BELLY DANCE ! 

Central Coast’s Premier School of Belly Dance in Toukley – Desert Flame

“ALEXANDRA” 

 BELLYDANCE   2025

                                      Egyptian  Intermediate Class:  6.15 pm – 7.15 pm

   BLOCK 6:   WEDS: Nov 19th – Dec 10th   =  4 week term  $75

                             This 4 week term will be a series of Mini Workshops – touching on American Tribal Style with big skirts // veil dancing //   

                                                                                             Improv – dance thru the chakras // Saiidi Stick 

                     ALL LEVELS of STUDENTS ARE WELCOME ! – please keep in mind this is NOT a basic beginners term If you’d like to join a Basic Beginners class in 2026 – please do make contact with me – when I have enough students keen, then I will start one up for you !                                          ***

                                                                                                       Sorry – I cannot offer a refund for missed classes

                       # Casual class is  $22 – pls contact me if you wish to do casual classes – only available  upon request

                             SORRY –  NO Brand new Beginner class available at the moment…

Pls make contact with me if you wish to be part of a Brand New Beginner Class

                                                            in the near future ?                                   

To reserve your spot, pls contact me via email, text or call

Toukley Library Community Hall.    Cnr Main Rd & Victoria Ave,  Toukley
Sandra    Ph: 0404 462 284
Email: alexandraflame@gmail.com 

                                                                                 I’m looking forward to sharing the Shimmy with YOU!!!

Please bring water, and wear something loose and comfy for dancing in, nothing that trails on the floor that you can trip on, and so that I can see your ankles. I have hip scarves available in class for you to wear. Its an hour of fun – moving your body and adding flexibility, with this self empowering and ancient art/dance form !

**  Class starts right on time, so pls come in earlier to settle in.

Doors open 15 mins prior to the class start time – come in and catch up !

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Egyptian Dance.   Alexandra teaches basic Egyptian style bellydance, from folkloric thru to the cabaret style – encouraging women to connect with their body, express movement,  express rhythm thru the movements & steps, exercise their body, stretch & to  embrace different ways of moving. It is  personal, vigorous & fun !  The class is suitable for both beginners and those who have danced for a while.  The class is limited to 16 students, its a large space, and I rotate the rows so everyone gets to be at the front if they choose to. The class is personal, & very friendly !  Performance is not mandatory !

American Tribal Style or ATS was created in the USA by Carolena Nericcio,  who founded FatChanceBellyDance (FCBD) in San Francisco in 1978. Its a dance style that incorporates Middle Eastern, Spanish and Indian dance styles. It uses bellydance steps,  and arm positions that are uniquely connected to the dance step.. In this improvisational style of dance, there is a leader and follower(s)

Each dance move has a cue which the leader will execute letting the follower(s) know what the next move or combination will be. The lead can change to another dancer throughout the dance, which gives everyone a chance to lead, if they choose to ! Often using no choreography, with dancer following dancer, this unique style has structure, yet at the same time allows spontaneity and freedom of expression.  I teach via a choreography, with combinations drilled  extensively, and we also dance improvised at times. To attend this class you must be comfortable with the basic bellydance movements, preferable after attending Egyptian dance class for 6 – 12 months, or being able to quickly learn the foot & hip moves.  Call me if you’d like to attend ?

 I’m looking forward to meeting you and sharing the shimmy ! Give me a call or E if you have any questions ?

Belly Blessings,
Sandra – aka Alexandra

                                    

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What is Belly Dance?

The dance form we call “Belly Dance” is derived from traditional women’s dances of the Middle East and North Africa. The Ancient Art of Belly Dancing is as timeless as the beatings of the drums. In these areas, women have always belly danced, at parties, at family gatherings and during rites of passage.
This woman’s social dancing eventually evolved into belly dancing as entertainment (”Dans Oryantal” in Turkish and “Raqs Sharqi” in Arabic). Although the history of belly dancing is murky prior to the late 1800s, many experts believe its roots go back to the temple rites of India and Egypt.

Probably the greatest misconception about belly dance is that it is intended to entertain men. Because segregation of the sexes was common in the part of the world that produced belly dancing, men often were not allowed to be present.

Why Belly Dance?

Alexandra says that belly dance has many effects on women, not only giving fitness with fun and hauntingly beautiful music but camaraderie, as women bond and make new friends. The health and fitness side of it increases strength in the abdominals, lower hack, arms and legs and increases the flexibility in the entire hack and all the joints.

On the spiritual side, women celebrate themselves, honouring their body and their soul, recreating the ancient dance of the Egyptian Goddess of Abundance and Fertility. And on the fun side – learning to dance with a cheeky and vibrant attitude raises your confidence and comfortability with yourself and your body.

Who can Belly Dance?

Many women of all ages nationalities, shapes and sizes dance to celebrate their life.

Picture this: Colourful Bedouin men drum around the campfires of a Persian oasis while their exotic women tell their stories of life.

Dancing to the heartbeat of creation, remembering their maidenhood, their courtship, the seduction of their marriage, the birth of their children and the simple joy of being a woman. Even the elders are revered dancers, as their grace, confidence and inner beauty tells of their peace and happiness to grow old.

The dance of the belly. The dance of life.

“Alexandra”

Dance – to enrich and free you spirit!
Be transported to another place and time!

Belly Dance is elegant and graceful, celebrating in the female spirit, and the strength and beauty of the female form, regardless of age or size.

The term “Belly dancing” arose after the French called the art “dance du ventre,” or “dance of the stomach.” But throughout history, this art has gone by several names. The Greek called it “Ciftetelli.”   In Turkey, it was known as “Rakkasa.”  Egyptians called it “Raks Sharqi” or “Dance of the East.”  Other Middle Easterners called it “Danse Orientale”  which identifies belly dancing as a type of art that came from outside their own culture.

Belly dancing is one of the oldest forms of dance in recorded history. Artifacts show that belly dancing began its 6000-year (or longer) history in Mesopotamia, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, or modern-day Iraq. Historians have found early evidence of belly dancing in art from Egyptian, Turkish and Phoenician cultures  which flourished in the general Middle Eastern area.

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