Casual Classes
Book the entire 8-week term, or drop in as you please! See our available classes in our current timetable.
Want to know more about the class levels? Scroll down to find our guide!
Burlesque Basics
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Beginner Level
Are you looking for a fun casual course to spice up your life? Well, we've brought in the perfect course for you!
Burlesque Basics is a beginner friendly course where you'll learn all of the key skills every burlesque novice needs in their tool kit.
Skills covered:
Bumps and Grinds
Showgirl Feet
Lines, extensions and hand movements
Vintage Dance Styles
Simple striptease
Beginner Character development
Develop confidence and a basic understanding of the art of burlesque! This is the perfect class to join before jumping into the deep end with our 8 week showcase courses!
Suitable for all genders with no experience needed!
Burlesque Technique
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Open Level
Description TBC Maisonettes! xx
Belly Dance Technique
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Open Level
Are you captivated by the sensual, glamorous and passionate movements within belly dance?
Join us in our casual belly dance classes where you will not only discover new ways to move your body, but also empower your self-confidence and inner strength.
This course will teach you about the basics of Middle Eastern, North African & Hellenic dance in an easy-to-digest method, including how to:
Explore isolations in the upper and lower body.
Expand your knowledge of countless belly dance combos.
Transition between moves with ease and fluidity.
This is an open level class suitable for all genders and levels of experience. This class does not involve striptease elements
Optional: Students are welcome to bring their own hip scarves and coin belts!
Chair Technique
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Open Level
Chairs aren’t for sitting on – they’re for dancing on! Come and learn the basics of chair dancing while increasing flexibility, fitness and fun with an added sprinkle of musicality too!
These casual classes will introduce you to the skills needed to develop seductive and sexy chair routines, while learning movements and positions that will increase your cordination, strength and confidence.
This is an OPEN level class suitable for all genders – Beginners Welcome!
This class requires a degree of physical fitness. If you are unsure as to your suitability please contact us at info@maisonburlesque.com.au
Suitable for all genders!
Dance Conditioning
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Open Level
Description TBC Maisonettes! xx
Flirting With Fans
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Open Level
Needing your fan fix? Join us for a beginner friendly flutter with fans with resident fan tutor Poppy Cherry who has over 15 years experience feather fan dancing - you could almost say she's a fan!
Get those wrists moving with a new song each class with a range styles and choreography to work towards broadening your repertoire of fan dance moves, poses, and also just have fun!
Together these will enrich your knowledge of a wide range of fan dance moves and poses.
Beginners are welcome. This is also a fabulous supplement for any student wishing to get extra fan dance practice between terms or to supplement their feather fan showcase courses. Ostrich Feather Fans will be supplied for use during the class.
**DISCLAIMER** If you are dropping in for your first ever fan class with us, please come in 5-10 minutes early for a little explanation on the art of fan dancing. As this course is a drop-in course, some students may have more practice than others and we'd love for all students to feel comfortable with holding fans prior to the commencement of class. Please let us know if you are to arrive early for your first fan class.
Suitable for all genders with no experience needed!
Intermediate Fan Dance Technique
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Intermediate Level
Are you fan-tastic with fans, but looking to fine tune those skills? In this technique course, Maple Rose will work your biceps, tone your triceps, and loosen up those wrists!
Not only will you gain strength and flexibility to help you fly with ease, we’ll boost your repertoire of moves, tighten those fan grips, transitions, posture, audience engagement, and play around with some fan-cy footwork.
In this course you will learn key skills for fan dancing and flow work, such as:
Alignment & lines
Grip Changes
Zippers and all within the zipper family
Kaleidescopes/Weaves
Windmills
Rollercoasters
This will be a physically intensive class suitable for people of all genders with previous fan dance experience wanting to improve their skills or work towards solo fan dance performance.
Floorwork Technique
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Open Level
Get slinky on the floor and learn some new tricks!
This technique class designed to increase your mobility & flexibility whilst learning sexy floor work transitions and moves to add to your burlesque repertoire!
Learn the fundamentals of building your body to feel strong, flexy and sexy. This class incorporates elements of dance, yoga and pilates to help you find your flow with slinky, sensual floorwork building up to figures, shapes and rolls.
This is a great class for those keen to work towards joining the Floorwork Showcase class in future, or for solo students keen to up their floorwork game!
Knee pads are essential... The minimum of a soft sports support, but anything up to a gel filled support is great (We sell knee pads in our boutique if you need advice).
No skating or hard knee pads.
Bring your yoga mats for some added padding.
Floor Tricks
Duration: 8 Week Term, Drop-Ins Available
Class Level: Intermediate & Advanced Levels
NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
Indulge your inner slinky worm and join the QUEEN of the Floor, Juniper Fox in this Advanced level Floorwork class. Juniper incorporates elements of her extensive training in dance, yoga and pilates in order to teach you to safely execute some of the more difficult and jaw-dropping floor moves and tricks!
This technique class is a great adjunct to our Floor Show Showcase course, or to learn advanced tricks to impress your friends or incorporate into your stage performance.
This course will cover:
Fish flops
Dolphin rolls
Shoulder stand balance and variations
Basic tumbling principles, AND MORE!
This is an Advanced Level course suitable for students with previous floorwork experience. This is not suitable for students with injuries.
If you have any queries as to your suitability for this class please contact info@maisonburlesque.com.au prior to booking.
Multi-Class Passes
For those of you who prefer a more Flirtatious attitude - grab yourself a multi-class pass! Valid for any Tech Class, online or In-studio.
**All passes now valid for 6 months**
All you'll need is an active booking account on our website - class passes can then be purchased direct from inside your booking account on our enrolments page.
"Flirt" 4 Class Pass: $90
"Flamingo" 8 Class Pass: $160
"Fanatic" 16 Class Pass: $300
Class Levels
At Masion Burlesque we cater for all dance and experience levels, however finding the right fit will ensure you enjoy your time with us! Please read the drop down menu to the right carefully to ensure you have the pre-requisites for each experience level.
Feel free to email us at info@maisonburlesque.com.au or call us at 03 8582 6693 if you have any questions about which class is the best choice for you.
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If you are brand new to burlesque or without any dance background we recommend starting with one of our “Beginner Level” Courses.
In our Beginner level courses you will learn the specific skills within burlesque and dance to feel confident and safe doing movements.
Beginner “Showcase” courses DO NOT include a pastie reveal, however striptease may be involved.
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All of our “Open Level” courses are beginner friendly if you’re up for a challenge! Anyone with dance history is more than welcome to begin in an Open Level class.
Open level ensures that both students with experience and students who are new to burlesque will learn new skills and gain the performance experience.
Please read the description of each course carefully. Some Open Level Courses DO include a nipple pastie reveal, and some DO NOT. This will primarily be due to the class being “dance based” or “burlesque based.”
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Intermediate courses are designed for students who have been dancing with us for a while, or have a strong background in dance elsewhere.
We usually require students to have completed 2 x Beginner or Open Level courses before moving up to intermediate.
We are strict on students working up the ranks from Beginner Level in coures such as Fan Dance, Floorwork and Chair Dance as these are specialised skills rarely taught at regular dance studios.
However, if you have a strong background in dance any of our “dance based” courses will be a good fit for you.
Please ensure you read the “pre-requisities” for each course before you proceed with the booking.
Usually “Intermediate level” courses are not suitable for students with pre-existing injuries.
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Advanced level courses are only for those students who have been dancing with us for a while. These courses usually require experience with a specific skill that we teach, so please ensure you have experience with us before booking into an Advanced level course.