Dance Classes in Dubai

Contemporary dance combines elements of ballet, modern, and jazz with a strong emphasis on improvisation, floorwork, and emotional expression. Students learn release technique, contraction/release, partnering, and choreography rooted in choreographers like Graham, Cunningham, and Forsythe.

Jazz dance is an energetic, rhythmic style with isolations, turns, leaps, and syncopated footwork, drawing from Broadway, commercial, and traditional jazz roots. Students learn warm-ups, across-the-floor combinations, and full choreography.

Jazz Funk fuses jazz technique with hip-hop attitude, popular in music videos and commercial choreography. Students learn body isolations, groove-based movement, and high-energy combinations set to current pop and R&B tracks.

Belly dance (raqs sharqi) is a Middle Eastern dance form built around hip articulations, undulations, shimmies, and arm framing, performed to traditional and modern Arabic music. Students learn foundational technique, layering, and choreographies.

Tap dance is a percussive style where the dancer creates rhythm with metal-tipped tap shoes. Students learn shuffles, flaps, paradiddles, time steps, and routines drawn from rhythm tap (Honi Coles, Savion Glover) and Broadway tap traditions.

Breakdance (b-boying / b-girling) is the foundational dance of hip-hop culture, structured around toprock, downrock, freezes, and power moves. Students learn fundamentals, conditioning, and how to build a personal style.

Mohiniyattam is a classical Indian dance form from Kerala, characterised by gentle, swaying movements, intricate footwork, and expressive abhinaya. Students learn adavus (basic units), nritta (pure dance), and abhinaya (expression) within the traditional Mohiniyattam repertoire.

Kuchipudi is a classical Indian dance form from Andhra Pradesh, distinguished by quick rhythmic footwork, sculptural poses, and a tradition of dance-drama performance. Students learn adavus, nritta, and signature Kuchipudi pieces like the Tarangam (dance on a brass plate).

Odissi is a classical Indian dance form from Odisha, recognised by its sculpturesque tribhanga (three-bend) postures, fluid torso movement, and devotional themes. Students learn adavus, nritta repertoire, and abhinaya based on the Geet Govinda.

Zumba is a fitness dance programme combining Latin and international rhythms with cardio movements, designed for adults of all fitness levels. Students learn signature Zumba steps (salsa, merengue, reggaeton, cumbia bases) and full hour-long workout routines.