Belly Dance Goddess Hour by Karla Marie

ANNOUNCEMENT: 6 Week "Belly Dance Boot Camp" In this series, Karla Marie will guide you through Drills and Skills that will allow you to focus technique and condition for more powerful movements and stronger accents and isolations. Great for new students/beginners and dancers who would like to improve their technique and skill. Starts Thursday February 4th (7pm-8:30pm) And 4 Week "Unblocking the Elements" Class In this class we will go through the 4 building blocks of belly dance technique as well as chakra activating tools and energy work to Awaken the Goddess and kick off your weekend! Starts Saturday February 20 (10:30am-12pm) Event pages will be posted this week. In Person and Virtual Option available.

  Karla Marie  (Karlita, as her students lovingly call her) is a grateful guest of the MENAHT dance community (Middle Eastern, North African, Hellenic, and Turkish), colloquially known as "belly dance." Karla Marie teaches and performs Raqs Sharqi, Classical Egyptian and Egyptian Folklore, and MENAHT-influenced Fusion dance.  DANCE & ROOTS A proud Latina, Karla Marie was born and raised in Tegucigalpa, Honduras . Her father worked for the US Embassy in Latin America and the family moved to Guatemala City, Guatemala in the 80s and made New Orleans , Louisiana their home in the 1990s. Growing up in Latin America she was immersed in local folk dances, as well as the music and dances of Central and South America, and the Caribbean- such as Merengue, Bachata, Salsa, Rancheras, and her favorite- Punta (of the Garifuna tribe- the African/Indigenous Kalinago-Taino people who settled in the coast of Honduras). She is a classical Ballet dancer from the esteemed Academia Madame M