Courses (EN)

Year schedule 2025-2026

Drum Solo (7x)	Start: 3 Sep End: 14/15 Oct
Arab Sounds (7x)	Start: 5 Nov End: 17 Dec
Dabke & Stick dance (7x)	Start: 4 Feb End: 1 Apr
Veil dance (7x)	Start: 8 Apr End: 10 June
Parties & guest lectures	January (4x) 17 June

Veil dance

Throw off your scarf and let yourself be enveloped by a swirling veil! While a scarf makes you curl up to protect yourself from the cold, a belly dance veil invites you to open up. It wants to be fanned out like a blossoming flower. Accompanied by vibrant theatrical dance music, you will discover what can blossom within you this spring. The class is open to all levels, so everyone is welcome to join. Register using the contact form or by sending an email to raqsenschedeATgmailDOTcom.

Start: April 8, 2026
Time: 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Playground building Kozakkenpark

Dabke & Stick dance

This course is currently running. Dabke is alive in Enschede. Among others, it’s a dance of Assyrian people (Suryoye) and Turkish people. We learn Bagiye and Çepki., among other things. We also dance Egyptian stick dance to Saidi music. Learning to recognize which music belongs to which dance is part of the course.

Year schedule

Course year 2025/2026 is structured along 4 themes. You can register for a theme (7 lessons). The lessons take place on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in the brick building at playground Kozakkenpark (10 minutes by bike from the UT!).

Course fee

A trial lesson costs €15. This amount will be deducted from the course fee if you continue. A single introductory workshop costs €15 (minimum 10 participants). A course of 7 lessons costs €65. After each course, you can decide whether or not to continue. There is a separate course fee for students and low-income earners.

Inclusivity

Accessibility for the male sex depends on the already registered participants. The Wednesday group has a core of participants who have been dancing since the foundation of Raqs Enschede in 2022.