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
August 24 - Lauren Zehara - Shimmy Showdown
*Monday, September 29 - Salwa
October 26 - Ami Amoré
November 23 - Daewen - Runic Dance
Are you a local dancer or instructor who’d like to offer a workshop in this series? Apply here!
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
August 24th:
Shimmy Showdown with Lauren Zehara
Turbocharge your dance with powerful shimmies!
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Learn how to create big, juicy shimmies that will wow your audience and take your musical interpretation to the next level.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
🔥Four ways to generate a hip shimmy
🔥How to create the right shimmy for your music
🔥Effortless layering techniques
🔥Drills to improve your shimmy
🔥Precision movements for detailed hipwork
🔥A tiny bit of a drum solo choreo to tie it all together
Levels: Open to all (but brand new beginners might struggle)
Online Option: Available
About Your Instructor
Lauren Zehara fell in love with belly dance at first and has been a devoted fan, performer, and instructor for 25 years.
Although she started late (at 35), she’s had the honor of a career that spanned half the globe — from teaching at the Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive to working on a cruise ship out of Dubai.
But most of her career was spent right here in St. Louis, where she performed all over the city, owned two dance and yoga studios, and created several troupes. She’s currently the artistic director of Dance Hipnotíque.
Lauren brings her anatomy background as a kinesiology major, registered yoga teacher, and ACE certified fitness instructor to help break things down and teach precise technique.
As a teacher, her goal is to create a judgment-free community that encourages people of all ages, shapes, sizes, and abilities to find joy in movement and expression.
*MONDAY, September 29th | 6-8pm
Rooted & Radiant: Dancing from Your Core
with Salwa
Don’t just dance! Dance with Soul, Spirit, & Skill!
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Take your dance to the next level with Salwa and Jamilia Salimpour techniques!
Here’s what you’ll learn:
🔥Grounding
🔥Connection with your body
🔥Isolation
🔥Several Jamila Salimpour technique-based combinations to apply what has been learned and dance with your Soul, your Spirit, and with all the Skill!
Levels: Open to all (but brand new beginners might struggle)
Online Option: None
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.
October 26th:
Of Goddesses & Monsters with Ami Amoré
Explore Mythical Movement
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This beyond basics workshop takes the dancer on a journey to explore archetypes of famous monsters and deities from varying cultures. A brief story of each figure will be introduced then a dance combination will be taught that embodies each mythical, mystical legend. So whether you’d like to portray some fierceness and wrath of Medusa, the steadiness and focus of Artemis, or just create a badass choreography using some of the combos taught, here this is the workshop for you.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
🔥New movement pathways
🔥4-5 combinations
🔥Background stories of deities and entities
Levels: Some belly dance knowledge required.
Online Option: Available
About Your Instructor
Ami Amoré is a St. Louis area fusion dancer who has been dancing since 1999, performing since 2002, teaching since 2006, and producing shows since 2009. Besides being a soloist, Ami is the founder and director of Lunar Fusion in St. Louis and a proud member of The Stygian Collective since 2020.
Ami continues to teach classes and workshops in the St. Louis area and has taught at festivals around the nation, including 3rd Coast in Texas, Waking Persephone in Rhode Island and Seattle, and at Fusion Evolution (Tribal Revolution) in Chicago. Her classes and workshops are filled with sass, humor, and encouragement for the dancer to use critical thinking skills and put their own creative stamp on their dance.
When she is not dancing, she loves making jewelry, hiking, and hanging out in cemeteries.
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