Four programs, five levels and one class per week. Here is exactly what each group works on and how you move up.
Ages 6 to 10
Our youngest group learns through play. We break the basic Dabke step into pieces a six year old can hold onto, we count out loud, and we keep the class moving so nobody stands still long enough to get bored. By the end of a session, a beginner can hold the line and keep the beat without being told when to step.
RegisterAges 11 to 17
The youth group is where technique gets serious. Faster tempos, cleaner lines, regional variations, and real formation work with entrances and exits. Most of our performance team came up through this group, and Level 4 and 5 students here are often the ones leading the line at family events.
Register18 and over
Most adults who walk in have danced Dabke at weddings their whole life and have never been taught it properly. That is exactly who this class is for. We start at the beginning without making anyone feel like a beginner, and we work up to the point where you can lead a line instead of following one.
RegisterBy appointment
Book us privately for one on one coaching, or bring the whole wedding party. We build the entrance around the people you actually have, including the cousin who insists he cannot dance, we rehearse it until it holds up under pressure, and we can bring our own dancers on the night if you want the floor filled.
RegisterYou do not drift between classes hoping to improve. You are placed at a level, you are tested, and you move up when you have earned it. Your wristband colour shows where you are.
LEVEL 1
Posture, timing, the basic six count and holding the line. Everyone starts here.
Black wristband
LEVEL 2
Cleaner footwork, tempo changes, and the first regional variations.
Navy blue wristband
LEVEL 3
Group choreography, spacing, and dancing to a live derbake instead of a count.
Red wristband
LEVEL 4
Leading the line, improvising breaks, and carrying a floor that is watching you.
White wristband
LEVEL 5
Pass Level 5 and you can teach with us as an official HBB Dabke instructor, or join the team we send to weddings and get paid for it.
Military green wristband
Printed with the student's own name. Theirs to keep, and worn at every performance.
Black, navy blue, red, white or military green. Everyone in the room knows what you have earned.
Practise the week's combination at home, at the cottage, or anywhere you have a screen.
Pass it and you move up a level, with a new wristband to prove it.
Pick your program, choose your session, pay the 50 dollar deposit and your spot is held.
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