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Nancy Yousef

Thea — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:23:34 +0000

Nancy may be better-known to Sydneysiders as Nancy Nesnas. She is now the principal teacher at Terezka Drznik’s Danse Orientale Studio in the Sydney CBD, and also runs her own “Hizzy Ya Nawaem” belly dance classes at Burwood’s DanceXcite. Nancy is one of those (relatively rare) Australian dancers who are actually of Middle Eastern origin [...]

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Cynthia

Thea — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:08:28 +0000

Cynthia moved from London to Sydney in 2010, and is now teaching belly dance at Amera’s Palace. Cynthia did most of her belly dance training in the UK and Egypt, including teacher training with Raqia Hassan: that background gives her a different approach to most local belly dance teachers. It’s always refreshing to be exposed [...]

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Eve AppleSnake

Thea — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:13:14 +0000

Eve is an Aussie but has only returned to our shores in recent years. Although Eve studied bellydancing in her late teens, she turned to modern jazz, Latin and Hip Hop to develop her professional career. She has danced in companies all over the world in a variety of genres. During a tour of Egypt, [...]

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Despina Rosales

Thea — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:56:39 +0000

It’s great to be able to add Despina to this site. Her fitness training and broad experience of belly dance combine to make her an excellent teacher. In fact, her “Dreaming of Jeannie Bellydancing Academy” was one of the biggest belly dance schools in Sydney and produced some of our top dancers. In 2005 (much [...]

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Johara

Thea — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:52:32 +0000

Johara is a familiar face on the Sydney belly dance scene, both as a performer and as a teacher at Hips Don’t Lie Bellydance Academy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNvOsh4jo9Y Johara is one of those lucky Australian bellydancers to have studied with Paivi Mielikäinen, and it shows, both in her technical knowledge and her understanding of folkloric styles. Slender, [...]

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Ileana

Thea — Mon, 02 May 2011 07:16:44 +0000

Most Sydney belly dancers will be familiar with the name Ileana – because she’s not just a belly dance teacher and performer, she also runs a busy belly dance costume and costume hire business. I often publish a written interview with the belly dancer, but in Ileana’s case I don’t have to do that – [...]

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Seda Jurin

Thea — Mon, 02 May 2011 01:57:38 +0000

Seda is a Sydney-based belly dancer and teacher. If you’re wondering why her name sounds familiar, you may remember her from Aerobics Oz Style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1JdNS_yw2o However, unlike some would-be “bellydance aerobics” instructors, Seda is a genuine professional belly dancer, Turkish-born and trained, as you can see from this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvkI6puNjM8 Seda has published several belly [...]

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Vonika

Thea — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:48:54 +0000

I’d like to welcome Vonika, who is a recent arrival in Sydney but already making her mark on the Sydney bellydance scene. Her training and experience extends beyond Tribal and Tribal Fusion bellydancing into bodymind modalities such as yoga, tantra and ritual dance, which she draws on to create her workshops on “Dancing the Chakras” [...]

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Rabiya

Thea — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:47:00 +0000

Rabiya is a tall, graceful belly dancer from Sydney. A consummate performer, she was the worthy winner of the Belly Dance Star Awards, which were held during Dina’s visit to Sydney in 2010. You can book Rabiya through Amera’s Palace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qk1P_VDnUs

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Magda

Thea — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:58:48 +0000

Magda is a Sydney belly dancer and part of that stunning belly dance troupe, Attar She has been dancing since the age of 15 – which is very young by belly dance standards – and her experience certainly shows! Magda loves the earthier styles like Raqs Baladi and Raqs Assaya, as you can see in [...]

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Kurvy

Thea — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:35:30 +0000

Kurvy, aka Kellie Harkin, is a Sydney belly dance teacher and performer. Her style fuses fire, traditional oriental and tribal styled bellydance. She teaches at Amera’s Palace and also runs classes in Ashfield http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-xGMrcL_v8 Visit her website at kurvy.com.au.

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Amera

Thea — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 05:15:17 +0000

I’m so glad to be able, finally, to add Amera to this site! Amera Eid was one of the founders of the belly dance community in Sydney, and had a sparkling career bellydancing in the Middle East for many years. Because she’s retired it has been hard to find a clip of her dancing – [...]

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Sophie Alize

Thea — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:29:14 +0000

Sophie Alize is a busy Sydney belly dance performer and teacher. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgnaqJ71anM As well as teaching (at Bondi) and performing with Jamil’s fabulous bellydance troupe Attar, she can be seen regularly at the following venues: The Cushion House Turkish Cuisine Glebe Anahita Persian Cuisine Lane Cove Mythos Greek Taverna Leicharddt Zenobia Lebanese Cuisine Leicharddt and [...]

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Josefina Daley

Thea — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:45:14 +0000

Josefina has been teaching belly dance in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney for over ten years. She teaches a wide spectrum of belly dance styles from classical to tribal fusion, as this photo gallery illustrates! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ3kSoGvupk For details of her classes and more, visit the Northern Beaches Belly Dance website.

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Faye

Thea — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:40:44 +0000

Faye is part of the Cabaret Arabia troupe and bellydance school, along with Jessica and Despina I’m just beginning to get used to dancing with a sword, so I was taken aback when I saw Faye balancing not just one sword, but two in this clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB6ffVegZtM Faye is multi-talented – she’s also an accomplished [...]

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Georgina Escobedo

Thea — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:48:46 +0000

I’m including Georgina because I saw this performance at the Sutherland Belly Dance Expo a few weeks ago – but I have to admit I know nothing about her, other than she’s from Spain, and dances beautifully! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdhB-edSG9k Here’s another clip from a Spanish festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QhJEy4kuI Read more about Georgina on her website

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Sophia

Thea — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:01:24 +0000

Sophia is a busy Sydney performer. Her background in ballet, jazz and samba shows in her muscle control and sense of rhythm. Her style is her own mix of Egyptian, Greek, Lebanese, Turkish with a dash of South American flavour. Sophia will soon be teaching in the Northern Beaches and North Shore of Sydney. If [...]

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Annette

Thea — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:51:16 +0000

Annette runs the Hippy Hippy Shake belly dance studio in South-West Sydney. Her extensive knowledge and qualifications in human movement bring an extra dimension to her belly dance teaching. Here she is in action in class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkeh_79FS90

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Leonie Sukan

Thea — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:13:58 +0000

One of Sydney’s doyennes of belly dance, Leonie Sukan not only runs a successful belly dance school but organises one of the premier events on the Australian belly dancing calendar, the Sydney Middle Eastern Dance Festival. For Sydney dancers, it’s quite simply an unmissable event – and bellydancers come from all over Australia to take [...]

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Georgette

Thea — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:33:55 +0000

What can I say about Georgette? I’ve taken her classes (currently at Amera’s Palace in Marrickville and Hips Don’t Lie Belly Dance Academy at Parramatta). Her lively, bubbly personality is a great motivator – plus she really knows her stuff. She’s also a lovely entertaining dancer, with precise technique and an irreverent sense of fun [...]

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