Back to School - Office Hours
Bring your questions, light bulb moments or anything related to the past six weeks
LIVE! Thursday October 15th at 10am PDT (UTC-7)
Finish a class with a question you wish you could just ask out loud? This is that space.
Office Hours is a live Zoom session where students can bring anything from the six week Back to School program. Come with a question, a move that is not quite clicking yet, or something you have been chewing on since week one. Nothing is too small to ask, and chances are good that someone else is wondering the same thing.
This is also the place to share the lightbulb moments. When something finally lands in the body, DeAnna wants to hear about it. Those moments often teach the group as much as any planned lesson.
Students are welcome to come with a question, come to listen, or come with tea in hand and the camera off. All of it counts as showing up.
No preparation required. Just bring yourself.
Livestream will be recorded and added to our course library immediately following and will be available until November 1, 2026.
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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, Facebook live courses, online private sessions and a range of specialty workshops.