Spring program
About TIPS4HIPS Academy
TIPS4HIPS Academy
Tips4Hips Membership program has evolved beyond being just a dance tutorial library — it has flourished into the TIPS4HIPS Academy. It’s a path to mastery in Oriental Dance: presenting an integral and well-structured program, deeper learning of various topics, enhanced consistency and a personalized touch.
Inside the TIPS4HIPS Academy you can find live Zoom classes and workshops, drills and tips, conditioning, technique and choreography classes, lessons of invited artists, exclusive lectures and talks, festival reviews, interviews and much more. Regularly enriched with new lessons, your dance journey here remains exciting and dynamic. Not to mention the extensive dance tutorial library at your disposal.
We will not teach you to be an ideal dancer — we will help you become a unique one.
About the Course
Just Dance — Spring Series
Welcome to Just Dance – Spring Series
This spring, we are not focusing on one specific topic per class. Instead, we return to what truly builds strong dancers — consistent, complete training.
Each session will feel like our regular professional practice where everything connects. We will bring together all the knowledge and techniques you have been developing and train them as one body.
This course is about dancing fully. Not isolating. Not overthinking. Training the body as a whole. Sweating, refining, and enjoying the process.
If you are ready to move with awareness and strength — this spring is for you.
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Just Dance — Spring Series
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Egyptian folklore
Ballet basics
Golden era
Dance technique
15-minute drill “Hips accents”.
15-minute drill “Arms technique”.
15-minute drill “Shimmy layering”.
15-minute drill “Vertical figure 8”.
15-minute drill “Arms technique”.
“Belly accents” – 15-min drill.
“Soheir Zaki” step.
20-minutes Back workout.
17-minutes “Full body warm up”.
Guest Artist Series: “Egyptian Folklore” by Sheyla (Czech Republic).
“Creating a group choreography” — prerecorded rehearsal of Isadora professional group headed by Julia Farid.
From idea to performance.
“Julia’s tips” — “Feet positions in Oriental dance. Dos and Don’ts”.
“Julia’s tips” — “Backpend tips” (coming in July).
“Julia’s tips” — “Hands Technique in Oriental Dance” (coming in July).
“Julia’s tips” — “Tips on Hair Technique” (coming in July).
“Tips and tricks for your drum solo” by Tetiana Teslyuk (Ukraine).
Guest Artist Series: “Romantic Combo by Lauriane MJ” (coming in July).
“Raqs Sharki combo” class.
A short tutorial with a combo that you can use in your classic/Baladi choreography or improvisation.
“Mejanse with a veil” — a detailed breakdown of Julia Farid’s mejanse choreography (“Layelena”).
“Raqsat Kahramana” — breakdown of Julia Farid’s choreography inspired by Golden Era (60-minutes).
“Combo with hip accents”.
Isolations combos.
“Elegance in Oriental dance.
Part 1” — a special Live session with Julia Farid.
“Elegance in Oriental dance.
Part 2” — a special Live session with Julia Farid.
“King’s favorite” —Oriental Routine with Golden Era touch. Julia’s Faris zoom workshop. (13 May).
Drum solo Intensive. Zoom class 1. June 1, 5 p.m – 6.30 p.m Rome time.
Drum solo Intensive. Zoom class 3. June 27, 5 p.m – 6.00 p.m Rome time.
Live Zoom Class: “Inspired by Cairo”. Zoom class 1. Coming in July.
Live Zoom Class: “Hips Technique”. Zoom class 2. Coming in July.
What You Will Develop?
- Cleaner technique and refined muscular control of hips
- Precise feet and legs work: clarity and articulation
- Strong, expressive arms and upper body
- Clear accents, layers, and dynamic changes
- Expanded stage presence through levels, angles and directions
- Integration of all technique elements into one coherent dancing body.
- Confidence in advanced combinations.
- Structured, confident and alive dancing.
- Exposure to Tango Oriental through Oscar Flores’s unique fusion approach.
- Technical drills
- Advanced combinations
- Live Zoom training sessions
- Guest workshop with Oscar Flores
- Special artist interview
Consistency over intensity.
Clear work leads to clear improvisation.
Our guest teacher
Arjae Vitug
Arjae Vitug is an award-winning Raqs Sharqi performer and instructor. He is the Founder of Al-Raqesa Academy and the organizer of the Raqs Filipinas Oriental Dance Festival.
Trained under Darren Ho and numerous Egyptian masters, his accolades include winning the Professional Solo Category at Raks Siam 2017 and a placing at the 2019 Nile Group Festival in Cairo, Egypt. A instructor since 2015, Arjae is dedicated to the celebration and education of Egyptian dance.
Arjae Vitug is hosting a live Zoom class dedicated to Veil Flow — the art of fluid veil combinations rooted in Raqs Sharqi technique.
You’ll learn to weave movements into seamless, flowing sequences and develop an expressive quality that captivates and touches your audience from within.
March schedule
Alignment and balance. Stability and control.
Special Zoom class with Oscar Flores “Tango Oriental”
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. CET
Session 1
Special Zoom class with Julia Farid.
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. CET
April schedule
Feet and legs technique. Precision and clarity.
Session 2
Special Zoom class with Julia Farid.
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. CEST
Session 3
Extended Intensive Online Session with Julia Farid.
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. CEST
Session 4
Special Zoom Class with Julia Farid.
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. CEST
May schedule
Levels, angles, directions, arms — all varieties of hip work.
Session 5
Special Zoom Class with Julia Farid.
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. CEST
pecial Zoom class with rjae
Vitug
“Combos with veil”
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. CEST
Session 6
Final Extended Intensive with Julia Farid.
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. CEST