Beginner Classes Summer 2025
(Please note: Spring semester classes end Saturday June 7, and there will be no zoom class the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Instead the Tuesday, May 20 class will be on zoom and in-person).
FIRST WEEK CLASSES ARE RISK-FREE!
(SEE INFO BELOW!)
WHEN ARE SUMMER CLASSES?
The 12-week Summer Beginner Belly Dance semester classes start on Tuesday, June 10 and ends on Thursday, September 11 (the week of July 21 is a pre-recorded video class week. There are no classes the weeks of July 28 and August 25.)
Class options include:
- Tuesdays, 7:15-8:15 pm EST, In-Person in Hanover and on Zoom, beginning Tuesday, June 10
- Thursdays, 6:00-7:00 pm EST, In-Person and on Zoom, beginning Thursday, June 12
*TWO-FOR-ONE DANCE this semester! You can dance twice per week for once-a-week prices.
*OUR “EVERGREEN” SPECIAL: REGISTER MOTHER-DAUGHTER DANCERS IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD ON ZOOM FOR THE PRICE OF 1!
*PLEASE NOTE: Beginner classes are mix n’ match! You are buying classes that you can attend on any week, in any combination (see schedule below)
WHERE:
Zoom and The Hanover Rec Center, 48 Lebanon Street, 2nd Floor dance studio, Hanover, NH
ANYONE CAN COME TO ALL FIRST WEEK CLASSES FOR NO CHARGE – Come to as many as you want!
All shapes, sizes, ages (10+), and ability levels welcome and encouraged.
RISK-FREE INTRO CLASSES:
💗 Tuesday IN-PERSON and on ZOOM (class is live-streamed) with Gina: First class is RISK-FREE on June 10, 7:15-8:15 pm EST. Hanover Rec Center, 48 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH. This class will be ongoing.
💗 Thursday, IN-PERSON in Hanover AND ON ZOOM (class is live streamed) with Gina: First class is RISK-FREE on June 12, 6:00-7:00 pm EST. Hanover Rec Center, 48 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH. This class will be ongoing.
ANYONE CAN COME TO ALL FIRST WEEK CLASSES FOR NO CHARGE – Come to as many as you want!
All shapes, sizes, ages (10+), and ability levels welcome and encouraged.
RISK-FREE INTRO CLASSES:
💗 Tuesday IN-PERSON and on ZOOM (class is live-streamed) with Gina: First class is RISK-FREE on June 10, 7:15-8:15 pm EST. Hanover Rec Center, 48 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH. This class will be ongoing.
💗 Thursday, IN-PERSON in Hanover AND ON ZOOM (class is live streamed) with Gina: First class is RISK-FREE on June 12, 6:00-7:00 pm EST. Hanover Rec Center, 48 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH. This class will be ongoing.
DESCRIPTION & CURRICULUM:
Enjoy the magic, mystery and good fun of Belly Dance! This live online class is for students of all ages (10+), shapes, sizes and fitness levels. It is perfect for absolute beginners and it also progresses with new layers for returning beginners. New students: If you register by Sunday, June 15, you will get two Quick Start videos. Everyone learns new material or choreographies every week!! See details below! This is a one-year progressive curriculum focusing on Hips and Heels in Semester #1, Arms and Altitude in Semester #2, Face and Fingers in Semester #2 and Full Body Flow for Semester #4.
SUMMER SEMESTER 2025:
The decision regarding the theme for this summer has been easy. Our theme for summer 2025 will simply be AS MUCH FUN AS WE CAN HAVE. We will work on the fundamentals of Beginner Belly Dance and, as we move into our choreographies, the sole determinant of class content will be whatever brings the most fun and joy, at a beginner level. It’s been “a year.” My beginner dance classes are a place to pursue some “me time”, drop the concerns of the day at the door, and take a mental break from all of it. You will have fun while moving your body (yes, it’s exercise, but it’s the kind where you feel like you’re not exercising). You will connect to joy while strengthening the brain-body connection (and even helping to prevent dementia, research has shown). My students range in age from 12-ish to 80-ish. We have mother-daughter pairs who attend class in-person as well as single retirees who dance on zoom from their living rooms. Whether your goal is to grow up, stay young or just step outside of time, Belly Dance will get you there. It will be interesting and engaging for both new and returning students. Using both fast and slow pieces (OK – definitely more fast pieces than slow), pop tunes and traditional songs (more pop than traditional this semester), we will complete at least 7 short choreographies. You will leave the semester knowing how to Belly Dance, and with plenty of performance pieces “under your hip belt.”
WEEKLY CLASS VIDEOS:
During the Beginner Belly Dance semester, one class per week will be recorded and made available to class participants on a
weekly basis. They will be available to you as long as you are enrolled in Beginner Belly Dance with Gina.
WEEKLY CLASS VIDEOS:
During the Beginner Belly Dance semester, one class per week will be recorded and made available to class participants on a weekly basis. They will be available to you as long as you are enrolled in Beginner Belly Dance with Gina.
WEEKLY CLASS VIDEOS:
During the Beginner Belly Dance
semester, one class per week will be recorded and made available to class participants on a weekly basis. They will be available to you as long as you are enrolled in Beginner Belly Dance with Gina.
WHY DO ZOOM (OR IN PERSON) CLASSES AND NOT YOUTUBE OR SOMEONE ELSE?
Gina is constantly interacting with and giving feedback and encouragement to dancers. On Zoom, Gina does not teach to the camera. Gina teaches to the individual students who she is watching on her big screen monitor to give specific personal feedback on feet, weight placement, direction, arms, etc.
FAQs:
See FAQ’s page regarding foul weather, make-up classes and other issues.
WHAT TO BRING/WEAR:
See FAQ’s page. Gina will have hip scarves for sale during the first couple of weeks of class!
COST:
Zoom students can register Moms and daughters who live in the same household for one price (two or three for the price of
one, but only eligible with zoom class.) The cost for the semester is THREE payments of $89, paid once per month, by secure debit or credit card payment. Please note that students are responsible to make ALL payments, and that we cannot offer refunds, discounts for missed classes (although we encourage make-ups), transfers of registration/credit to other students, or refunds due to weather rescheduling. Click on the pink button below to register.
COST:
Zoom students can register Moms and daughters who live in the same household for one price (two or three for the price of one, but only eligible with zoom class.) The cost for the semester is THREE payments of $89, paid once per month, by secure debit or credit card payment. Please note that students are responsible to make ALL payments, and that we cannot offer refunds, discounts for missed classes (although we encourage make-ups), transfers of registration/credit to other students, or refunds due to weather rescheduling. Click on the pink button below to register.
COST:
Zoom students can register Moms
and daughters who live in the same household for one price (two or three for the price of one, but only eligible with zoom class.) The cost for the semester is TWO payments of $89, paid once per month, by secure debit or credit card payment. Please note that students are responsible to make ALL payments, and that we cannot offer refunds, discounts for missed classes (although we encourage make-ups), transfers of registration/credit to other students, or refunds due to weather rescheduling. Click on the pink button below to register.
OTHER QUESTIONS:
Don’t hesitate to email me with any other questions at gina@ginadances.com or call me 802-282-2149. If I’m not available to
take your call, please let me when and where is a good time to reach you.
OTHER QUESTIONS:
Don’t hesitate to email me with any
other questions at gina@ginadances.com or call me 802-282-2149. If I’m not available to take your call, please let me when and where is a good time to reach you.
OTHER QUESTIONS:
Don’t hesitate to email me with any other questions at gina@ginadances.com or call me 802-282-2149. If I’m not available to take your call, please let me when and where is a good time to reach you.