Veve Dance is a Mumbai based belly dance school and official representative of Egyptian Embassy.
The School:
Veve Dance is affiliated with the Egyptian Embassy.
The school focuses more on the techniques of belly dancing rather than teaching a choreographed number in each level.
USP of Veve Dance:
- 1st ever Belly Dance school in India. Running classes in Mumbai since 2006.
- Veve Dance teaches classical Egyptian belly dance up till intermediate level. Then on (in advance levels) blends of various belly dance styles such as Tribal, Gypsy, Turkish,etc as well as other non belly dance forms are taught.
- Props such as veil, asaya, zils, swords, shamadaan, etc are a part of the course structure.
- Belly dancing on live music is taught with Darbuka.
- Apart from belly dance, Egyptian rhythms, musicality and history of belly dance is also explained and woven into the course.
The Founder:
The Artistic Director of Veve Dance is Veronica Simas de Souza, lovingly known as Veve. Half Brazilian - half Peruvian, Veronica has been dancing and learning since the age of 5 years. She has learned Ballet, Yoga and is currently perusing Kathak under the guidance of her guru, celebrated Padmashree Sunayana Hazarilalji.
Veronica specializes in Belly Dancing and has traveled world over and trained under various honored belly dance artists. Picking up different styles and techniques, she thus has developed a distinctive style.
The Course:
The course structure is carefully planned and divided into 12 levels, with a new feature/a prop/rhythms included at every level. Each level comprises of 12 hours. Basic, intermediate and advance level exams happen in between to gauge the level of learning and understanding of the students.
The Team:
Veve Dance presently has a team of nine intensely trained instructors, apart from Veronica.
The Venues:
Veve Dance currently has five branches in Mumbai - Andheri, Khar, Bandra, Lower Parel, Sion. At Andheri, Khar and Sion studios, both, weekday and weekend classes are held.
The Schedule:
Class timings are regularly updated on the group page (under the FILES section) in the 'Class Schedule' document. Kindly go through the it to know the time and the levels going on at all/any of the branches.
The Material:
The music, used in class, is collected from all over the world. Also belly belts (coin and fabric) are available for purchase, for our students.
Belly dancing is mainly a dance about three parts of the body.. chest, belly and hips. It has many health benefits apart from building confidence and making one feel beautiful. Everyone can learn it!
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