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Michelle Joyce
www.arabicdance.net
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Michelle is currently the house bellydancer at several Middle Eastern restaurants and nightclubs in the Bay Area. She is an experienced dance teacher and certified personal trainer, and has always been very active in sports, gymnastics and dance. She spent many years doing gymnastics on horseback, for which she has won several national awards.
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Sabrina Fox
www.atashmaya.com
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Atash Maya performs regularly in the San Diego area in many fashions: American Tribal Style belly dance, Tribal Fusion fire dance. We perform regularly at local hot spots such as Café Lulu, Club Sabbat, Claire De Lune.
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Alexandra King
www.alexandraking.com
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Alexandra King is one of the foremost Middle Eastern Dance artists, instructors, choreographers and producers of Middle Eastern Dance productions and videos in Santa Barbara, the California central coast and the United States.
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Patrisha Gutierrez
www.the-eda.com
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Performer, judge, and instructor. Co-founder of The Ethnic Dance Academy: Check out our Annual Recitals, Summer School, and Diploma Programs
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Elana Quihuis
www.raksrosa.com
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Lucia
www.luciadance.com
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Award winning performer, instructor, troupe founder, and producer. Presently the president of SAMEDA.
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Shira
www.shira.net
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 Shira has a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and French, as well as a Master's degree in Business Administration. For three years, Shira was assistant director of two dance companies: Troupe Wasila and The Veiled Threats.
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Frank Lazzaro
www.frankdrums.com
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Frank Lazzaro has been teaching and performing middle-eastern drumming for 15 years. He is currently on staff at World Beat Cultural Center, San Diego, and performs regularly for belly dancers with the Golden Belly Award winning group Middle-Earth Ensemble.
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Tiffany Bisconer
www.tiffanybisconer.com
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Tiffany Bisconer, accomplished belly dancing instructor, judge, and performer.
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Ana
www.anabellydancer.com
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Ana, belly dancing judge, teacher, and performer in Southern California and Baja California.
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Heather Stants
www.urbantribaldance.com
www.urbantribaldance.tribe.net
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Heather Stants, instructor, judge, and performer, and creator of Urban Tribal Dance Company in San Diego.
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Kirti Srivastava
www.myspace.com/dilsedance
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Kirti Srivastava is classically trained in Kathak and Odissi (classical forms from India) for the past 20 years. In the last 10 years she’s been studying Afro-Brazilian, West African, Bhangra and Hip-Hop styles. She currently performs and teaches world fusion choreography in San Diego and Los Angeles.
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Dilek, Turkish Delight
www.turkishdancer.com
www.turkishbellydance.org
www.bellydanceteacher.net
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Accomplished belly dancing performer and instructor from Istanbul, Turkey. Specializing in Arabic and Turkish Styles of belly dancing.
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Taaj
www.thebellydancetrainer.com
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Home of Taaj and the Belly Dance Trainer certification program. Performer and instructor, headquartered in Palmyra, Virginia.
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Vilia Dance
www.viliadance.com
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Vilia, accomplished belly dancing instructor, judge, and performer.
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Sabrina
www.sabrinabellydancer.com
http://profile.to/sabrinabellydancer/
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Sabrina has performed for the Royal Families of the Middle East as well as headlined in the nightclubs and restaurants of Los Angeles and Orange County. She has a foundation in ballet, jazz, and modern dance.
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Dunyana
www.gobellyfit.com
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We are a Middle Eastern Fusion Dance Company dedicated to performing for community events and fundraisers. Dunyana (definition world) represents our respect and admiration for all forms of dance.
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Bay Dance Project
www.baydanceproject.com
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Bay Dance Project is an urban dance studio for adults offering beginner level classes in Ballet, Shape and Tone, Hip Hop, and Modern. Deborah Stern, Artistic Director.
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Milana
www.milanabellydance.com
www.designedtoheal.biz
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Milana is a performer and owner of Divine Entertainment - Authentic, Exotic Bellydancers since 1997. Specializing in corporate events, weddings, birthdays, bellygrams, children's parties, and more. ichelle (Milana) is also a health practitioner specializing in Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Therapy, Nutrition, and Massage.
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Najia
www.philadelphiabellydance.com
www.bellydanceforbeauty.com
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Workshops with the greatest belly dance stars in the country for over a decade, weekly classes, performances, yearly certification programs with Sahra Saeeda.
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Valentina
www.youtube.com/UnityTheGypsyQueen
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Valentina is a fine performer who also works with fire. She is also a belly dancing and hula hoop instructor offering classes in San Diego.
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Morwenna & Walid Assaf
www.dancerandrummer.com
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Morwenna and Walid Assaf are the Dance Director and Music Director, respectively, of the Studio and CEDAR Productions. The Art/Dance Academy is a performing arts school dedicated to presenting, preserving and educating the general public on ethnic culture and folklore of various world forms.
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Tonya and Atlantis
www.tonya-and-atlantis.com
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This mother and daughter team are world renown artists and the creators of the “Belly Dancer of the Universe Competitions”, held annually in Long Beach, California.
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| Dance Related Publications and Websites |
San Diego Performer Magazine
www.sandiegoperformer.com
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San Diego Performer magazine’s vision is threefold: to increase the awareness and support for performing arts in San Diego by reaching out to arts enthusiasts; to coalesce interaction among local performing artists that will dynamically strengthen the City of San Diego; and to become a platform, drawing in people who may not have been exposed to the colorful and diverse performing arts genres. San Diego Performer's editorial mission is to provide readers with complete, unbiased information on all the many categories of performing arts in San Diego in an effort to create a synergy between them.
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The Papyrus, SAMEDA's Newsletter
www.sdsameda.com
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SAMEDA, the San Diego Area Middle Eastern Dance Association, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, research, and discussion of Middle Eastern dance and music.
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Zaghareet Magazine
www.zaghareet.com
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Zaghareet – a Middle Eastern Dance Magazine! This is a must read for beginners to professionals with topics about dancers, workshops, troupes, musicians, travel, reviews and much more!
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www.BellyDanceLA.com
www.bellydancela.com
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BellyDanceLA.com is the 411 of belly dance events and showcases for Los Angeles, providing the only comprehensive class schedule on the web for Los Angeles and Orange County.
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www.GumptionFest.com
www.gumptionfest.com
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Arts and Music Festival in Sedona.
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Bellydancer of the Year Pageant
www.bellydc.com
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This annual event in Walnut Creek, California, includes belly dancing competitions along with workshops.
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Belly dance on Raqs Sharqi
www.raqssharqi.net/en
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This portal, based in Italy, is dedicated to the advancement of belly dance worldwide.
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Aszmara
www.aszmara.com
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Movement and music articles plus events and photo gallery.
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Tonya and Atlantis
www.tonya-and-atlantis.com
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This mother and daughter team are world renown artists and the creators of the “Belly Dancer of the Universe Competitions”, held annually in Long Beach, California.
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| Dance Related Businesses |
Harry Saroyan
www.saroyanmastercrafts.com
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Saroyan Mastercrafts is in its fourth decade of providing the finest Middle Eastern dance accessories and Finger Cymbals available.
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The Belly Dance Trainer
www.thebellydancetrainer.com
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Home of Taaj and the Belly Dance Trainer certification program.
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| Miscellaneous Businesses |
San Diego Ice Arena
www.sdice.com
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Ice skating in San Diego. SKATE TO BE COOL!
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