Dance Teachers

NOURHAN SHARIF

2009-03-24T04:23:23Z

KIM LEARY-ALEXIA

2011-12-07T19:06:13Z

ASHARAH

2009-03-24T05:24:48Z

American Tribal Style Dance

Asharah is internationally renowned for her strong technique, dramatic fusion of tribal and cabaret belly dance, tough but compassionate teaching style, and her dedication to raising professional and artistic standards in belly dance. She has taught throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia; her 2008 instructional DVD, Modern Tribal Bellydance with Asharah, is considered one

ASZMARA

2009-03-24T04:42:15Z

AYSHE WINGS

2010-12-04T23:44:15Z

Ayshe is a New York dance artist,

choreographer and designer. Ayshe blends her Greek and American heritage to create an exotic and unusual dance style. She has trained extensively in classical ballet, modern dance, yoga, and numerous ethnic dance forms, particularly Middle Eastern dance, ancient Pharaonic dance, and Indian dance.

ZENAIDE (Vivian Garcilazo)

2012-01-29T01:26:34Z

Zenaide has been a performer, teacher and choreographer of Oriental Dance for more than 30 years. She has mastered the Egyptian, Turkish, and Arabic dance styles and has expanded her repertoire to include Spanish-Arabic and Latin Fusion.

IBRAHIM TUNC

2009-03-24T05:13:09Z

Turkish Folk Dance

ails from Denizli, Turkey and graduated from the respected Manisa Youth and Sports Academy in 1979.

After graduation Ibrahim performed in various folk dance organizations in Izmir until 1981 when he joined The Turkish State Folk Dance Ensemble as a performer and an instructor for "Zeybek" dance.

TAYYAR AKDENIZ

2009-03-24T04:13:10Z

Turkish Folk and Gypsy Dance

Tayyar has been involved as a dancer, musician and director of folkloric troupes for 25 years in Turkey. He has performed and traveled extensively around the world with the Turkish State Folk Dance Assemble and several other distinguished dance companies from Turkey.

EVA CERNIK

2009-03-24T04:30:42Z

Turkish Oriental and Turkish Romany (Gypys) Dance

Is well known for her sizzling Turkish Oriental dance style. She has danced since her childhood in Brasil. At age nineteen, Eva discovered Oriental Dance through Anahid Sofian in New York City and later worked in several of the night clubs there.

FAHTIEM

2010-01-08T02:39:44Z

Arabic Oriental Dance

"Fahtiem brings a touch of class to Oriental Dance, as well as a delightful sauciness, making her not only a grand entertainer, but an artist as well. It's no wonder that as a performer, teacher, and choreographer,

SEMA YILDIZ

2010-09-22T18:32:51Z

SAHRA SAEEDA

2010-01-05T04:19:25Z

Egyptian Oriental Dance

Sahra C Kent, "Sahra Saeeda," has performed and taught Egyptian style Orientale and Folkloric dance on five continents. Originally from the Los Angeles, California area, Sahra lived, danced, and researched in Egypt from 1989 to 1995. Since then she has been touring the world teaching and performing Egyptian Orientale and Folkloric dance.

MOROCCO

2010-01-08T04:35:45Z

Arabic oriental dance

Morocco (C. Varga Dinicu) is considered the leading performer & authority in her field internationally, evidenced by frequent invitations to teach master seminars everywhere - even in Morocco, Egypt & Turkey.

CASSANDRA SHORE

2010-01-08T02:09:37Z

Arabic Oriental Dance

Cassandra Shore began performing Middle Eastern dance in 1975, as a student of Jamila Salimpour, and quickly became one of the most popular and respected performers in the San Francisco Bay area. Her intensity, musicality and technique set her apart from the average performer.

LEE ALI

2011-04-27T05:08:47Z

Lee Ali was voted Favorite Ethnic Dancer and Golden Belly Award Winner, 2008. She's a multicultural shapeshifter who bridges the boundaries between East and West, modern and traditional. She's both a riveting performer and respected a folklorist in Moroccan and pan Arabic dance. With a Moroccan dancer

ELIZABETH ARTEMIS MOURAT

2009-03-24T04:03:56Z

Turkish Gypsy and Oriental Dances

(Veil, drum solo, floor work) Artemis has been dancing and teaching dance history worldwide for over 30 years. She brings her spirited and articulate technique to workshops, which always includes a lecture on the history and culture that generates the dances that she teaches.

DARSHAN

2011-01-15T01:32:49Z

American Tribal Style Dance

Darshan aka Cammi Vance chose the dancer's path in 1991 as she began the avid study and practice of
bellydance. Oh, there had always been dance in her life: music, dance, and spirituality were key elements
in her family. Growing up, her movement studies included ballet, jazz, gymnastics, martial arts. As with
many on the path, her soul ran off with bellydance and left no return address.

KARIM NAGI

2009-03-30T17:47:57Z

Arabic Folk Dance

Karim is a native Egyptian who has lived in the Boston area for over 20 years. Karim performs primarily Arabic, Turkish and Andalusian hand percussion, including the Egyptian Tabla (goblet drum), Riqq (tambourine) and Segat (brass castanets also known as finger cymbals). He is a faculty member of the New England

DALIA CARELLA

2010-01-05T04:49:22Z

Dunvayi World and Gypsy Dance

(Dunvayi World Dance) is a world-renowned Middle Eastern Contemporary Dancer, Choreographer, Instructress and Global Fusion Artist. Audiences from around the world have applauded her mystical and innovative dances and choreographies that are taken from the tradition of the countries she is representing.

PAULETTE REES-DENIS

2010-01-05T04:50:55Z

American Tribal Style Dance

Tribal is the director of the Gypsy Caravan from Portland, Oregon and has been researching, performing, and reinterpreting the tribal, Gypsy, and folk dances of many countries for 15 years.

KAJIRA DJOUMAHNA

2010-01-05T04:15:27Z

American Tribal Style Dance

believes that though dance and music people around the world can transcend their differences and overcome perceived boundaries to achieve oneness and joy.

MOHAMED SHAHIN

2010-01-05T04:05:16Z

Reda Style Egyptian Oriental and Folk dances

Mohamed is a choreographer and performer from Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed began his studies at the age of fourteen and earned his degree in dance at the famous school of El Kowmaia in Cairo.

NURSEL

2010-01-08T02:14:51Z

MIMI FONTANA

2010-02-11T09:00:53Z

STEVE KOTANSKY

2010-01-08T02:01:50Z

Balkan Folk dances

Balkan, Hungarian, Romanian, International Traveling in Germany for over seven years, he worked with ethnic communities (guest workers) in Munich, while teaching dance and performing -- and taking advantage of his proximity to Balkan and eastern European countries to pursue his interest in the study and research of their dances. He also lived in Bucovina for a while, learning local folklore.

CHRISTINA KING

2010-01-08T02:33:19Z

American Tribal Style Dance

Christina King, A dancer of many styles since childhood, Christina discovered Middle-Eastern folkloric dance and began her studies in 1992 with Tahjah of Madison, Wisconsin. She was performing with Tahjah's troupe within the year, traveling throughout the Midwest with them. She eventually started teaching informally and choreographing for the