• Funk Fusion Bellydance Combos
• Champagne Pilates
• Lunch Hour Pilates
• $5 Pilates
• Beginning/Intermediate Hip Hop
• Hip Hop Fusion

Cera Byer has been studying dance, music, and theater since the age of 4. Her dance experience includes Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Afro-Haitian, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Kathak of India, Dunham Technique, Salsa, Samba, Tribal Bellydance, classical and contemporary Persian dance, Flamenco, and most recently, Capoiera. In addition to being the founder and Artistic Director of Damage Control Dance Theater, Cera has performed professionally with Shahrzad Dance Company (Classical and Contemporary Persian dance), PULSE Modern Dance Ensemble (Modern), Ultra Gypsy Dance Theater Company (Innovative Tribal Fusion Bellydance), Rara Tou Limen (San Francisco's only Carnaval contingent representing Haiti), as well as presenting her solo choreography in festivals, concert stages, lecture demonstrations, and private events across the United States.

Cera holds a BA in Dance (Performance and Choreography), with an emphasis in World Music and Dance from San Francisco State University, and certifications in Group Fitness Instruction (YMCA) and Pilates Mat (Sanchez St. Studios). Cera owns and operates Shoebox Studio in San Francisco, where she teaches daily classes in Pilates, Yoga, and Dance.

• American Cabaret Bellydance

Nanna has studied, danced, and taught Belly Dance for over 25 years. In addition to her first and primary teacher, Mary Ann Khanlan, her understanding of the dance is credited to dancers with a range of both Western & Egyptian styles and influences, including: Nadia Hamdi, Shareen El Safy, Eva Cernik, Suzanna Del Vecchio, Cassandra, and Suhaila Salimpour. Though Belly Dance is her principal genre, her involvement also includes: Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Afro-Cuban, and West African Dance.

She cultivated her dance skills while entertaining in theatres, Middle Eastern & Mediterranean restaurants, nightclubs, and a range of public and private events. Bringing into being her own distinctive style, Nanna has performed both nationally and internationally, such as the San Francisco Ethnic Dance and the International Cultural Festival in Beijing. She has presented lectures and demonstrations, and appeared in State College symposiums for UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, and Mills College. She and master drummer Mary Ellen Donald currently demonstrate Middle Eastern music and dance to public and private schools through Young Audiences of Northern California. She has introduced Belly Dance to countless students, several who have gone on to become known professionals. In summation, Nanna heartily advocates the experience of learning, creating, and dancing!

• Gyrotonic/Pilates Combo

Daria Kaufman is a certified GYROTONIC® Apprentice Instructor through San Francisco GYROTONIC®, and she holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Dance Performance and Choreography from Mills College, where she trained in contemporary dance, ballet, choreography, improvisation, and Alexander Technique. Daria currently teaches GYROTONIC® in San Francisco and the East Bay, and she is delighted to be teaching at Shoebox Studio. She believes in a holistic approach to exercise and fitness - working from the inside-out rather than the outside-in. Following the tenet that Pilates pulls you in while Gyro pulls you out, Daria believes that these two disciplines couple well together and she incorporates both into her practice.

• Capoeira Dance Workout

Capoeira is a unique dance art form, which has strong roots in Afro-Brazilian music and dance. It is an excellent physical activity for all ages and levels. Its harmony of forces promotes flexibility, endurance, self-discovery and power. Capoeira dance also develops personal discipline, self-confidence and balances the mind, body and soul. The main goal of this high-energy class is to have fun and learn the secret of the "Capoeira smile".

Mestre Wilson Low and Rhonda Stagnaro Low have been teaching Brazilian arts in the bay area for over 20 years. They have made dance, music and the practice of Capoeira their lives.   In 1995, they founded MaraReggae, a group whose mission is to create artistic expression and community participation through Brazilian arts, with respect to the teachings of the ancestors.

• Lyrical Jazz

• Vinyasa Yoga

Christie teaches Vinyasa Yoga and challenges students to open their physical body and deepen their mental awareness, moving toward balance. Vinyasa yoga synchronizes ujjayi breath with a fluid sequence of poses building internal heat to cleanse the body and ultimately the mind. She started dancing when she was 3 years old and never stopped moving, her own yoga journey began in 1991 experimenting with various styles including Ashtanga, Iyengar, Yin Yoga, and Power Vinyasa. She became a certified yoga instructor through Down Dog Yoga Studio, a Baron Baptiste affiliate studio in Washington, DC and has continued her studies at workshops with such inspiring teachers as Baron Baptiste, Sarah Powers, Shiva Rea, Aadil Palkhivala, and Ana Forrest. Christie has been a lifelong educator in diverse fields - she is excited to share her passion for yoga, guiding yoga practitioners to a deeper understanding of asana, breath, mindfulness and conscious movement. To read more about Christie visit her website at: www.GoldenGateYoga.com.

Gibson Pearl's unique fusion bellydance roots from her extensive background in tribal fusion, as well as the influence of both traditional folkloric and contemporary modern dance. A natural athlete, Gibson began her dance studies in 2000 with Ultra Gypsy director Jill Parker and joined the esteemed company in 2001. There she served as a principal dancer and choreographer for the company and a frequent substitute teacher for Jill's classes until moving on in 2006. Other styles studied by Gibson include Turkish Rom with Elizabeth Strong, Tunisian folkloric with Malia DeFelice, and cabaret with Ansuya. Highlights of her performance career include the Burning Man festival, the Crucible's Fire Opera, and Therm's Fire Garden. Most recently Gibson was a proud member of Damage Control Dance Theater, where she also served as Assistant Director. She is currently performing as a soloist as well as collaborating with other artists.

• Turkish Roman

Elizabeth Strong grew up in a tradition of dance and music. As a young girl she was inspired by the music and dancing of the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Her amazingly emotional and personal style has captivated audiences in the Bay Area and abroad. Elizabeth believes that the heart is the source of dance and that dance is an expression of our relationship with life and culture. A life-long dancer, Elizabeth formally began studying and performing Middle Eastern dance in 1996 at the age of 18. Her love for Middle Eastern dance compelled her to seek the source in North Africa, Eastern Europe and Turkey. While living in Istanbul in 2000, she met Roman (“gypsy”) men and women with whom she studied the Turkish Roman dance form, most notably Reyhan Tuszuz and Reyhan’s daughter, Meltem. She has recently returned from her third visit abroad wherein she continued her study of Roman dance, and “Oriental” or bellydance.

Elizabeth joined Le Cancan Bijou dance Troupe in 2003 and became part of the Mad Sal's Music Hall Revue at the Charles Dickens Christmas Fair in 2004. Performing in both groups has given her the opportunity to stretch herself creatively, and has been a source of much joy and satisfaction.

Elizabeth currently makes her living performing and teaching dance throughout the United States. Her current passion includes working with professionals from multiple disciplines to create and perform pieces that are heart-felt, stylized and unique.

• Contemporary

Sara Templeton is a choreographer, author, and teacher based out of San Francisco. She has an incredibly diverse background, covering various forms of hip-hop and modern dance, as well as ballet and Iyengar yoga. She has danced professionally with Culture Shock (S.F. and L.A. troupes), Khaotic, and Trybe, as has also toured as backup dancer. Her classical training of nearly ten years covers ballet, Dunham technique, Horton technique, Lewitzky technique, as well as some release and fusion forms. She has had the great pleasure of studying with some of California's most accomplished modern dance artists, including John Pennington (Pennington Dance Group), Janice Garrett (Janice Garrett & Dancers) and Robert Moses (Robert Moses' Kin). Sara has worked with students of all ages and levels, and has a strong reputation for being an insightful, humorous, and passionate teacher. Additionally, Sara has been choreographing and writing about original, diverse work in the Bay Area for the last three years, and expects to continue to do so for many more years to come!