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Felicia

Profile Submitter — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:13:38 +0000

Felicia is a well-known Queensland professional belly dancer, performing at restaurants, corporate functions, community events and wedding and birthday celebrations throughout Brisbane, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast. Like many Australian belly dancers, Felicia has a background in other dance genres but also in gymnastics. She discovered belly dance ten years ago and since [...]

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Aya

Thea — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 02:22:51 +0000

We have many belly dancers from all over the world here but I wonder, is Aya the only French belly dancer in Australia? Aya danced in France, India, Morocco, Algeria and Vietnam before reaching our shores, and now teaches and performs in Melbourne. She is also passionate about pre- and post-natal care and runs a [...]

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Kylea Hartley

Thea — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:03:24 +0000

Kylea has several years of training in both Middle Eastern and Tribal Style belly dance, and became South Australia’s first ATS teacher in 2004. However her favourite style of belly dance is her own unique style of Tribal Fusion – which she describes as “blending the fiery strength of Flamenco Gypsy with the earthiness of [...]

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Jimmy

Thea — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 00:09:45 +0000

Male dancers are a rarity in Australia so it’s a pleasure to welcome Jimmy to our shores. What makes it even more interesting is to see the differences between our home-grown male belly dancers and a European dancer (Jimmy hails from Athens, Greece). Watch these videos and compare them to Shiva or Jamil, and you’ll [...]

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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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Anita Ferguson

Thea — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:25:03 +0000

Anita’s Celestial Gems Belly Dance School is based in Gympie, Queensland. Here they are in their “Jewels of the Nile Extravaganza”! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMl9-Nt-gTM I love Anita’s way of describing her belly dance classes – instead of beginners, intermediate etc, she has Emerging Emeralds, Shimmering Sapphires and Diamond Divas! Visit her website at www.celestialgemsbellydance.com.au Interview with belly [...]

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Tamara

Thea — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:41:59 +0000

Tamara Taylor is the director of the Hipnotic Bellydance school, and a well-known belly dance artist in Brisbane. She’s not only a belly dancer with over 20 years’ experience, but also a musician, performing with the Middle Eastern music ensemble Muziz. As if that’s not enough, she’s also a qualified Pilates and fitness instructor! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDZtL3QFjm8 [...]

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Rachelle Houston

Thea — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:29:13 +0000

Rachelle has taken over the well-known Dancing Tiger belly dance school from Idell Wadley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M_K57WnipM You can contact Rachelle through Talent.Me . Like many other belly dance teachers, she also teaches Zumba.

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Maha al Musa

Thea — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:03:13 +0000

I’m embarrased that I’ve neglected to include Maha al Musa on this site before now! Although Maha is a belly dancer, she’s less well known for her dancing than for her writing! She is the author of the book Dance of the Womb. It offers invaluable advice on safe, effective prenatal exercise using belly dance – [...]

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Shakeela

Thea — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:01:12 +0000

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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Darshiva

Thea — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:09:42 +0000

There aren’t nearly enough bellydance instructors in country areas, so Echuca is very lucky to have Darshiva, who is not only a lovely dancer but a fully certified belly dance teacher. She is a passionate advocate not just for belly dance but for Egypt and Middle Eastern culture in general, and is on the committee [...]

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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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Hanan Aboud

Thea — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:43:31 +0000

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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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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Ekaterini

Thea — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:08:53 +0000

Ekaterini Floratos will be known to both Sydney and Melbourne readers, as she began her career in Melbourne, danced with Jane and Daria in Sydney, and has now returned to Melbourne. Today, she is a member of the well-known Underbelly dance troupe as well as a teacher, performer and choreographer in her own right. She’s [...]

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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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Amber Hansen

Thea — Fri, 27 May 2011 07:40:47 +0000

I’ve just finished browsing through Amber’s beautiful website, TheTree.com.au, and recommend you do the same! The Tree (Ash-Shajara) is the name of her “creative initiative dedicated to traditional and contemporary performance, creative arts and research within the fields of Arab, Middle Eastern, Oriental and Diaspora culture, art, music and dance”. Of all the bellydancers I’ve [...]

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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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Tatiana

Thea — Mon, 02 May 2011 02:19:54 +0000

Tatiana is a former Sydney belly dancer who has moved to the Byron Shire, and teaches and performs all the way from Byron to the Gold Coast! Here she is (in green) dancing with Jacinta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk-wKSjq3mc Tatiana is available to perform at parties and celebrations. I particularly like her baby shower package, “Birthing Ways”, which [...]

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