Belly Dance Oz

Amulya

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:20:47 +0000

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:

Madonna

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:31:22 +0000

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

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:37:55 +0000

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

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:59:39 +0000

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.

Nayima Hassan

admin — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:49:15 +0000

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!

Find more information on Nayima and her school at bellydanceacademy.com

Zalika

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:39:03 +0000

Zalika is a South Australian belly dancer with a broad repertoire.

Zalika teaches with the Henna Nights studio.

Josefina Daley

admin — 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!

For details of her classes and more, visit the Northern Beaches Belly Dance website.

Evangeline

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:42:43 +0000

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:

Evangeline specialises in ITS (Improvised Tribal Style). Find our more at her Cinnabar Red website.

Zabelle

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:54:26 +0000

Zabelle teaches in several locations around Melbourne and performs widely both there and interstate. Here she is dancing with Bellyslap at the Darebin Music Festival:

Unlike many dance schools, Zabelle teaches daytime as well as evening classes. Find the timetable plus more information about Zabelle on her website, Zabelleydance.com (love the name!)

Sianna

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:43:40 +0000

Sianna is a teacher and choreographer based in Footscray in Melbourne, and part of the Hipnotic Beats dance troupe, seen here dancing to Bidajeej, a drum solo written by Anita Larkin and played by Bellyslap:

For details of her classes or to book an event, visit the Hipnotic Beats website.