The Dark Side Studio

The Dark Side Studio Belly dance school, specializing in Creative Movement and Tribal Fusion/Modern belly dance.

Belly dance classes & workshops, home of Lavish Dance Co & the Dark Side Student Troupe

09/03/2026

Without You by is a perennial favorite of mine… danced complete with bed head this morning.

08/25/2026

I’ve been practicing dance for… a long time. And it took almost 1/2 the song to let go of the “MAKE THIS GOOD, THE CAMERA IS ON” voice in my head.

To let go of the need to show every technical thing I know how to do, to hit every sound in the music, to be expressive and emotional. There’s a time and place for all that (maybe?!) but I’m actually deliberately trying NOT to do most of that here.

Practice connects me with myself and my body. These days, that’s why I dance. It’s for me. Everything else it gives me is extra.

08/24/2026

Rainy day flow in subtlety.

Excited to be offering two new items into my fall schedule! Details coming soon.
08/22/2026

Excited to be offering two new items into my fall schedule! Details coming soon.

08/19/2026

🎶 Duvet by Niklas Paschburg

More progress. Flow with repetition and variation.

08/14/2026

Progress isn’t flashy. It’s not algorithm friendly. It doesn’t attract attention. It can feel tedious, dull and pointless. It can be confusing. It tests us.

Until one day it shows up. Maybe for a second, if you’re lucky longer. But it rears its head.

And that is just enough to keep me going.
Pushing for more. More clarity of ideas and of movement. Plowing forward despite so many things.

Today, I saw progress.

08/13/2026

From today’s class… Sometimes things just work out to be funky and super fun! The phrases today focused on following rhythms found in the song, and letting some accents and musical ideas flow by without movement, then ‘catching up’.

🎶 Paint by Galactic

Open level weekly classes online.
Link in bio

08/10/2026

From today’s flow.

07/28/2026

From today.
🎶 Gold by May the Muse and Robot Koch

07/24/2026

FINALLY feeling better! Been sick for ages few weeks, then a trip up to Timmins. Feels so great to be back dancing and teaching.
Clip from Boot Camp where we played with wrists figure 8’s and elbow circles.

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244 Augusta Avenue
Toronto, ON
M5T2L7

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+14165756549

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