Freyja is available for workshops, private lessons and small group classes

Bellydance class consists of warm up, drills and varying exercises designed to improve body awareness, posture, and stability for dancing. Listening exercises help develop the ability to feel the music. Theory includes creative breakdown of muscular technique involved in this dance form and tips to get the most out of your practice There is a focus on moving from the core with strength and grace. Classes are mixed level and modifications are given to meet individual students needs and to keep the class challenging, yet not overwhelming for beginners as well as advanced students.

Pilates is a movement discipline that focuses on the core postural muscles that are essential to providing support for the spine and to helping keep the body balanced. Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and strengthen the deep torso muscles, which are important to help alleviate and prevent back pain. Pilates is an excellent addition to belly dance in that it conditions the muscles that are necessary to develop a healthy and strong dance posture while deepening body awareness. This awareness of the individual muscle groups in the dancer’s body (particularly in the torso) helps in learning and improving various isolations used in the dance.

Event Bookings

Weddings . Private Parties . Corporate Events . Theatrical . Club Theme Events . Restaurants ... No Bachelor Parties Please!

Freyja is available to perform at your next special event. Let her spice up the evening with her amazing combination of style, technique, stage presence and audience interaction. She can adapt her performance to your needs through costuming and a wide range of musical choices, including traditional and modern styles.

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Bio

Freyja began her study of dance in early childhood. Her mother studied Flamenco Dance in Spain and performed it on tour across Europe. Freyja’s dance/movment background includes ballet, jazz, hip hop, ballroom, salsa, club dancing, flamenco, Indian and Indonesian dance as well as yoga, pilates and Taiji/qigong.

She has developed her own unique style drawing from many of these sources. Freyja has studied American Cabaret, Turkish and Egyptian styles of belly dance, as well as American Tribal style, which later led to Tribal Fusion.

Freyja fell in love with belly dance through her first teacher, Ansuya, who inspired her to pursue this dance form wholeheartedly. Over the years she has studied with many different teachers and counts among her biggest influences Ansuya, Frederique David, and Suhaila Salimpour.

In 2005, Freyja joined forces with Frederique with whom she taught and performed in the bay area dance co-operative Bellygroove. She is currently focusing on her solo career and collaborations with various other Bay Area dancers and musicians, including Jennifer Faust, SooozhyQ and DJ Amar.

In 2007, Freyja became a partner in the successful Electric Vardo project, where she co-produces night club events that show case the Bay Area's hottest dance talent and DJs. She is also co-producer of Hip’n’Bass, San Francsico's monthly event that takes place every last Thursday at Underground SF.

Freyja has taught and performed all over the United States, Canada and Europe at such notable venues as the Staples Center (home of the Los Angeles Lakers), The Ford Ampitheatre and various high profile nightclubs and restaurants.

Freyja is credited with excellent technique and musical interpretation, crisp isolations and original innovative choreography. As an instructor, she gives a great presentation and breakdown of moves, while emphasizing proper posture and movement in order to prevent injuries and gain muscle strength that aids in healing. She has made an extensive study of anatomy, physiology and body mechanics, and uses this knowledge to help students master the motions and gain the needed strength and flexibility to improve their dance. Freyja’s love of therapeutic healing arts lead her to obtain her yoga teacher training certification at the acclaimed Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. She is also certified to teach mat and apparatus pilates classes by IMX Pilates. Freyja continues to study various movement disciplines and is currently focusing on the Alexander technique and principles of qigong to enhance her own practice and compliment her teaching.