FatChanceBellyDance® Certified Studio
FatChanceBellyDance®Style (formerly American Tribal Style®) is a modern, group improvisational style of belly dance created by Carolena Nericcio.
FCBD®Style is a fusion dance form. The movements are inspired by folkloric dances of the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, and India. It is a uniquely modern creation that does not represent an “authentic" dance from any particular region.
FCBD®Style is a method of improvisational choreography, using a vocabulary of natural movements and cues allowing the dancers to communicate via gesture and eye contact when dancing together.
Often unnoticed because of the elaborate costumes, exciting music, and sheer beauty of the dance, the core concepts of group improvisation are simple: leader to the left, followers to the right. Watch for interaction among the dancers, who always have their attention trained on the lead position, looking for the cue for the next step. When the dancers face each other and make eye contact, the lead is neutral, falling to the dancer who presents the next cue.
Dance Spot of Dupage
605 E Ogden Ave.
Naperville, IL 60563
Current Classes:
Level 1&2
March/April Session
May/June Session OPEN
Saturday 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Dancing in Flow®
Saturday 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Level 1&2 class - March/April
7 week session - Cost: $105
Level 1&2 - May/June
5 Week session - Cost: $75
Saturdays - (9:00am-10:00am)
March 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 and April 13 & 20, 2024
In this 7-week session, we will work on additional Level 1 moves of FCBD®style: Head Slides, Swivel Half Turn Turn, Torso Twist (with half & 3-point turns), Double Bump, Pulse Turn, Swivel Full Turn, Rainbow, Triple Swivel Step, Loco Camel, Up 2 Down 3, Circle Step (with half & 3 point turns), and Reshamka ! We will also We will also work on fading, circling, and...as always...posture!
Saturdays - (9:00am-10:00am)
May 4, 11 & 25 and June 1 & 15, 2024
In this 5-week session, we will work on the following FCBD®style moves: Medusa, Roundhouse, Push Forward & Back, Rhythmic Undulation with Hip Twist, Rhythmic Undulation Shimmy, Rhythmic Undulation Double-Turn, Dragonfly! We will also work on fading, circling, and...as always...posture! In our extra time during class, we will continue to review moves covered in previous sessions.
Dancing in Flow® - Cost: $10*
Saturday mornings from 10:30am-11:30am
March 2, 16 & 30 and April 13 & 20
May 11 & 25 and June 1, 2024
Description: "Dancing in Flow® is dancing in the divine subconscious." All Dance and No Talk! Perfect for L1 & L2 students who have attended classes and just need "empty brain time" to dance and get the steps into muscle memory. And L3 students who want to dance without thinking. No verbal instruction, no partners or formations, just follow along and bliss out. Each Dancing in Flow® consists of 45 minutes of dance with short breaks throughout.
Special Offer: If you have also signed up for our
March/April 7-week session and /or our May/ June 5-week session, each Dancing in Flow® will be only $5!
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