ORIENTAL FLOW
SATURDAY · STUDIO AAKASH · NATHALIE EL GHOUL
Traditional Middle Eastern dance meeting contemporary movement — fluid, expressive, and deeply musical.
What is Oriental Flow?
Oriental Flow is a new class at Shoonya taught by Nathalie El Ghoul — an Ecuadorian-Lebanese dance artist with over 30 years of experience in performance and education. Her work is rooted in traditional Middle Eastern dance, enriched by contemporary movement and somatic practices. The class explores musicality, fluidity, and expressive presence in a hybrid language where traditional and modern movement coexist.
Free trial week · 14–19 September
Drop in to any class, no registration needed — subject to availability
Nathalie El Ghoul
Ecuador / Lebanon
Ecuadorian-Lebanese Oriental dance artist and teacher with over 30 years of international experience in performance and education. Her work is deeply rooted in traditional Middle Eastern dance, enriched by contemporary movement and somatic practices. Having trained with renowned masters across Egypt and Europe, Nathalie has developed a distinctive personal approach that emphasises musicality, fluidity, and expressive presence.
Levels & registration
Sep 14 – Jan 30Semester
15 sessionsClasses
Sat morningsSchedule
1 levelLevels
Level 1
No experience needed. Start here.
Beginners welcome
Oriental Flow is a technique that sits at the intersection of several practices I have been working with for years: contemporary dance and oriental dance, yoga, and somatic techniques that have helped me reconnect with my body, release tension, and find some flow.
The first part of this training, which will last two hours in each session, will focus on preparing the physical body to connect with the breath, the spine, and the joints, encouraging freedom in the joints, so that we can mov
15 sessions · Sep–Jan · see all dates
Sat 19 SepSat 26 SepSat 3 OctSat 10 OctSat 17 OctSat 24 OctSat 31 OctSat 14 NovSat 21 NovSat 28 NovSat 5 DecSat 12 DecSat 16 JanSat 23 JanSat 30 Jan
€233
Full
€206
Student / 2+
€46.6
UiTPAS −80%
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