Baubo Belly Dancing

Hi, my name is Guinevere, welcome to my website! I am a Belly Dance performer, choreographer, teacher and writer. My classes are in West Wales and I hold workshops throughout the UK and abroad. As a certified A-Z Belly Dance teacher I also offer Personal Technique and Teacher Training opportunities in the A-Z Belly Dance system. A-Z training is held at the beautiful Over the Rainbow Mansion, near Cardigan. My dance style has been described as 'classical fusion.' I am currently launching Belly Treasure Workshops to accompany my newly released Belly Dancer's Treasure Pack - a fun, informative guidance book and inspirational 58 card set for Belly Dancers.

Order your Belly Dancer's Treasure Pack here. An ideal gift for your dancing friends!

See the calendar or scroll down for information, upcoming courses, workshops, classes, shows and events. I am starting 2012 on maternity leave with my lovely new boy SOL and look forward to teaching again in February on the Belly Dance Works Project and in March at the Majma festival.

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Have fun, meet new friends and improve your fitness with Belly Dance. Many women report feeling more toned with improved posture and less stress through their dance practice. Belly Dance may be just what you are looking for.

My classes and workshops cater for total beginners as well as more advanced dancers. Learn in relaxed, friendly community spaces at a level to suit you. Gift vouchers are availbale.

CURRENT 2012 WORKSHOP MENU - for dance schools/groups, belly dance troupes or hen parties...

- A-Z Belly Dance - Personal Technique or Teacher Training Certification courses.

- Oriental Dreams - An Advanced A-Z Belly Dance Fusion choreography to a relaxing Galactic Caravan track. Dramatic and flowing. Ideal for grand troupe acts. Classical and taqsim sequences.

- Warrior Dance - An Original A-Z Belly Dance Fusion choreography with Saiidi sticks to a powerful Pentaphobe track. Ideal for beginners to intermediate levels. Would suit Tribal Fusion groups looking for diversity and new prop work.

- Nour El Ain - An A-Z Belly Dance Fusion choreography with music by Amr Diab with an Egyptian-Latino feel and spicy veil work. Fun, upbeat and energising.

- Pare Pare - A slow and enchating veil dance using A-Z Original and the water AstroBelly sequences to a Tarkan track.

- Circle of Fire - A mesmerising circle dance with candles and trays to a track by Keti Sharif using a range of AstroBelly sequences.

- Belly Treasure - Rhythm Lady - Learn to play and dance some basic Arabic Rhythms. Includes using drum, improvisation and free dance.

- Belly Treasure - Dance your Jewels - Explore your art and find deeper expression and creativity with chance and improvisation using The Belly Dancer's Treasure Pack cards.Good for devising new work & empowerment.

- Elemental Belly Dance - Sessions to express and celebrate the elements; Earth, Air , Fire & Water. Includes AstroBelly, Belly Treasure exercises and prop work.

- Venus Dance - works with 5 people. Creatively explore the sacred 5 pointed Rose shape that Venus makes as it travels the cosmos. Sensual, cosmic and full of positivity. Good group dance for self-esteem and bonding.

Also available - general Belly Dance workshops for youth groups, older people, festivals and events. I also work as a free lance journalist producing articles on Belly Dance for magazines. Please be in touch to discuss commissions.

Belly Dancing, sometimes called Raqs Sharqi, Arabic, Middle Eastern, Egyptian, North African or Oriental Dancing is a wonderfully expressive art with many emerging, modern styles. It allows us to connect to and stimulate our creative centres. There are many types of Belly Dancing and we each find our own rhythms within it. People find it 'a great release' and they 'always feel better afterwards'. Through Belly Dance we can enjoy developing a new skill whilst improving our physical fitness and health feeling the benefits in mind, body and soul.

Belly Dance is a name that pertains to the distinct belly rolls, undulations and refined abdominal and hip moves that are very pertinent in some styles of Middle Eastern dance. The term 'Belly Dance' was coined in the 1890's at the Chicago World Trade Fair by the French as -

'Dance du ventre' - meaning dance of the belly! And it's stuck...

I call my Belly Dance business Baubo as Baubo relates to, 'The Ancient Belly Goddess' associated with laughter, dancing and 'belly-talk'. Find out more on Baubo in -

Women who Run with the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes (1996)

The Metamorphosis of Baubo, by Winifred Lubell

Goddess Baubo sums up the unbridled joy that many women tap into during their journies into Belly Dance! See what's on offer for you...

If you are interested and would like some more information, please email me guinevere@baubo.co.uk or telephone 0792 533 2892 / 01348-841114