Ask Carolena
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Course Curriculum
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StartLIVE! - The last Sunday of each month at 10am pacific
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StartCircles and Twists - May 2026
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StartTurkish Shimmies and Fabulous Hair cuts - March 2026
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StartDuets, Power Duets and Connection - February 2026
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StartSelf-Care in the New Year - January 2026
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StartSpecial Edition: Ask Your Teachers - November 2025
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StartTraining Courses, Costuming in Peformances, Reach and Sit - October 2025
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StartBodywave, Layback - August 2025
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StartMindfulness in Dance - May 2025
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StartGrounded, Footwork - April 2025
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StartTransitions - March 2025
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StartDueling Duets and Connection - February 2025
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StartSelf-Compassion in Dance - January 2025
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StartSpecial Zoom Hang Out Session - December 2024
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StartFlamenco Inspirations - November 2024
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StartRhythmic Undulation (Arabic) Shimmy and Variations - October 2024
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StartGaze, Single Bump Cue and Vacation - September 2024
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StartPrograms, Class Planning and Zils - August 2024
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StartPivot Bumps and Bodywaves - June 2024
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StartMoroccan Influences - May 2024
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StartSolos, Balancing Step, Sahra, Barrel and more - April 2024
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StartHip Twist, Building Up Steps and Performance Planning - March 2024
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StartDuets, Orbit and Connections - February 2024
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StartGratitude, Posture, "Boobs" and Costuming - January 2024
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Start2023 Recap, Celebrating Wins, Reverse Floreo, Dragonfly and more - December 2023
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StartStage Fright, Double Back, Isolations and tons of inspiration - November 2023
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StartTroupe Dynamics, Shimmy Layering and More - July 2023
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StartHip Twist and Variations - June 2023
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StartRhythmic Undulation, Four Corners, Walking Bodywave & Taxeem, Ribcage Rotation and Barrel Turn - May 2023
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StartFigure 8, Shimmy, Mazin Inspired Shimmy, Box Step - March 2023
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StartZoom and Zils - February 2023
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StartResham-ka, Classic Modern and Dialect Discussion - January 2023
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StartReverse Turn, Reverse Shimmy, Reverse Figure 8, Wrap Around Turn - December 2022
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StartQuartets, Fades, Rhythmic Undulation Shimmy - November 2022 Session
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StartSolos, Bellyrolls and Flutters - October 2022 Session
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StartFloorwork - September 2022
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StartArms, Hands, Barrel Turn, Forward and Back Shimmy, Hip Twist, Up2 Down3, RUNSWAAT, Military Pattern -August 2022
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StartReach and Sit, Swivel Step, Spins, Floreos and Choo Choo Arc Arm, Double Bump -June 2022
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StartWet Dog, Waterpot, Indian Jewelry and folkloric music - April 2022
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StartTransitions - March 2022
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StartRhythmic Undulation Family, Flamenco Inspiration, Duets, Dueling Duets - February 2022
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StartGratitude, Posture, Flock of Birds, Three foot positions - January 2022
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StartChorus, Propeller and Corkscrew Turns, Forward and Back Shimmy, Barrel, Sahra, Wrap Around and Hip Twist - December 2021
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StartBanat Mazin (Ghawazee) Inspired Shimmy Combination - November 2021
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StartZils - Community Chat and Zil Maintenance
Your Instructor
Carolena Nericcio is the creator of FatChanceBellyDanceยฎ Style.
In 1974, Carolena began dancing with Masha Archer and the San Francisco Classic Dance Troupe. Mashaโs style was an eclectic blend of classic Egyptian, Folkloric, and any other influence that she found enticing. In 1987, after the SF Classic Dance Troupe disbanded, Carolena began teaching in a small studio in the Noe Valley Ministry. Her only goal was to teach people to dance so she could have dance partners.
Being young and tattooed, Carolena attracted other young people living alternative lifestyles. The Modern Primitives movement was also underway. Tattoos and primitive styles of body adornment were the vogue. Carolena and her students performed at tattoo shows and conventions and became well known in the City by the Bay.