Meet The Dance Teachers – Yulia Yallar

We love getting to know more about our amazing dance teachers – we caught up with Yulia Yallar who runs Popdance parties and workshops in Hinckley, a small town between Birmingham, Leicester and Coventry:

“Hello

My name is Yulia Yallar I live in Hinckley, small town between Birmingham, Leicester and Coventry☺

I`m a professional Belly Dance teacher and performer. I do regular face to face classes, Online classes and workshops for different dance levels. Before pandemic I used to travel a lot teaching bellydance workshops in different countries. Because of my various dance background I do Hen parties for different dance styles and Kids Birthday parties.

I have Bachelor degree in Rhythmics and Dance and Master degree in Community Dance leadership

I particularly enjoy creating wedding dance classes as it feels that im part of a big celebration and cloud of love☺

I currently offer:

• BellyDance classes Online and Face to face
• Wedding dance classes (any style)
• Hen Dance Parties ( any style)
• Kids Dance Birthday parties (any style)
• BellyDance workshops

I decided to do dance because of beauty of Belly dance or how we call it Raks Sharki. I absolutely loved it femininity, change of character and empowerment. And of course music☺ Being a Ballroom dancer that couldn’t find a partner for a long time but still wantedto dance in sparkly dancewear, bellydance was an absolute hit.

As a self employed dance teacher I don’t have much free time☺ Work, family (I have a husband and a 5 years old son) sleep and dreaming about travel like I did before pandemic☺

I recently moved to Hinckley from Essex, so haven’t explored the area much. But what I an absolute hit is the location between 3 big cities Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester. Everything is within a reach which is crucial for a dance teacher

I started to work with Popdance as I wanted to be out there and become a part of bigger dance world community.

I really look forward to get more people into dancing. It is a myth that dance is only for kids, we, adults, also need to stay connected with our inner child. Dance (especially bellydance) has lots of positive therapeutic effects on our life, posture, self care, emotions. It is time to care about yourself and dance is one of the cheapest ways.”

Book a Popdance party or workshop with Yulia here


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Meet the Dance Teacher – Alexandros Beshonges

Alexandros covers the London / East Croydon areas

“I can offer a vast variety of workshops. From Jazz (musical theatre, African, Lyrical, Modern, Commercial), Contemporary, Latin, Wedding Dances, Flamenco, Bollywood, Greek Dancing, Cypriot Dancing and more!

When I was 4 I told my parents I want to ‘do that thing I watch on TV’.

I have a first class BA (hons) in Musical Theatre with a dissertation in Choreography, a level 6 trinity diploma in Professional Musical Theatre, a Modern DDE Teaching qualification, a Laine Theatre Arts Distinction Diploma and a Level 6 NC in Acting and Theatre Performance. I love fusing contrasting dance styles together, especially when working with big group dances and duets!

Alexandros is currently playing Pepper in ‘Mamma Mia!’ the West End Musical! And Alexandros loves to simultaneously work with Popdance!

Get in touch to book Alexandros for your Popdance party or workshop


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Organising your Dance Business Financials

Friend of Popdance, Caroline Syson, tells us a bit more about the fantastic app she created for her daughter’s business, Pocket PA, which will help you to be organised with your financials for your dance business.

From online booking systems, to tracking your business mileage easily – have a watch of the video here:

https://youtu.be/iSNXvA2ubNY

Try the app FREE for 14 days to see if you like it, and, if you do, Caroline is also offering 20% off for the first 3 months!

– classes and packages  – just launched- online booking enables clients to book their classes online- take payment for your classes, parties and workshops easily- FREE 14 day free trial- gift vouchers can be bought online (which is great for Christmas and birthdays)- integrated with Stripe and also Square (with a card reader) Pocket PA joins up all the dots in your business So it does everything from bookings to bookkeeping (Plus everything in between!) Created for self-employed business owners

Try Pocket PA today

We are super chuffed to be Finalists in the St Albans District Chamber of Commerce Community Business Awards 2021 under the Business Growth category.

This one goes to our whole team as well as all of our participants – especially over the past couple of years.

Covid made things extremely tough for everyone, and left people feeling isolated, depressed, inactive and struggling with their mental health. We are super proud of our team for quickly adapting (as soon as the music licensing enabled us to), for taking their classes, workshops and parties online and giving people the feel good factor. Enabling communities to connect, endorphins to charge, and physical activity to really make a huge difference to so many people.

We are also super proud to be working with many more incredible dance teachers and dance schools across the UK and the globe including Hungary, Wales, Ireland, USA, Dubai, Cyprus, India, Switzerland, Scotland, Turkey, Kenya and Austria. The growth of Popdance is purely down to building strong relationships with incredible dance teachers and dance schools. Working together to bring all genres of dance and fitness to people of all ages and abilities.

We look forward to building even more connections across the globe to meet the demand for the incredible benefits that dance and fitness bring.

A huge THANK YOU to whoever nominated us – and a big, whopping THANK YOU to our incredible team and our fantastic participants across the globe.

Keeping dancing!