Melina’s group Belly Dance classes and workshops are open to all levels of dancer (even complete beginners!) unless otherwise specified.

It is always best to come in with the mindset of having FUN and ENJOYING MOVEMENT — not worrying about getting every detail perfect!

SCHEDULE:

Classes meet weekly on Tuesday evenings. There are pop up workshops on weekends or other weekday nights. Typically there are 2 belly dance classes per week.

Get ready to jump in, shimmy and learn belly dance combinations to wonderful music — Follow along and have fun!

PRIVATE LESSONS:

For personalized instruction on technique or choreography, it is best to book a private lesson with Melina

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PRICING:

Melina’s regular belly dance classes and workshops range from $27-$45 for a 60-90 minute workshop.

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INFO:

MSC intro-to-aerial arts sessions can last 4-7 weeks with 75-90 minute classes. Costs range from $250-$400 depending on length of session/classes.

Classes are for students ages 15 & up.

All MSC aerial arts students are expected to meet our foundational strength requirements found —> HERE.

SCHEDULING:

Intro to aerial sessions are offered about 1-2x per year. We focus on building each group of new artists into strong aerialists - integrating them into our studio programming before welcoming a new group!

PRIVATE LESSONS:

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Private lessons are available for 1 student - and up to 7 students at a time. Pricing starts at $115 for an initial 1:1 intro aerial arts private lesson.

About 60% of our coaching at MSC is done through private training! We love to work with students 1-on-1 to give them the personalized attention to detail and cues that aerial often requires for growth and strength building.

For New-to-MSC Students with Experience a private lesson is necessary to check in, start learning the MSC “ropes” (skills and drills of practice) which are required understanding for group classes, and for level/ skill assessment.

PRIVATE LESSON:

This initial lesson is $115 for the hour long private session. Students will come away with an understanding of MSC practice expectations, class structure and aerial philosophy (the parts of aerial that interest and intrigue us should hopefully line up with your aerialist goals!).

We hope students seek out coaching at MSC because there is something in our practice, space or teaching that inspires them to reflect on the ways they move through the air. There is not one coach for every aerialist! Everyone has different goals, interests and focuses when practicing circus arts.

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CLASS “LEVELS”:

We are so lucky to be able to organize our classes based on our students’ interests and strengths. Once a new student joins the program - their abilities and interests influence the schedule!

Because of this it is difficult to define class “levels.”

All workshops are listed with pre-requisites skills/strength requirements expected of registered students which relate to the content that will be covered in class material. We currently offer regular classes for silks, sling, dance trapeze and lyra. Pop up workshops in straps (focusing on conditioning and flow), hand balancing, flexibility, corde-lisse, cloudswing, and other apparatuses.

We currently offer three “levels” of silks classes:

• “Beginner”: for students who have passed our intro ductory course and/or have taken a private lesson to be placed into the level. Focuses on building strength through flows, skill practice and development of technique for wrap theory, foot-locks, the start of hipkeys.

• “Silks Combinations”: Our mixed level/ advanced beginner silks classes which focus on flow, strengthening inversions, building strong pathways between wraps, choreography and style development.

• “Intermediate Silks”: For aerialists with a strong foundational base not only in musculature and body awareness in the air, but also a strong understanding and connection to MSC technique for skills from hipkey, inversions, spin.

• Special Topic Silks Workshops which dive into specific wraps and/or theories. Pre-requisites are listed as they are relevant to the class material!

We currently only offer one level of Lyra Sequencing & Combo and Dance Trapeze Flow for students who have placed into our lyra/ trapeze classes. These focus on flow and fluidity as students come in at various levels of strength. We work on spin technique, pathways from below bar to inside hoop - dancing our way around the apparatus.

MSC Sling Flow classes vary from foundational to choreography for all levels depending on the workshop. All sling classes focus on fluidity and movement quality in understanding how to move on, with, and into the apparatus.

We also offer special topic workshops on occasion that focus on specific techniques, apparatuses like cloudswing, chains or corde-lisse, or general circus arts (juggling, wire walking, etc). These are also always listed with specific skill pre-requisites.

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All MSC aerial arts students are expected to meet our foundational strength requirements found HERE.

PRICING:

MSC aerial arts classes range from $35-50 depending on class length, apparatus and topic.

SCHEDULING:

The class schedule may shift month-to-month based on performances, student availability, and workshop interest. One part of the program, your availability is taken into consideration when planning!

Classes are typically offered Monday-Thursday in the evenings and Saturday/ Sunday mornings/ early afternoons.

Typically aerial silks classes are offered 2-3x per week, and other apparatuses about 1x per week.

All classes are offered as “one-off” registrations unless listed as a session or choreography project.

Welcome to MSC! Thank you for thinking of us on your visit to the Boston area.

Visiting students can request a private lesson here —> PRIVATE LESSONS

COST:

Private lessons start at $115 for a 1:1 hour long lesson with Zoë Isadora. Semi-privates are available for up to 7 students at a time!