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Meet Claudia, a welcoming and generous teacher.

From small intimate sessions to large scale festivals around Australia. She’s been spreading her infectious enthusiasm for dance through teaching and performance for the last 20 years.

Having her first stage experience at age 5 bellydancing alongside her mother. In her teens regularly performing with local West African and Congolese bands.

Influenced by the cultures that surrounded her childhood, her movement vocabulary is a combination of fluid flow and strong grounded force. Taking inspiration from a range of styles such as Dancehall, House, Hip Hop to traditional African, Bellydance and Latin styles.

A natural affinity with rhythm and grooves mixed with an abundant joy for sharing dance is where Claudia’s true colours shine.

  • Come to a beginner friendly class, it’s a great place to start. Or get in touch with us about small group or 1:1 sessions.

  • Yes but know your limits and only do what feels good for YOUR body. Rest & rehab are most important recovery for full range of mobility in the body. As a starting practice always condition your body for strong knees, back and core.

  • We don't focus on dance history & theory, instead we focus our time moving the body to feel good. There are many online resources to be able to learn more about a particular style.

  • Booty and the beats classes aren’t about learning one specific style of dance. The class is led by each week’s playlist, curated to make you want to wind your waist like Rihanna and shake your hips like Beyoncé. Taking inspiration from music from all over the world. Think lots of beats, sometimes with a folkloric sound, sometimes with a big dance break.

    The classes are not about getting the steps ‘right’, they are geared to journeying the body back to how we are natural movement. The sometimes long forgotten connection to free flowing feminine expression. We are dancing to find that happy place in the groove of a great tune!