Service Description

The Bellydance Intensive you can’t live without! PRICE $35 In-Studio $27 Online Zoom $22 Recording Only INTENSIVE DATE: June 14th 2025 TIME: 1:00 - 3:00PM (EST) Flutters & Shimmies are one of the most challenging but fun moves in the belly dance world, with consistent practice it will become natural in your body. Gabriela Figueroa will share her most effective tips and tricks to accessing this mystifying expression of movement! Get ready to open a new door or further your flutter and shimmy practice! INTENSIVE OVERVIEW Flutter technique Diaphragm exercise to warm & open it up Vacuum breathing exercises Shimmy drills to loosen up the hips Flutters & Shimmies combos for a fun practice Applying the moves to a mini drum solo choreography Join us In-Studio NY, Online Zoom or Register to Receive the high quality recording shared after the intensive. BIO About Gabriela Figueroa’s journey with Middle Easter dance began as a self-taught dancer. She started her formal instruction with Natalie El-Ghoul; a Middle eastern & contemporary dancer and choreographer at La Fábrica in Guayaquil, Ecuador. during her time at  La Fabrica Gabriela discovered her passion for Middle Eastern dance and continued her studies in Quito, Ecuador at Frente de Danza Independent with Carolina Cruz, a professional dancer and certified somatic teacher where she learned how to view movements from the inside.
Gabriela teaches Raqs Sharki regularly  focusing her class on the dance culture, history & creating community while integrating body and mind through dance. In 2015 Gabriela became a member of Natalie Nazario's Raks Al Zahra troupe with whom has won different festival's competitions. In 2018, Gabriela took the Bellyqueen Teacher Training Course led by Kaeshi Chai and now is part of the teachers staff of Bellyqueen in New York City. Gabriela continues to grow each day by regularly studying different styles such as Middle Eastern folklore , Romani, Flamenco & Theater dance with many renowned teachers which makes her a versatile and bold performer and Choreographer.