CLASS FEES

Regular classes in Cork

All ages, shapes and sizes welcome!

Enloll and get your Hip Circles Membership Card (€10.00) which will allow you keep frequency notes of your classes as well give you nice discounts on various shops around Cork! (list coming soon!).

Ongoing monthly classes - total of 4 classes of 1:15 min each, once per week:

€55 monthly payment (early-bird booking at €45)

2 montlhy courses - total of 8 classes,

of 1:15 min each (twice per week month): €80 flat fee

Booking needed, Contact Graziela for more info, limited numbers!

Graziela is also available to teach private classes and she can travel to your home! Pricing depends on the amount of people attending the class, length and location.

Special rates are available for ongoing private classes.

WORKSHOPS

CHECK OUT THE EVENTS CALENDAR PAGE FOR ALL DETAILS on WORKSHOPS!

Graziela is also available to teach private workshops and she can travel to your location! Pricing depends on the amount of people attending the workshop, length and location.

Booking needed in advance, Contact Graziela for more details!

HIP CIRCLES BELLYDANCE CLASS LEVELS

TRIBAL FUSION BELLYDANCE  - BASIC LEVEL

This class introduces you to the basics of bellydance and how to be a Goddess. This course will improve flexibility, coordination, and self-esteem as you learn hip slides and kicks, undulations, figure eights and shimmies to combine into small bellydance routines. Correct your posture, drill on your foundations and learn new movements every class! No dance experience necessary.

TRIBAL FUSION BELLYDANCE - IMPROVERS LEVELS 1, 2 & 3
After you have mastered the basics, Levels 1, 2 and 3 combine more challenging isolations and combinations with a fun theme or prop to take your bellydance higher. The themes could vary from making costumes, creating/learning choreography or new improvisations and performing at our events. Intro to Bellydance with Graz or previous bellydance experience is recommended. Some props are provided.

General Levels Reference:

Basics: Beginners are learning basic alignment and posture, isolations, arm and hand coordination, traveling steps and short combos.

Level 1: Improvers who have taken minimum 6 months of classes, are able to perform simple choreographed pieces, capable of leading and following troupe improvisations.

Level 2: Experienced Improver students are learning more complex steps and combinations, layering, floor work, projection, spins and props.

Level 3: Intermediate dancers are ready for independent study, have tons of techniques to call upon and are working on refining the art of belly dance and putting it together into routines and/or choreographies in a performance-oriented manner.

Level 4: Professional dancers who are teaching and/or performing, excelling and always learning.

Level 5: If you became a BellyDance SuperStar you will fit in this section! :)

Class at the Cork Capoeira Academy (77 Douglas St), Cork, Ireland

HIP CIRCLES BELLYDANCE CLASS STYLES

Please check the Hip Circles Bellydance School link for more info on class details,

styles and our activities.

Hip Circles Bellydance School of Ireland

Regulations/Requirements/Payments

Membership Card and Starters Package: An annual administration fee of €10 is required when registering for your Hip Circles classes. You will receive an annual membership card (which will track your monthly payment) as well as a starters package with all the information needed to start you in your bellydance journey. While you are a current student your card will also give you nice discounts in various shops, restaurants etc in Cork City (list coming soon!) such as bellydance gear, jewelry, tattoos and much more! Bring 2 passport pictures and enjoy being a Hip Circles dancer!

Payments: The monthly fee (4 classes of 1:15 min) is collected in advance and the booking for the upcoming month is done at the fourth class of each month. Our current early-bird monthly fee is €45 for all levels. Late payments after booking week are €55 monthly. Discount rate for a month of 2 classes per week is €80.

PLEASE DO NOT BE DELAYED WITH PAYMENT. If you did not sort out your outstanding balance in time you do not have a booking in the class. Please respect this policy if you want to keep your space on the classes.

5 Weeks Month: Hip Circles Bellydance School of Ireland reserves the right to fulfill the extra class of a 5 weeks month with alternative activities such as movie class, rehearsal class, open class and etc or-else a break week with no class.

Starters Payment: If you are a new student starting in the middle of the month, you will not be charged for the class(s) you have missed, only for the upcoming ones until the end of the month (at a €15 per class). Current students pay by the month.

Refunds: There are no refunds.

Drop-Out Status: Please be courteous and advise if you no longer wish to continue with the classes so your space can be filled by ladies from our waiting list.

Dress Code: Please dress appropriately for the class! Comfortable clothes such as lycra wear, leggings or tracksuits, any tops of soft material (revealing the belly is not a requirement). Please wear a bra that offers adequate support. We also recommend a hip scarf or shimmy belt to emphasize and define hip movements. Classes are performed barefoot, bellydance socks recommenced. PLEASE NO JEANS or hard materials, pants with buttons or tight waist belts! Just wear comfy workout wear that makes you feel good!

Please note that your entrance might not be permitted on the class if the above advises are not followed. Please make enquiries about Hip Circles bellydance wear available for purchase. It is recommended that you are careful with any jewelry or other belongings that you bring to class as we are not responsible for lost items. 

Class Etiquette: Please arrive on time for your class. Though we understand that there can be some weather and/or parking conditions, we ask kindly that you please call us to let us know if you will be coming a few minutes late. If you come to class late please be sure to keep quiet as warm ups and breathing exercises are done in the most peaceful times. After 10 minutes from the start of the class we will close the studio doors so as courtesy to the instructor and other students, please do not come to the class after this time. Please note that if you are late you will miss warm up and stretches exercises so this policy aims to reduce risks of injury.

Class Behavior: Please be courteous and respectful at all times to your teacher and class colleagues. Students must remove all items brought to the studio after the class; empty drinking bottles, cups and etc should be placed in the rubbish bins. The school teachers hold the right to terminate your attendance to classes due to misconduct.

Makeups: If you miss a class, you cannot roll over money for classes into the next month. Also, you do not get a discount if you know in advance you can't make one of the classes BECAUSE THIS IS A MONTHLY COURSE.

We offer make-up classes when you can catch up on a missed class or a class which you know in advance that you will not be able to attend on the current month (as long as there is physical space, booking necessary, talk to your teacher!). If you book a day for a make up class and for any reason cannot be there after all, you do not have the choice of making up for that class again. Due to our large number of students and limited physical space, only 1 make-up per month is allowed.

Class Level Placement: Please note that our teachers will allow the attendance to the different levels of classes based on your skills and experience and it is up to your teacher to consent your attendance to the most appropriate level/style for you.

Good Health: Bellydance classes are designed for people who are in good health. If there are any concerns, please consult your physician before beginning this or other exercise program.

Pregnancy: If a new student arrives pregnant, only after the 3rd month you can join the classes (with your doctors' approval, written note needed). If a current student (regularly attending classes) becomes pregnant, with your doctors' approval (written note needed) it is OK to continue classes until the dance is still comfortable.

Photo/Video Release Statement: By being a member of Hip Circles Bellydance School, classes and performances, students grant the school, the perpetual use of dance performance in photographs, motion pictures, videotapes and recording media. Each student also grants in perpetuity our right to reproduce, and redistribute, students dance performance.

Exceptions to the above: We at Hip Circles Bellydance School will do our best to be flexible and make everyone happy, so please feel free to approach our teachers on anything you feel like and we will try to negotiate! Please keep in mind that it is up to the our teachers’ discretion to make decision in relation to all the policies above.

We provide a mats, dance hipscarves for you to use during class at no extra cost, but feel free to bring your own if you prefer.

PLEASE ME SURE that you have read and agreed to the above

Regulations, Requirements and Payment policy.

contact Graziela Calis at...

Mobile: +353 (0) 86 353 2962

Landline: +353 (0) 21 455 3173

Website: www.hipcircles.tk

E-mail: hipcircles@yahoo.com