Belly Dance Class Dates

Get your shimmy on with Raksanna and her faculty at the Fry Family YMCA, 2120 W. 95th Street, Naperville IL 60564. (For dates and times for Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove campus, or Oak Brook Park District classes, please scroll to the bottom of the page or call Roxanne at 630.689.3611)

Class Session Information

Classes are 7 weeks in length:

  • Summer Session 1: June 12 to July 16
  • Summer Session 2: July 17 to August 13

Have fun and learn to belly dance!

You can join a class at any time, but please know that joining a class in the middle of a session means that the rest of the class will be ahead.

Class Times/Days Classes are held on the following days and times:

Sunday
- 12:30-1:30 pm – Beginning Belly Dance with Jodie
- 1:30-2:30 pm – Intermediate Belly Dance with Ruth
- 2:30-4:30 pm – Advanced/Professional with Raksanna
Tuesday
- 7:35-8:35 pm – Intermediate Belly Dance with Raksanna
- 8:40-9:40 pm – Soloist Track (by invitation and instructor approval only)

Thursday
- 7:35-8:35 pm – Beginning Belly Dance with Raksanna
- 8:40-9:40 pm – Private lessons available

Friday
- 7:35-8:35 pm – Raksanna and the Desert Flames practice/rehearsal

Beginner classes are open to all dancers. Intermediate classes require that one session of beginning veils and one session of beginning cymbals are completed before registering for Intermediate levels. Entrance to Advanced/Professional class is done via invitation, instructor permission and successful completion of a comprehensive audition and technique exam.

Class Location Classes are held at the beautiful Fry Family YMCA located at the intersection of Book Road and 95th Street at 2120 W. 95th Street, Naperville IL 60564.

Registration and payment: To register for classes, call the Y at 630-904-9595. If you have any questions or need assistance, please call (630-689-3611) or email Raksanna (raksanna@raksanna.com).

For information, please call Raksanna at 630-689-3611 or email raksanna@raksanna.com.

Out Reach Programs: With our reputation for high quality and fun, our program is expanding!

We offer Belly Dance Beginning at Waubonsee Community College (Sugar Grove Campus, Rt 47 at Waubonsee Drive, Sugar Grove) on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 pm.

Additionally, beginner belly dance is offered at the West Chicago Park District  (103 West Washington, West Chicago, 630.231.9474) on Monday evenings at 7:00 pm. Directly following the Belly Dance class is a Hawaiian/Polynesian Dance Beginning  at 10:30 am.

For information about classes at either Waubonsee Community College or Oak Brook Park District, please call Roxanne (Raksanna) at 630.689.3611 or email Raksanna@raksanna.com or Roxanne@roxfit.com.

We are also working with the Woodridge Park District to offer Belly Dance and Hawaiian dance classes in the Fall, 2011.