Devyani Modern and Movement Dialect: Part Four - Alabama Twister, Double Back and Half Turn

Devyani Influences in FCBD® Style

Megha and Devyani Dance Company created several beautiful movements, combinations and variations that made it's way into the ATS® vocabulary on both volume 7(modern) and 9 (dialect) DVDs.This four week series will cover detailed breakdown and stories behind the creation of many of the movements!

If you are ready to FINALLY get the arm pathway on the Doubleback, find your footing in the Water Pot and maintain your shimmy in the Sununda, this series is for you!

In the final part one of this four part series, DeAnna breaks down the Alabama Twister, Double Back and Half Turn.

**Please note: the videos in this course were recorded from a Facebook Live series so there may be references to Sunday Q&As and other information relevant to those current events**

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Your Instructor


DeAnna Freeman
DeAnna Freeman

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.


Course Curriculum


  Devyani Modern and Movement Dialect
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