Dancing with accessories can add another dimension to your dance. Props can add excitement and drama to belly dance performances, as long as you know your prop like the back of your hand, so practice often! Join us in KP2 and learn how to dance with veil, stick or cymbals.

Take your dance to the next level by learning to dance to live music with Guy Schalom’s Real Music Academy starting this March at ZeoT Zürich or join Rachida Aharrat’s performance project and step into the limelight in the ZeoT Showcase at theatre Aula Rämibühl on the 22nd June 2019.

Read our newsletter to find out how you can purchase tickets for the ZeoT show plus find out more about our teacher training programme and our performance at the opening ceremony of the Iranian Film festival. Plus save the date for our Asian Hafla on Saturday 23rd February & Zürich Tanzt festival, which will again be at the ZeoT Zürich studios during the first weekend in May 2019.

HIGHLIGHTS IN NEWSLETTER

• REAL MUSIC ACADEMY - Guy Schalom at ZeoT

• ZEOT BELLY DANCE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME 2019

• ZEOT SHOWCASE 2019

• IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL

The start of a new year is a time to take on new challenges and look for new inspiration as well as continuing to do the things we already know make us happy! With this in mind we’ve plenty of exciting surprises for all belly dance fans out there plus lots of your old favourites!

We’re especially excited about all the live music filling ZeoT in the next couple of months. Keep reading to find out more about Guy Schalom’s Real Music Academy and the special offer for readers of this newsletter plus how to get tickets for the arabic music concert TARAB on the 2nd February 2019.

Get ready to dance and keep warmed up for a great start in 2019 with KP1 (oriental pop).

HIGHLIGHTS IN NEWSLETTER

• REAL MUSIC ACADEMY - Guy Schalom at ZeoT

• TARAB - Arab music concert & dance at ZeoT - 02.02.2019

• KHALEEGY PERFORMANCE PROJECT

• ZEOT BELLY DANCE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME 2019

Christmas is coming and we’re sharing in the festive mood with our online Advent Calendar. Celebrating 24 days of female creativity, power and entrepreneurship we’ve teamed up with local female run businesses to bring you some amazing prizes. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram to get the chance to win. Have a look at some of the prizes in our newsletter below.

Regular classes will take a break over Christmas but there’s plenty of opportunity to keep on dancing in our winter workshops. From Isis wings to shimmy technique, American tribal style or an introduction to Chinese dance, try something new and keep warmed up for a great start in 2019 with KP1 (oriental pop).

HIGHLIGHTS IN NEWSLETTER

• TARAB - Arab music concert & dance at ZeoT - 02.02.2019

• KHALEEGY PERFORMANCE PROJECT

• ZEOT BELLY DANCE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME 2019

Lastly a big thank you to all of you who’ve danced, performed and partied with us in 2018. We truly love to dance with you and thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping to make the ZeoT community such a joyful one, and for putting many smiles on our hips!

The most valuable things in life can only be learned by doing them a lot. You can read every book on Ghandi and still not be a leader. You can read cookbooks cover to cover and still not be able to serve up a gourmet meal. You can watch every belly dance video on youtube and still not be able to shimmy! If you want to get better at something there’s no magic ingredient - it’s about drilling the basics again and again until it becomes automatic.

Maybe you’ve been coming to class regularly but you feel frustrated that after practising for hours you’re not getting better or getting the results you want? Then it’s time to think about whether you’re practising in the right way!

“Champions are brilliant at the basics” - American basketball player John Wooden

Mastery in nearly any endeavor is the result of deeply understanding simple ideas. For most of us, the answer to becoming better leaders, better chefs or better dancers is consistently practicing the fundamentals, not brilliantly understanding the details. You can find more ideas and tips on how to practise here.

On 22nd October we'll begin KP 6 studying various Middle Eastern and North African folkloric dances. Join us on a colourful journey stopping off in Tunisia, Egypt and the Gulf states. We’ve included some more tips in our newsletter on how you can learn a choreography more easily and you’ll also find a special offer (free private lesson) for all new Abo holders in KP6, which might just help you find the best way to practise with intention and not just effort!

Highlights KP6 (more info in newsletter):

• ESRAA WARDA // FROM MOROCCAN CHAABI TO ALGERIAN CHAOUI 

• OZGEN // TURKISH ROMAN DANCE, DRUM SOLO & SUFI INSPIRED VEIL CHOREOGRAPHY

• GEORGETTE DUTOIT // "ON YOUR FEET" - FOOT FITNESS WORKSHOP