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Safa is a welcome addition to the vibrant Perth belly dancing community. Originally from Canada, she has taught and danced all over the North American continent and developed her own unique style of fusion belly dance based on her studies in West African dance, hip hop, classical Egyptian bellydance, and modern tribal fusion.
She's now teaching at Victoria Park in Perth. You'll find details of class times, costs, class outlines and more on her website at www.khafif.com/safadancer.
These two clips show two very different sides of Safa!
Originally from the Netherlands, Amulya now lives and performs in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.
Amulya has a varied dance background, and has even travelled to India to study Indian dance styles. However she remains a belly dancer first and foremost, and her latest interest is tribaret - which I have to admit, I hadn't heard of before. It's a mix of classical belly dance and tribal fusion.
Amulya is very active in the international belly dance community, as a moderator on the Belly Dance Forum and as a writer for BellyDancing Diva.
Learn more about her, and keep up to date with events, on her website www.amulya.blacktopcircus.com
Here's a couple of clips of performances with Black Top Circus:
Many of us will envy Madonna - her husband Peter is a drummer! Together they've been running the tribal studio DrumDance Bellydance in Toowoomba, Queensland, since 1993.
Here is the troupe performing at the Feast of the Senses:
They offer both belly dance and drumming classes. For details, check out their website at DrumDanceBellydance.com.
Shamira - another Adelaide dancer/teacher whose classes have been featured on TV!
I also like their school promo clip:
Shamira's school, Belly Dance Arabesque, teaches Tribal and Bollywood as well as classical belly dance.
Pamela is a professional belly dancer based in Melbourne. As well as performing solo, she's one half of the bellydance duo Harissa, with Alia.
For more information, visit Pamela's website.