You Know How to Dance. Now Learn How to Teach.
Comprehensive instructor training for belly dance, fusion, and folkloric dance artists,
who are ready to share their passion with others.
Since 2016, this course was only available in-person at Anna’s Houston studio.
Now, for the first time, it is available as an online, self-paced course.
MODULE 1 IS NOW AVAILABLE
Somewhere in You, There's Already a Teacher
Maybe you picture your own class — your students, your music, your classroom. Maybe you imagine watching someone finally “get” a movement they’d been chasing for weeks, and knowing you’re the one who helped them get there.
That dream is worth taking seriously. You already have the raw material for it — hundreds of movements, years with excellent teachers, a body that knows rhythm without thinking. What you haven’t been given yet is the craft that turns a dancer into a teacher. And that’s a completely learnable skill.
The Fear Underneath the Dream
If you’re honest, something else lives alongside that dream, too.
“What if I get in front of a class and freeze?”
“What if a student asks me something I can’t answer?”
“What if I explain it and it still doesn’t click?”
“What if I’m not ready?”
That fear isn’t a sign you shouldn’t teach. It’s a sign you understand what’s at stake — you’re being trusted with someone’s body, their confidence, their learning experience. That’s worth taking seriously.
The fear and the dream come from the same place: you care. And the gap between them isn’t talent. It’s that no one ever taught you how to teach.
Knowing How to Dance and Knowing How to Teach Are Not the Same Skill
You can demonstrate a movement perfectly and still not know how to explain it. You can feel that a student’s technique is off and still not have the words to fix it. You can have years of material and no idea how it becomes a real class.
That gap is exactly what Comprehensive Instructor Training Course: Module 1 closes — not by handing you a script to recite, but by teaching you the craft underneath good instruction. You’ll start by auditing your own skills honestly, so you know exactly what you’re ready to teach today — and exactly what to build next as your own teaching grows.
You don’t have to know everything before you begin. You don’t have to be fearless. No one — not me, not any teacher you admire — knew everything on their first day in front of a class. You just have to be willing to learn how to do this well.
This isn’t guesswork. Anna has spent decades teaching belly dance, and has trained instructors since 2016, the Comprehensive Instructor Training Course is that same program, rebuilt for you.
Ready to See What's Inside?
Your students are waiting for the teacher you’re capable of becoming.
See exactly what’s inside — what you’ll learn, what you’ll walk away with, and how it fits into becoming the instructor you’re already picturing.