Events

Open to all Ishtar Dance Academy students – current as well as those who may not have attended for a while. We will learn a fun combination to a festive tune, and there will be a prize for the first to guess it, as well as for the best festive…

Join us for a fun yet intensive 90-minute class from 7:20pm. Taster session possible. See all details and booking information here. Already know the basics? Then join our General Level class from 8pm. More details here.

Join us for the new term, either in-person or via Zoom. We dance from 7:30pm, and from 8:30pm those students who are part of the performance troupe Karisimi will practise ahead of their next performance. This part of the class is by invitation only. All the details and booking here. 

Strictly fun Jive dance class. Join for the foundation class (55 minutes) to learn the basics, or jump straight into the Open level class (55 minutes) suitable for dancers who already master the foundations who would like to perfect technique and learn a choreography. Stay for both classes (2 hours)…

Bring on the carnival and learn how to Samba! Join for the foundation class (55 minutes) to learn the basics, or jump straight into the Open level class (55 minutes) suitable for dancers who already master the foundations who would like to perfect technique and learn a choreography. Stay for…

Join me and the Bellydance Now Team for the UK’s longest running International Bellydance Festival  which this year will welcome Cairo Superstar Kamelia to the UK for the first time. Check out the full 3-day time table and all the details on the Fantasia website.

This course is aimed at people who are already teaching or are considering teaching belly dance, and who want to ensure that they are doing so safely. The course will run over 4 days full days from 9am to 5pm: one continues weekend and to separate sundays. The 2026 course…

I’m delighted to join the teaching team at the Bellydance Now (formerly JWAAD) International Summer School again in 2026. This is my favourite week of dance during the year and offers a unique total submergence of bellydance – and is the best and longest running bellydance course in the UK.…

Want to start teaching Bellydance? Already teaching but would like to enhance your skills? Want to teach to a higher level or gain a confidence boost? This course is for those wishing to develop their teaching practice or considering beginning to teach. This course builds upon the content of the…