DeAnna Freeman
Founder of FatChanceBellyDance®Style University
Director of Prana BellyDance and Yoga, LLC
DeAnna has studied and taught FatChanceBellyDance® Style, or FCBD® Style (formerly known as American Tribal Style or ATS®) belly dance and yoga for over 17 years. She has a passion for the artistic qualities as well as the scientific and structural elements of movement and believes in the power of these practices to align the mind and the body. She has spent years exploring how these relate to holistic and artist components of dance and yoga.
Her dance journey began when she met Megha, Director of Devyani Dance Company in 2004 and fell in love with FCBD®Style. Since then, DeAnna has dedicated her dance career to receiving the highest level of training and establishing herself as a leading professional in the FCBD®Style community. She was in the very first to receive Sister Studio and Teacher Certification outside of FatChance BellyDance®, is one of the few FatChance Continuing Education instructors in the world, was part of the inaugural FCBD®Style Advanced Teaching Training group, and had the pleasure of teaching and performing throughout the United States as well as in India. Her love of dance, movement and anatomy also led her to immerse herself in yoga study, becoming a registered Yoga Alliance Teacher (200hr and then 500hr RYT) and gaining a number of specialty certifications.
DeAnna’s classes empower her students to align their mind and body through dance and yoga. Through gaining an awareness of the scientific and structural elements of movement, together with an appreciation for the holistic and artist components, students unlock the hidden potential that is already within themselves. She prides herself on a relaxed and professional teaching style that allows students to elevate their skills in a safe, positive and fun learning environment
She is currently offering belly dance and yoga classes in the Portland Area, online, private sessions and a range of specialty workshops.
Classes and Series with DeAnna
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Cross Training for FCBD®Style with DeAnna
Want more range of motion in your body waves? Bigger bounce in your shimmies? More fluidity and grace in your FCBD®Style movements?
Whether you are looking for ways to enhance your personal dance practice, build stamina or ideas for warm ups and cool downs....this five week series guides you step by step through Yoga and conditioning designed specifically for FCBD®Style vocabulary of movements!
In part three of this five part series, DeAnna focuses on core conditioning.
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Floorwork Series
Floorwork is a beautiful addition to a set, but it can often feel intimidating to learn.
Join DeAnna for this five part series and feel more confident about floorwork!
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Conditioning for Swivel Step (Egyptians) and Spins
Originally taught as one of DeAnna's pre-FCBDU Facebook Live classes, this series had such excellent reviews, we decided to add it to our course library.
This four part series is an excellent way to dive deeper into one of our foundation family of movements...the Swivel Step!
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