BBDC Become a BellyDancer Course
International BellyDance Level Certifications issued by UNESCO Dance Department though our School since 2012.
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About the BBDC
BBDC was created originally on the decade of the 1990s by Alia Shams.
Alia Shams was creating professional bellydancers in 3 months program, with her own revolutionary teaching techniques, based in her investigations on the Ancient Pharaohnic Egyptian philosophy and dance.
Since 1993 to year 2000, her daughter and main disciple, Amora Shams was assisting at Alia Shams lessons, to those students who had difficulty to catch up the movements.
On year 1993, at the age of 17, Amora started to perform publicly at Alia Shams venues, sometimes sharing the same stage.
During the summers of years 1994, 95 & 96, they were known as "Las Moras de Caños de Meca" in the same town name, in the province of Cadiz, Spain.
On that time, already the UNESCO dance department had recognised Alia Shams Arabian School of Dance on their website.
Since 1994 until 2008 Amora Shams was developing the teaching techniques and course structure of Alia Shams, specially from 2002 until 2008 while teaching in London, Barcelona, Almuñécar & Cairo, to a point that on year 2008 while living in Egypt, any female student who followed her teachings, plus doing the daily written and practical homework, could achieve in just 20 days a professional level no matter their starting level.
Amora is a recognized Equity member of the Professional Association of Dance & the Cultural Association both of Madrid, Spain, since 1999.
Amora came to Egypt with the purpose of been a performer, after 15 years performing internationally in Europe & Morocco, always been considered everywhere were she danced, one of the best in BellyDance.
But what she found in Egypt is students asking for certifications, so she decided on 2008, to start giving private level certificates only to those booking her 20 days Course, under her point of view, as a professional BellyDancer at that moment with more than 15 years of experience.
At that time the course was known as 60hBDC (60 hours BellyDance Course), on 2010 started to teach also Arabic to her course students expanding 12 hours more to the course then she called 72hBDC (72 hours BellyDance Course), also studied in 20 days.
Then the UNESCO Dance Department is when contacted Amora on 2011, to let her know that the only official & international dance certificates can be provided by them, she was asked by them to provide all the evidences of her biography with references of her past as teacher and performer, which she did, and after their evaluation on a meeting they accepted her to become a recognized member as School and Teacher of the International Dance Certification Department providing international BellyDance Levels Certification to her course students on December 2011.
Since that moment, on January 2012 as the course was giving very good results, plus now had international recognition, the course new name was BBDC Become a BellyDancer Course.
Since 2015, as Amora was observing the degeneration of the Art of BellyDance, by how BellyDancers of the world were getting dressed showing too much and little art, plus majority were either robots, or photocopies of new fashion BellyDancers, or sexually degenerated movements publicly performed or even in posters; Amora as a defender of the high quality bellydance and it's tradition, she wanted to make a change to safe the reputation of BellyDancers, by making a difference, she created a blog known as GoldenBellyDancers, to show to the foreigner BellyDance community how should dress a professional BellyDancers and how should perform.
At that moment, she extended to the BBDC the movements of golden era, and also focus in the style of the Golden Era, renaming the BBDC as BGBDC Become a Golden BellyDancer Course, for this it had to be added some extra days, so instead of an intensive 20 days, had to be 24 days.
From the BGBDC can be named few students which follow her line the most:
Ariya BellyDance
Dineshga (DINESKA the Diamond of Sri Lanka)
Amaya Jade
The UNESCO Dance Department only allows one level certificate per year per student, because of this, is advised to do the complete program in one time, instead of one level per year. So the highest level achieved is the one is issued at the termination of the course.
BBDC
PROGRAM
BECOME A BELLYDANCER COURSE
BBDC Level 1. Module 2
Learn to do and teach correctly the most basic movements of your body independent of each other. Isolations of the hips, the Belly, the chest, the arms & the head. The basement of all therapeutic BellyDance movements. Also you will learn to do and teach the shimmies & hittings of all parts of the body
BBDC Level 1. Module 3
Learn to do and teach correctly the Undulations of your body, independent of each other. Undulations of the hips, the Belly, the chest, the arms & the head. The correct therapeutic & traditional BellyDance movements.
These movements were lost in history and our school has rescued them from the past through Alia Shams archeological investigations.
BBDC Level 1. Module 4
Learn to do and teach correctly the Undulations in the Space. Space Undulations of the hips, the chest & the head. The correct therapeutic & traditional BellyDance techniques.
These movements were lost in history and our school has rescued them from the past through Alia Shams archeological investigations
BBDC Level 1. Module 5
Learn to do and teach correctly the Traditional Traveling Steps. Essential movements all BellyDancers should know for travelling though the space with rythm.
Some of these movements BellyDancers stopped using them from the 1990's, our School teacher Amora Shams recovered them with the help of her mother Alia Shams specially from Golden Era Egyptian Films and also from 1970's to 1990's Belly Dancers.investigations
BBDC Level 1. Module 1
Origins of BellyDance, Pharaohnic Dance, Therapeutic basics, History development, learn to recognize what is the authentic BellyDance, styles, from Golden BellyDancers Era to nowadays, and learn about Amora Shams & Alia Shams investigations on how BellyDance influenced in other Cultures & Dances.
BBDC Level 2. Module 6
Learn to recognize the sounds of the different Arabian Musical Instruments for BellyDancers. Learn to dance by improvisation to any Taxim & Mawal.
Impress your friends by improvising to any type of music. In this module you will not only learn how to improvise traditionally to Arabian Taxims, but also to any type of melody.
BBDC Level 2. Module 7
Learn to dance by improvisation to any Balady . For all BellyDancers is a must know how to do it traditionally, respectful and classy style.
Impress your friends by improvising to any type of music. In this module you will not only learn how to improvise traditionally to Arabian Baladys, but also to any type of music.
BBDC Level 2. Module 8
Learn to dance by improvisation to any Solo Tabla (darbuka percussions).
Impress your friends by improvising to any type of percussions. In this module you will not only learn how to improvise traditionally to Arabian percussions, but also to any type of percussions.
BBDC Level 2. Module 9
Learn to use, put into the music and dance by improvisation with the Cymbals (Zills) .
Discover the secrets of this prop, it's symbolism, it's origins and what to consider when using n stage and off stage.
Impress your friends by improvising to any type of music with the Cymbals. In this module you will not only learn how to improvise traditionally to Arabian music with the Zills, but also to any type of music.
BBDC Level 2. Module 10
Learn to use, put into the music and dance traditionally by improvisation with the Veils.
Plus learn to dance the Sufi Spiritual BellyDance Style.
Discover the secrets of this prop, it's symbolism, it's origins and what to consider when using n stage and off stage.
Impress your friends by improvising to any type of music with the Cymbals. In this module you will not only learn how to improvise traditionally to Arabian music with the Zills, but also to any type of music.
BBDC Level 3. Module 11
Learn to recognize the different sections of the instrumental traditional music for BellyDancers, and what to do in each section.
Music Composition and some basic Solfeo reading partitures.
BBDC Level 3. Module 12
Learn the biography and to recognize the famous Arabian Singers and the famous songs for a BellyDancer and learn to analyze with an objective eye the traditional exceptional BellyDancers.
Learn specific movements which are characteristics from other great dancers
BBDC Level 3. Module 13
Learn to present yourself into the stage, recognizing the exact moment where you should traditionally come into the stage, how to use, and how to dance by improvisation to the music with the cape.
Discover the secrets of this prop, it's symbolism, it's origins and what to consider when using n stage and off stage.
BBDC Level 3. Module 14
Learn to present yourself into the stage, recognizing the exact moment where you should traditionally come into the stage, how to use, and how to dance by improvisation to the music with the isis wings.
Discover the secrets of this prop, it's symbolism, it's origins and what to consider when using n stage and off stage.
BBDC Level 3. Module 15
Learn to use, to move accordingly and traditionally to the music, how to improvise and how to play with the public to any Saidi Folkloric Egyptian Cane Dance.
Discover the secrets of this prop, it's symbolism, it's origins and what to consider when using on the stage and off the stage.
BBDC Professional Level. Module 16
Learn the tricks of the trade to get bravo's from your public, and how to win in BellyDance competitions.
BBDC Professional Level. Module 17
Learn to recognize Saudi music and what to do in each part, new movements and it's variations. Discover the origins of this Folkloric dance, and how has developed into nowadays. Learn how to dance to Saudi Arabian families.
BBDC Professional Level. Module 18
Learn to use and what to consider, how to move accordingly and traditionally to the music, how to improvise and how to dance with the public with the Ancestral Turkish Rythualistic Dance of the Sword.
Discover the secrets of this prop, it's symbolism, it's origins and what to consider when using on the stage and off the stage.
BBDC Professional Level. Module 19
Learn to use and what to consider, how to move accordingly and traditionally to the music, how to improvise and how to dance with the public with the Ancestral Egyptian Rythualistic Dance of the Candelabra (Shamadan) with fire 🔥🔥 🔥 over your head.🔥🔥 🔥
Discover the secrets of this prop, it's symbolism, it's origins and what to consider when using on the stage and off the stage.
BBDC Professional Level. Module 20
Learn to do make up, sewing, marketing, traveling, how to find a job as a BellyDancer, and how to create your own BellyDance School.
Choose your best option
If your intention to study this BellyDance Course is to get a certificate or get Qualified, then you must study from the first class of Level 1 and study level by level, as has been originally programmed since the creation of this Course.
If not, then you can book any part of the programs offered below here.
Choose your best option available:
Study by Modules:
Private One to One Training
Online 20 Modules Private BellyDance Course to become a BellyDancer.
Study each BBDC Level in One Month
Private One to One Training
Online BellyDance One Month per BBDC Level Private Course to become a BellyDancer in 4 months.
Study a Complete Course in 20 - 28 days
Amora Shams is available to teach face to face the course in Almuñécar Spain in September 2025. From October 2025 until December 2025 in an Arabian Country, from February 2026 in the Jungle, not sure yet where exactly depends on www.ARVIDA.org projects, as she is volunteering for the director of ARVIDA which is her mother and master teacher in BellyDance, Alia Shams, helping her to develop artistic & nature protection projects.
Choose your best option available:
Face to face 20 days Very Intensive BellyDance Course to become a BellyDancer
Fee depends on when and where is taught.
Face to face 28 days Very Intensive BellyDance Course to become a Golden BellyDancer
Fee depends on when and where is taught.
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