Classes and Workshops

Tribal Fusion Lessons:

Private Lessons:

What To Wear:

Please wear loose comfortable clothing. If you wear a skirt please make sure that it is ankle length, loose, and flowing (tight skirts do not allow for the necessary freedom of movement). Sweat pants or spandex pants are also acceptable. No jeans please! Also, you need to bring something you can tie around your hips (a scarf, strip of cloth, even a long sleeve shirt).

Past Classes

• CCAC (Community College of Allegheny County), South Campus and Allegheny Campus, Pittsburgh, PA, June-December 2002
  • Beginner Middle Eastern Dance
• Wilkins School Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2000-December 2002
  • Beginner Middle Eastern Dance
  • Intermediate/Advanced Middle Eastern Dance
• Semester at Sea, September-December 1998
  • Beginner Middle Eastern Dance

Upcoming Workshops

Please check here for future workshop listings and updates.

Past Workshops

Tribal Fusion Workshop (Armenian Dance Travel Step)

Saturday, July 5th, 2008, CID 22nd World Congress on Dance Research,Athens, Greece
At the CID 22nd World Congress on Dance Research, Baraka taught a workshop entitled, "Tribal Fusion: An Evolution of Bellydance". This clip from the workshop shows how to exicute an Armenian dance travel step.

Interested In Having Me Teach a Workshop?

I am happy to teach a variety of workshops at many different levels. Varying dance styles are available for workshops, ranging from oriental bellydance, to Tribal Fusion, to ethnic dance. Workshops can also focus on specific techniques; like how to dance to live music, dancing while playing zills, or using various props (especially those that can be balanced). Lectures, in brief or at length, on the cultural/historical background of the dance additionally are offered.