A pioneering program focused on practical and theoretical teacher training in ethno-identity dances. Each dance is approached through its native context and its process of stage adaptation during the 20th century, incorporating its own techniques and movement languages while articulating cultural and stage perspectives through the Estudio Sahar® academic method.
Este profesorado no solo amplía lo que suele verse dentro de los profesorados de Danza Árabe: incorpora danzas que habitualmente no se enseñan y las trabaja en profundidad a nivel teórico y práctico.
In many training programs, ethno-identity dances are interpreted through stage resources and Bellydance aesthetics, prioritizing a performance-based perspective. At Estudio Sahar®, we teach the movements and techniques specific to each dance, without replacing their language with raqs sharqi movements. For this reason, we work especially with native teachers and specialists in order to maintain technical and cultural coherence.
To teach ethno-identity repertoires with methodology and context.
To create performances with foundations: respecting language and context while maintaining stage resources.
To deepen technique, musicality, and the unique style of each dance.
Online study to maintain learning continuity from anywhere.
- Format: online
- Duration: 3 years
- Instructor: Marina Barrionuevo
- Certificate: private certificate
- Requirements: Previous knowledge of Bellydance
The campus gathers all course materials: video tutorials, live and recorded classes, exclusive theoretical material, included bibliography, and complementary audiovisual resources. In the online format, students also receive guidance and corrections to support their learning process.
A structured program with continuity, technical development, and progressive deepening of the repertoire.
Egypt, Türkiye, Iran, and Central Asia, among others. Includes specific approaches such as Reda Technique and associated ethno-identity repertoires.
Classes with native teachers and guest specialists, integrated with the Studio’s pedagogical direction to maintain technical and contextual coherence.
The program explores ethno-identity dances connected to the Bellydance repertoire, while also including less commonly studied repertoires and approaching them in detail. Technique, musicality, and cultural context are integrated throughout the training.
Specific techniques are studied, such as Reda Technique, through an integral approach: not only movements and style, but also guided learning of iconic choreographies associated with each repertoire.
The program is organized by areas and regions. Each year explores dances from different territories, including repertoires from Iran, Morocco, Egypt, and Türkiye, among others.
The training includes specific work with music and specialists. Pre-recorded classes with guest musicians are incorporated, focusing on repertoires such as Moroccan music, in order to strengthen rhythmic understanding, style, and context.
A program designed for serious study: historical sources, updated bibliography, guided readings, and tools to bring these contents into your own school and stage practice.
Lic. Marina Barrionuevo is director of Estudio Sahar® and organizer of Asia Festival®, a dance and music festival of Asia and North Africa with a history of presentations in prominent cultural venues across Buenos Aires. She is a dancer and teacher, with training and specialization in Ethno-Identity Dances (repertoires from Egypt, Morocco, Türkiye, Iran, and Central Asia), developed both in Argentina and through training programs and study trips in Spain, Morocco, and Egypt. She is the author of Historia General del Bellydance and Manual de Fundamentos Teóricos para la Danza Árabe (2025). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Oriental Studies (USAL), a Diploma in Social and Political Anthropology, and a Postgraduate Degree in Cultural Management (FLACSO), as well as training in the Contemporary Middle East Program (UCA). She teaches university courses in History of Medo-Persian Culture and Arabic Literature at USAL and hosts the podcast Asia en Buenos Aires (Library of the National Congress of Argentina). Her work integrates dance, historical research, teaching, and cultural management through an academic approach applied to the teaching of ethno-identity repertoires.