Compass Rose Dance Studio

12/16/2024

Gift certificates available for purchase- can be used for January class session, private lessons or studio rental.

12/11/2023

Who am I and what is my dance background?

I’m Angela Prins. I’ve been bellydancing since 2008 when I thought I would try a class at the rec centre with a friend. I was hooked and haven’t stopped dancing since.

I started in fusion bellydance and then progressed to add in Fat Chance Bellydance Style (formerly known as American Tribal Style) and was part of a FCBD style troupe for about 5 years. I will always be a life long student of dance, and have trained with so many incredible teachers over the years. My local teachers were Candace Aldridge and Cathy Stoyko, and I have also trained with Carolena Nericio, Christine Adams, Colette Todorov, Rachael Brice, Mira Betz, Kami Liddle and many others.

12/10/2023

It’s on! Come try a beginner bellydance class this Wed or Thursday for only $12.

Wear clothes comfortable for moving and stretching, and bring a yoga mat if you have one.

Full class series will be starting in January.

07/09/2023

The face you make when you’ve just completed your FatChanceBellyDance Style teacher training!! Woooo!! I’ll continue my studies and in the fall I plan on taking my certification exam. Many years of dancing, practicing, performing and studying has culminated to get to this point.

Congratulations to everyone who has also just completed FCBD TT, I know how hard everyone has worked for this ♥️🥂

09/30/2021

08/24/2021

Very proud to share that I’m officially certified for general skills in FCBD style!!! In between wildfires deployments, I managed to complete the exam and filming (which took my perfectionist self about 20 hours of practice and filming) and here we are!! Yiiiip!!

07/11/2021

Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!!! We did it! Congrats to the class of General Skills 2021! A big thank you to all our teachers for your support, feedback and for finding a way to make this happen this year. 30 hours of dance training. My brain is mush but my heart and soul are blissed out ♥️

07/04/2021

The goofball face you make after the first weekend of General Skills 2021 is over! It’ll be interesting to see how doing dance training every night fits with working during the day. Part of our training is also daily home work, quizzes, practicing and we even have study groups. My shirt describes my mood today/how training is going.

07/02/2021

First day of General Skills for FatChanceBellydanceStyle 2021 online!! So freaking excited to finally do this training! There’s 20 of us in the course from all over the world- Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Australia, Korea and the United States.

11/19/2020

A great article- I have met so many beautiful people through dance, of all shapes, sizes, ages. And every single person has some kind of body insecurities. But the joy that I feel when I dance with others, that connection- it’s pure magic.

Also- I’m a believer in showing what skin you feel comfortable with when you dance. I often wear a tummy cover when I perform.

The history of all dancers begins with the same desire: to dance. But all bodies are not the same.