Karavan Online is now relaunched for everyone!
Experience the passion for dance with hundreds of hours of expertly crafted videos, born from a lifetime of dedication and a drive for continuous growth.
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What Will You Learn?
- Learn Belly Dance from “the alphabet” to “the full story”!
- Beginner Classes
o Teaching the details and musculature of Individual movements
o Teaching performable yet simple dance combinations
- Drills
o For endurance
o For coordination
o For strength
o For exercise
o For performance
- Choreographies at all levels
o Beginner
o Intermediate
o Advanced
Who is this for?
Anyone who wants to
- learn Belly Dance in a structured format
- belong to a community of like-minded learners
- have access to an accomplished instructor who can assimilate all aspects of the
learning experience.
Why Should You Sign Up For Karavan Online?
- Piecing together “moves” and “steps” and “dance combinations” from Youtube or
other isolated resources can be confusing. - Karavan Online has been populated by multiple instructors – all of whom are familiar
with Karavan language and methodology – so there is a consistent class format and
language for communicating. - Karavan Online can be your destination OR the beginning of much greater
involvement with a vibrant, trailblazing community of dancers - Karavan Online is ALIVE and continuously growing as classes from the
current schedule at the San Antonio location are recorded and added
to the library! - Karavan Online is back by popular demand!! A proven resource for dance training!
Why Karen Barbee?
Karen Barbee began studying Belly Dance at the age of 10. Decades later and
after years of professional performance, Karen has developed a teaching
methodology for this dance form based on technical precision, soulful
innovation, and cultural respect.
Having begun her study of Belly Dance during the 1970’s, a period of limited
explanations, she developed her own. With degrees in Accounting and Computer
Science, Karen’s analytical tendencies, training and skills have assisted her in
developing methods and curricula that are extremely popular in the western
world.
While teaching classes with varied content and at all levels, Karen is best known
for her creative Drills classes that challenge a dancer’s body and brain in ways
that both explicitly and implicitly expand movement vocabulary.
Karen founded Karavan Studio in 1988 and has operated the studio in San
Antonio, Texas ever since.
A pioneer in online Middle Eastern dance instruction, Karen and the instructors
at her studio began populating Karavan Online in 2010.
"I used to take classes from Karen and the Karavan Instructors, but then I
moved out of state for work. I was excited to be able to stay connected to
the studio via online classes and I was so sad when the site went away.
Finally! I can get back online with them!"
- Diana H.
"I’ve taken belly dance classes from several online class sites. Karen’s
detailed explanations definitely make her one of the most viable instructors
for the virtual class experience!"
- Eileen D.
"I’m a fan of the “real life feel” to Karavan classes. It’s fun to hear the
stories and banter with the other students – IN ADDITION to learning some
great dances."