Year schedule 2025-2026
| Drum Solo (7x) | Start: 2/3 Sep End: 14/15 Oct |
| Arab Pop (7x) | Start: 4/5 Nov End: 16/17 Dec |
| Stick dance (7x) | Start: 3/4 Feb End: 24/25 Mar |
| Guest classes (7x) (Theme to be defined) | Start: 31 Mar/1 Apr End: 26/27 May |
| Haflas | January (4x) June (3x) |
No lessons during school holidays. A course will only start with enough participants.
Drum Solo
Arabic music shows a whole range of beautiful rhythms, way more than Western music does. Each lesson focuses on one or more sequences or rhythms, so that after a few lessons you can already enjoy improvising on this music! We are working towards dancing to a drum solo, with room for improvisation. Also, internalize the movements and enrich your own native dance, or dance to nice rhythms like the ones of Rhythm for everybody at home.
Workshop
Yes you would love to try this dance, but you’re just not sure whether to register for a full course or not? In that case: Request a workshop (15€). Together we will try to set up a new group. You can try one-and-a-half hour of dance packed with the best of the theme of a previous season, such as Fluidity, Rhythm essentials, or Stick dance. You can alsotake the first lesson of a course block as a trial lesson (15€), provided there is still a place available.
Year schedule
Course year 2025/2026 is structured along 4 themes. You can register for a theme (7 lessons). In January and June, there are parties called “haflas” in Arabic. During a hafla, you dance freely without any set routine. Family and friends are welcome to attend. 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
The workshop fee is 15€ (minimum of 10 participants). The course fee is 65€. After each course you can decide whether to continue or not. A course discount applies for students and people with a low-income.
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.