current DANCE CLASSES

Adult In Person Class - Arillaga Family Recreation Center, Menlo Park and on Zoom

Weekly Tuesday evenings 7:30-8:30pm

Spring 2025 session: April 15th - June 3rd, 8 classes

Summer 2025: stand alone single workshops Tuesdays June 24th and August 12th 7:30-8:30pm

Fall 2025: weekly classes resume in early September

Mixed level beginner and intermediate Persian classical technique and combinations. Explore the refined body shapes, delicate arm movements, and foot patterns of this art form based on the “high art” stylization. Class begins with a grounding breathing exercise of gratitude and chi gong, followed by technique and combinations, a new choreography that is added to each week, and ends with stretching and abdominal strengthening exercises. Each session a full length choreography is learned in the span of the session. Registration for live in studio directly through Arillaga Family Recreation Center. Spring session $155 for Menlo Park residents, $209 non-residents. Summer workshops $22 each. Recordings of each class for practice are shared with all registered participants and kept up for a week.

Registration for Zoom students can be done by email: persiandancing@gmail.com Virtual class pricing: Spring session $144, Summer workshops $18 each

Option for a $15 drop-in for first time new students only both online and in person (to try class before committing to full session.)

Yoga and Persian dance in the park - occasional monthly classes on a weekend morning, Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton CA.

Join us for half an hour of yoga asanas and stretches with Joy followed by an hour of Persian dance class - loosen any stress you may have while dancing to beautiful rhythmic music! We’ll do some meditative grounding, dance cardio and technique in the majestic and delicate classical Persian style. If you would like to be notified a few weeks before the next class, please send Shadan your email address: persiandancing@gmail.com and she will notify you of these occasional offerings. Class is limited to minimum 4 and maximum 12 people, RSVP required by emailing to save your spot, and sending $18 by Venmo or Paypal (or cash.) Meet at the Main House patio. Don’t forget your yoga mat!

Private Lessons
Email persiandancing@gmail.com or call (650) 600-9612.
Shadan teaches private lessons for adults and kids both in person at local parks and virtually to work on classical Persian technique, social dancing preparation, wedding preparation, or just for fun!

Shadan weaves together delicate, graceful movements of Persian classical, contemporary, and regional folk dances, combines them with elements of Sufi spirituality, and draws on nature for inspiration. She empowers students to use these vocabularies to connect with their own bodies and to embolden their self-expression, in her uniquely joyful and light style. She also performs at community and private events.