Lois Marshall, professionally known as Salwa of St. Louis, has over 47 years of experience as a dancer, instructor, performer and choreographer. She strives to elevate, educate and inspire others in the beautiful art of Belly Dance. As an instructor and performer, she perfects her craft through continual studies. She is Level 4 Certified in the Salimpour Institute of Dance, and currently working on her Level 5 Certification. Dance has and continues to be a life-long passion for Salwa.
May 24th
Musicality & Expression with Lauren Zehara
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul." – Martha Graham
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This is a fun, playful workshop where you'll practice "singing with your body" instead of reciting moves. These concepts work for both choreography and improvisation, and for any style of dance.
Make sure to bring: a sense of playfulness!
Here’s what you’ll learn:
🔥Express the emotional content of your music with your body
🔥Make your moves more fluid and eloquent
🔥Connect authentically with your audience
🔥Create "wow" moments that people remember
🔥Correct "resting bitch face" onstage
Levels: All levels except absolute beginner
Online Option: None
About Your Instructor
Lauren fell in love with belly dance at first sight 26 years ago, and has been a devoted fan ever since.
She's had the honor of teaching at the Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive and on a cruise ship out of Dubai — so she can technically say her career has spanned half the globe!
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