Master Classical & Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance
by Joana Saahirah´s Online Dance School
🌙✨Uncover the Secrets of Egyptian Dance🌙✨
In this course, dancers will learn the main differences between the Classical and the Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance - "Raks el Sharki" or, the most commonly used term, "Belly Dance" - and how to integrate them in their dance, gracefully.
They´ll learn how to modernize their dance without losing the essence of Egyptian Oriental Dance, where the Magic resides✨
📯Early Bird Price - only $169 (US dollars) for the entire course + bonuses + personalized feedback available until the 30th of August📯
What you can find in this course:
Classical & Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance Technique
What defines the Technique - Movements, Steps, and Postures - of Classical & Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance and how to integrate them into your dance.
Cultural & Historical Context
Understanding the origins and meaning of the dance technique, alongside its historical evolution, to enhance your dance quality and overall education.
Expert Guidance
Benefit from Joana Saahirah's extensive knowledge and experience in the field, in Egypt and around the world.
Personalized feedback on your dance and every exercise offered in the course.
A Choreography where Classical meets Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance
To the sound of Abdel Halim Hafez, one of the biggest symbols of Modern Egyptian Music and a must-know reference in the field of Oriental Dance.
Exciting, original, and efficient Exercises & Bonuses
That transform your dance and allow you to grow, visibly, as a dancer and person.
📯Early Bird Price - only $169 (US dollars) for the entire course + bonuses + personalized feedback available until the 30th of August📯
Classical & Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance, a pioneering online course by Joana Saahirah´s Online Dance School.
In this course, dancers will learn the main differences between the Classical and the Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance - "Raks el Sharki" or, the most commonly used term, "Belly Dance" - and how to integrate them in their dance, gracefully.
They´ll learn how to modernize their dance without losing the essence of Egyptian Oriental Dance, where the Magic resides✨
You´ll be introduced to Abdel Halim Hafez music - you´ll understand why it connects Classical and Modern Egyptian Music and how to dance it like a pro.
This course includes 5 modules - an Introduction and 4 core modules - containing 5 live masterclasses and their corresponding replays, and loads of original exercises and classes illuminating the fascinating worlds of Classical and Modern Egyptian Dance.
👉What you´ll learn in this Course:
1. How to differentiate Classical from Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance and how to integrate the best elements of each style in your dance.
2. Who was Abdel Halim Hafez, why his music builds a bridge between the Classical and the Modern worlds; and how to dance it.
3. Historical background: the birth of Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance and its development, till today.
4. Posture, Feeling, Dance Vocabulary, Dynamics, and Style from the Classical and the Modern Egyptian Dance Style.
5. A choreography that successfully incorporates Classical and Modern Egyptian Oriental Music and Dance.
6. What is the Essence of Egyptian Oriental Dance and how to preserve it while remaining creative, free, and modern.
7. Two months of extra access to the entire course and the personalized support and feedback offered in it (the course goes away on the 30th of January 2026).
At the end of this course, dancers will have learned how to recognize and use the best of both worlds and how to preserve the soul of Egyptian Dance.
They´ll also have learned a choreography to one of the most iconic musical themes by Abdel Halim Hafez, one of the top musical references of the 20th century in Egypt.
👉What you´ll receive when you subscribe to this Course:
1. Access to 5 modules filled with original historical, musical and dance content (Classical & Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance).
2. Access to 5 Live & Recorded Masterclasses.
Here´s the live class schedule in this course:
Introduction Live Masterclass
Happening on Saturday, the 25th of October, from 3 to 4.20 pm Lisbon/London local time
Live Masterclass #1
Happening on Saturday, the 1st of November, from 3 to 4.20 pm Lisbon/London local time
Live Masterclass #2
Happening on Saturday, the 8th of November, from 3 to 4.20 pm Lisbon/London local time
Live Masterclass #3
Happening on Saturday, the 15th of November, from 3 to 4.20 pm Lisbon/London local time
Live Masterclass #4
Happening on Saturday, the 22nd of November, from 3 to 4.20 pm Lisbon/London local time
3. Access to original bonus resources - music, articles, videos -; exercises, and classes.
4. Access to a bonus personalized feedback and support throughout the course, in every single class and exercise.
5. Access to a bonus personalized feedback on our final dance choreography.
6. Access to a loving, non-competitive, mutually supportive dance community.
We believe in the excellence of our Courses and Services but we also know Joana Saahirah´s Online Dance School is not for everyone and we want to receive students who are 100% satisfied and aligned with our mission and vision.
For those reasons, we offer a GENEROUS REFUND POLICY:
You can subscribe to the course
and do the Introduction and Module #1, including the first two live masterclasses and, if you feel this course is not for you, all you have to do is ASK FOR A FULL REFUND and it´ll be granted. No questions asked.
📯Early Bird Price - only $169 (US dollars) for the entire course + bonuses + personalized feedback available until the 30th of August📯
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📯Early Bird Price - only $169 (US dollars) for the entire course + bonuses + personalized feedback available until the 30th of August📯
If you don´t know Abdel Halim Hafez, the singer we´ll work with, in this course, sit back and listen...
(In our course "Classical & Modern Egyptian Oriental Dance", we´ll work on a choreography with an iconic song by Abdel Halim Hafez.
In the audio clip, below, you can have a taste at the genius of Halim Hafez)
📯Early Bird Price - only $169 (US dollars) for the entire course + bonuses + personalized feedback available until the 30th of August📯
What our (amazing) students say about
Joana Saahirah´s Online Dance School📯✨
About your Coach & Dance Teacher,
Joana Saahirah
Joana Saahirah is a world-renowned Oriental Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, and Author.
She´s also the creator of the pioneering Online Platforms Joana Saahirah´s World and Joana Saahirah´s Online Dance School delivering authentic Egyptian Dance, Personal Discovery & Empowerment.
Joana fell in love with "Raks el Sharki" and had the privilege to study extensively with the last icons of Egyptian Dance - Souhair Zaki, Nagwa Fouad, Mona el Sayed, Azza Sherif, and others.
She started her career in Egypt where she lived and performed for 8 years at the best venues of the country; during that time, she also worked as Choreography & Teaching Assistant of the Father of Egyptian Folklore, Mahmoud Reda.
Joana has traveled the world - more than 40 countries - in recent years to teach, perform, and lecture at international festivals.
Her dance style is unique, creating a bridge between tradition and modernity, the East and the West.
She has published several articles for respected publications as well as three books, The Secrets of Egypt - Dance, Life & Beyon, Behind the Curtain, a collaboration with the Slovenian Photographer, Breda Jurecko, and The Lessons I Learned from the Master based on her dance and life experience with the Creator of Egyptian Folklore, Mahmoud Reda.
Joana is a the founder of Joana Saahirah´s World & Online School, delivering authentic Egyptian Dance, Personal Discovery & Empowerment to a global community of dancers; as well as the creator and host of "The Oriental Café" Podcast.
Joana´s Teaching Method is an original formula combining her in-depth knowledge of Egyptian Dance, Music, and Culture, with an unique approach to Personal Empowerment.
Thousands of dancers from all over the world have benefited from her Vision - bringing back the Soul of Oriental Dance - and Work.
For more information about Joana´s Biography, click here to visit our Website
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