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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.
Jacqueline Peperkamp is the director of the Tribal Jewels dance troupe and the Jewels of the Harem dance school in Wollongong.
Jacqueline teaches a variety of styles including Modern & Contemporary, ATS, Tribal Style & Tribal Fusion.
For more information and contact details, visit her website at jewelsoftheharem.com.au
Dani takes a fresh and original look at belly dance, teaching both Belly Dance Fusion and Raks Gothique at her Newcastle school. The gothic influence doesn't mean her style is all darkness and shadows - her Fusion classes have plenty of scope for fun and joyfulness.
Dani's school has two performing troupes, the Desert Moon Dancers and Umbra, her Raks Gothique group.
All the details including contact information are on her website, Desert Moon Dancers.
Julie Abela has her own studio at Corrimal and is also an importer of high quality belly dance costumes.
Visit her website at Shimmy.com.au (I'm jealous of that website name!) for more details.
The clip below is of her troupe, Shimmy N Sheik.
It's good to be able to include a Queensland belly dancer - I know they're out there somewhere!
Melantha is based in Gladstone and has created a lively belly dance scene in that area with her troupe, Veils of Arabia.
Cara teaches and performs with the Scimitar Moon Belly Dance Studio in Townsville - one of our first Queensland belly dancers!
Cara's website is under construction - meanwhile you can contact her via email:
Ayelet Ashkar teaches belly dancing in Ocean Shores, on the NSW North Coast near Byron Bay.
Her website is ashkarmusicanddance.com