Belly Dancing in the San Fernando Valley

Belly dancing is the dance craze everyone is learning these days. Do you want to learn how to shake your hips like Shakira? It might take a couple of lessons but with the help of dance instructors in the San Fernando Valley your hips will be shaking in no time.

New Times called Anisa the "Best Belly Dance Instructor." Anisa is the owner of Anisa's School of Dance located in Sherman Oaks California. The dance studio has a number of belly dancing classes. Beginning and intermediate belly dancing is taught by Anisa on Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30p.m. Thursday 2:30-3:30p.m. and 8:30-9:45p.m.

A basic belly dancing is also taught on Thursday from 7:30-8:30p.m. by Adreanna. On Monday from 8-9p.m. Elisheva teaches a beginning/intermediate class. For more information visit www.anisadance.com. Anisa's School of Dance is located at 14252 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Black Bird Dance Studio in Northridge offers a belly dancing class on Saturday from 11a.m.-12p.m. The class is open to teens and adults. Black Bird offers monthly unlimited classes for dancer age 16 and up for $100, $90 for dancer between the age of 7-15 and $50 for dancer between the ages of three and six years old. For those interested in taking one class the studio offers a drop in rate for the price of $12 for a one-hour class.

Black Bird Dance Studio is located at 8664 Lindley Ave., Northridge, CA 91325. The studio is in walking distance from the California State University of Northridge. For more information call (818) 727-7323 or visit www.blackbirddancestudio.com/.

Body Fusion in Woodland Hills offers basic and intermediate dance lessons Wednesdays at 6:30p.m. Basic classes are also taught Saturday at 11:30a.m. and intermediate classes at 12:30p.m.

Body Fusion offers a number of price packages including group classes that start at $18 per session. They also have semi private coaching sessions and one-on one personal coaching. One-on one coaching starts out at $75 for one session.

For more information about classes at Body Fusion call (818) 226-9266 or visit www.bodyfusioninc.com. Body Fusion is located in Woodland Hills at 20929 Ventura Blvd.