Shakeela

Shakeela is a versatile Adelaide-based dancer, with a strong background in both belly dance and Bollywood dance styles. Here she is in a Bollywood routine (she’s the blonde): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsbFPdhbMmk Shakeela currently teaches Bollywood at the Belly Dance Arabesque school, under the name Marissa. She can also be seen performing regularly at various Middle Eastern and [...]

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Hanan Aboud

Hanan Aboud is the founder of the Ahlam Belly Dance Centre in South Australia. Of Middle Eastern origin but growing up in Africa, she overcame many obstacles to realize her dream of studying dance in Lebanon, the land of her roots. With over 30 years’ experience in dance, Hanan is passionate about authenticity in Middle [...]

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Kalikah Jade

Kalikah Jade is an Adelaide dancer who performs her own unique blend of Lebanese and Egyptian belly dance with Tribal and Gothic. I like this clip, I think it’s the first time I’ve seen Tribal moves combined with Isis Wings in a solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUx1r-FT4Ew …and for a complete change of pace, here’s a Gothic fusion [...]

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Lilly Sim

Lilly Sim is another ATS dancer from Adelaide and the principal of Metamorphous Belly Dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmXflLVZvBk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGdIkXalybw

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Kasha

Kasha is a Tribal belly dancer from Adelaide and runs the Tribalrose bellydance school. Like many bellydancers, she has extensive training  in other dance styles, but unlike others, she hasn’t used that to create her own fusion style. Instead, she specializes in American Tribal Style and has studied with most of Australia’s premier ATS dancers. [...]

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Shamira

I’m pleased to say that although Shamira is based in Adelaide, I have experienced her teaching – and loved it! I was lucky enough to do one of her workshops at the SydMedFest, and I’d have to say it’s one of the best technique workshops I’ve ever done.  Shamira has a knack for using humorous [...]

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Nayima Hassan

I love this clip about Nayima Hassan’s Adelaide belly dance school, because it features children.  I see so few children belly dancing in our Sydney schools! This video is also a rare thing – a feature about bellydance on a major TV channel, Channel 9.  Well done, Nayima! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dlmc24obtA Find more information on Nayima and [...]

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Zalika

Zalika is a South Australian belly dancer with a broad repertoire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cng531jz8Y Zalika teaches with the Henna Nights studio.

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Evangeline

Evangeline is South Australia’s first ATS accredited teacher and runs the Cinnabar Red Collective, a sister school of the famous Fat Chance Belly Dance studios in San Francisco. Here is her troupe in rehearsal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egwwVOkK0Bk Evangeline specialises in ITS (Improvised Tribal Style).  Find our more at her Cinnabar Red website.

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Acushla

Another tribal belly dancer, this time from Adelaide. Acushla is the director of  the Sacred Tribe Dance Studios and conducts regular workshops.  Acushla has developed her own unique style, building on the Fat Chance belly dance format. This clip is of the Omnia troupe with the live ensemble Moorbazaar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RSi6TJ_-Ro Here are students and teachers [...]

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