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About Hannan's Belly Dance Studio
also known as
The Egyptian Dance Academy
Hannan's Bellydance Studio offers top-notch belly dance for brand-new beginners to professional belly dancers. Our classes are ideal for women who seek fun, fitness and camaraderie. We are also the perfect choice for students seeking serious challenge and training.
We strive to deliver caring, personal service to all of our clients. Hannan's Bellydance Studio is noted for being a particularly welcoming, friendly, and professional organization.
Our comprehensive curriculum is designed to eliminate guess work and frustration.
Hannan's Bellydance Studio was founded by the award winning belly dancer Hannan Sultan in 2003 as a one person operation. Due to our outstanding instructors and services, we have grown to be one of North America's most successful bellydance schools with nine instructors, a student dance troupe, two locations and the home of The Rhythm of the Nile Professional Dance Company. Upon moving back to her home country, The United States, Hannan handed over the business to Nada El Masriya, knowing that Nada is a former Reda Troupe Member with 17 years of belly dance and folklore experience, makes her ready to take the Studio to even higher levels.
The artistic director of Hannan's Belly Dance Studio is Nada El Masriya. From Egypt and trained in Belly Dance and Folklore with the World Renown Reda Troupe, she developed the advanced levels of the curriculum and makes sure that the school is of the highest quality in authenticity, skill and professionalism.
Health and Safety of Belly Dance.
We have heard from students of other studios and small belly dance outfits that they have sore backs or knees after belly dancing.
Nada always says "Think before you take classes." It is in your best interest that your teacher has either 8 to 10 years of belly dance experience or is monitored and coached by a head belly dancer with at least 12 years of experience. Nada El Masriya has over17 years of Belly Dance experience, and constantly coaches the teachers of Hannan's Belly Dance studio.
Many health problems can be alleviated by regular healthy exercise and belly dancing is a low impact way to improve your health, flexibility and mood! If you have a health issue, please inform your teacher before you start and they will take good care of you.
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Our locations are Danforth & Broadview and Yonge & Eglinton.
Please see our contact page for addresses and maps.
Studio Space Photos
Recent article about Hannan's Belly Dance Studio in MyMiniFash.
Why dance with Hannan's Belly Dance Studio?
- Group Belly Dance courses from Beginner to Professional
- Belly Dance is the MOST FUN way to lose wieght, get in shape
and look sexy. Belly Dance works you from the inside out!
- Longer classes - Most of our classes are 1 hour and 15 min long
- 2 Great Locations, minutes from the Subway and close to downtown!
- Great Prices - sign up for a full session or get a class card and
do it your way!
- Fun, Friendly and Supportive Community - a great place
to make friends!
- Our Professional Teachers are constantly coached by
Nada El Masriya on Style, Safetly and Technique
- Folklore Belly Dance training from an authentic expert
- Private instruction for all levels
- Complementary classes such as Ballet for Bellydancers, Zumba
Hip Hop and Arabic Drumming
- Specialty Classes and Workshops
- Safety - Our teachers are trained by Nada to pay attention to the health and safety of our students. Nada El Masriya has 17 years of belly dance health experience.
- Professional belly dance performers for events
- Belly Dance shopping in our Boutique
- Performance opportunities for students
- Studio Events such as Haflas and the twice yearly Gala Show!
- Customer Service is our TOP PRIORITY!
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For more advanced belly dancers, we will
take your belly dancing beyond mechanical technique
and help you become a fluid belly dancer.
Hannan’s Belly Dance Studio’s Vision is that our students learn belly dance and exercise in a fun, healthy and safe way, and to produce quality belly dancers and professional performers who are technically proficient and with an understanding of Egyptian dance culture and origins.
Our classes are a full body (and mind!) workout, with your enjoyment and safety our top priority.
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Expand your horizons,
Fill your soul,
And tone your body
With belly dance |
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Our TOP priority is your satisfaction. We always want to know if there is anything we can do to help you enjoy your experience at Hannan's Bellydance Studio more. So, please don't be shy to TELL US. We truly LOVE making our students and clients happy!
TESTIMONIALS
I had a HUGE weight loss (with a proper diet) and saw a lot of muscle definition happening in my abs and arms. My calves and thighs got smaller and I had A LOT more endurance!
Lindsay T
What a great place to dig into the joyful awesomeness of being a woman. Ok, ok, there was a guy taking classes here for a while, and he was welcomed - but this studio is really about women. Powerful women.
A wide range of classes is available, from intro to dance movement, to pro level belly dance, with stop-offs for things like my favourite - Egyptian Folklore. The teachers come from a variety of dance backgrounds, so it's fun to switch it up now and again to work with someone with a different approach to belly dance.
The owner of the studio (Nada) studied with the Reda Troupe in Egypt, so you're getting the seriously real thing with her.
I really love that it's not all about pretty North American cabaret-style belly dance.
Work your muscles (I've found my peri-menopausal back to be in better shape than my 20 years younger back), laugh like mad with like-minded women, it can't get much better.
Ohhh - the classmates - so far they've ranged in age from about 10 to 60+.
eh. B - Yelp.ca Reviewer
Recently, I started taking bellydance classes with my sister and I have to say it has been a great experience - both for learning a new form of dance, practicing shaking my booty and receiving a great abdominal workout all at the same time!
A few weeks ago, I had my first class and since then, I am definitely getting better and better with the fluid and sexy motions of bellydance.
My teacher is wonderful when it comes to teaching and breaking down the movements. She is patient and really encouraging when it comes to learning the moves.
Every class begins with a warm-up, a review of the moves we learned in the previous class, instruction of a new dance move, a performance combination and a nice stretch and cool down to finish off the class.
If you have to miss a class, no sweat! The studio offers plenty of make-up class opportunities so you can keep up your technique and not worry about wasting your money on missing a class.
Hannan's has two studios in the city - one on the Danforth and one at Yonge and Eglinton - so it is very accessible to most in the city.
I highly recommend taking a bellydance class. I have been dancing since I was 3 and learning a new form of dance is always treat. These classes are great for individuals of all dancing levels.
Melissa G. - Yelp.ca Reviewer
When I decided to study the art of belly dance I looked for the absolute best: Nada El Masriya is a Master of the Art of Belly Dance and has changed my life from the inside out. Her exuberance, skill and joyful intelligence generates a quality throughout the studio that makes the student want to excel in this ancient art of Egypt into which Nada was born!
Heather R. M.F.A.
I have had the pleasure of taking classes from Nada. I also have enjoyed her dancing both at and outside her studio. Nada is a wonderful dancer. The atmosphere at Nada's is very supportive and welcoming. Nada is an excellent teacher, who teaches with passion and dedication. I look forward to many, many years with Nada. I am learning to play the drum, and look forward to drumming for the wonderful dancers at Hannan's Bellydance Studio.
Judy K.
When you think of Nada as a Belly Dancer, you of course see the magnetizing artist and performer that she is. However, I have had the privilege to witness another part of her. For me Nada has been my teacher, and one of my inspirations to continue on this journey of dance. She creates such a safe learning environment that you can’t help but want to learn more from her at each and every class. Her belief is to learn from seeing and then develop through doing, which is evident in the fact that her students seem to love dancing the class away by following and learning from her emotionally charged improvised dance routines. When you dance with Nada in her class, you don’t just dance with her, but rather through her, her feelings, and her love for the art. Nada knows the importance of cultivating proper technique, all while understanding that each and every dancer learns at a different pace and level. Really in the end, when I think of Nada, I think of all that I want to achieve in my Belly Dance career including the grace and poise of a truly exceptionally gifted artist.
Vicky G.
Before finding the studio I did several weeks of Bellydance group lessons at the gym that I used to attend and I also tried to take classes with another teacher in a general dance studio, I knew I like it but it wasn't going anywhere. What made HBDS stand out, was the opportunity for real continuous growth, a well established set of levels and very caring and committed teachers. That made all the difference for me from the very first class.
The other big factor was the value that each of the teachers bring to the studio. I have been an unlimited student for quite some time and i have had the opportunity to take classes with almost all the teachers from the studio, each one have an amazing open, funny way to explain the moves, it's not hard to notice that they all have a very genuine interest in the success of each student.
Each week in Nada's professional class there is a new challenge, a new way of learning the Egyptian art of dancing. I love her classes and we always get fun times, great music, always smiles and a very friendly and respectful mentor to learn from.
After a working day at the office, to relax, enjoy and feel happy there is no better way than to go to the studio and enjoy an always amazing bellydance class.
Itzel C.
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