Back to School - Office Hours
Bring your questions, light bulb moments or anything related to the past six weeks
LIVE! Thursday October 15th at 10am PDT (UTC-7)
Finish a class with a question you wish you could just ask out loud? This is that space.
Office Hours is a live Zoom session where students can bring anything from the six week Back to School program. Come with a question, a move that is not quite clicking yet, or something you have been chewing on since week one. Nothing is too small to ask, and chances are good that someone else is wondering the same thing.
This is also the place to share the lightbulb moments. When something finally lands in the body, DeAnna wants to hear about it. Those moments often teach the group as much as any planned lesson.
Students are welcome to come with a question, come to listen, or come with tea in hand and the camera off. All of it counts as showing up.
No preparation required. Just bring yourself.
Livestream will be recorded and added to our course library immediately following and will be available until November 1, 2026.
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Course Curriculum
Your Instructor
DeAnna has studied and taught FCBD®Style belly dance (formerly known as American Tribal Style, or ATS®) and yoga for over 20 years. She owns and runs FatChanceBellyDance®University, the official learning source for FCBD®Style, where she oversees certification and continuing education and mentors teachers around the world. She has a passion for the artistic qualities of movement as well as its scientific, structural and functional elements, and she believes in the power of these practices to align the mind and the body.
Her dance journey began in 2004, when she met Megha, Director of Devyani Dance Company, and fell in love with FCBD®Style. Since then, she has dedicated her career to the highest level of training available in the form. She was among the very first to receive Sister Studio and Teacher Certification outside of FatChanceBellyDance®, she is one of only a handful of FCBD®Style Continuing Education Instructors in the world, and she was part of the inaugural FCBD®Style Advanced Teacher Training group. She has had the pleasure of teaching and performing across the United States and around the world.
Her love of dance, movement and anatomy also led her to immerse herself in yoga study. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance at the 200 hour and 500 hour levels, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), and a Therapeutic Yoga Specialist through Yoga Medicine®, along with a number of specialty certifications.
DeAnna's classes empower students to align their mind and body through dance and yoga. By building an awareness of the scientific, structural and functional elements of movement, together with an appreciation for its holistic and artistic components, students unlock the potential that is already within them. She prides herself on a relaxed and professional teaching style that lets students elevate their skills in a safe, positive and fun learning environment.
She opened FatChanceBellyDance®University in 2020, and it now brings together high level instructors from around the world to teach dance, yoga, costuming, makeup and more.
DeAnna believes strongly in continuing education and currently holds the following certifications:
- ATS® General Skills
- ATS® Teacher Certification (Inaugural Class)
- ATS® Advanced Teacher Certification (Inaugural Class)
- FCBD®Style (formerly ATS®) Continuing Education Instructor
- Certified Integrated Dance Instructor (Inaugural Class)
- 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher through Life Power Yoga
- 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher through YoYo Yogi
- Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider
- Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Core Strength Vinyasa and Anatomy
- Chakras with Rolf Gates
- Yin Yoga with Life Power Yoga
- 8 Elements™ Phase I: Initiate
- Advanced Yoga Teacher Training, Core Power Yoga
- 500 hour Yoga Medicine® Therapeutic Yoga Specialist
- Shoulder: Anatomy, Dysfunction and Application
- Hip: Biomechanics, Dysfunction and Application
- Spine: Anatomy, Dysfunction and Application
- Mental Health and Wellness
- Nervous System and Restoration
- Mindful, Trauma-Informed Yoga
- Yoga for Athletes
- Female Health in Yoga
- Pranayama
- Menopause Health in Yoga