- Sabrina
Orange County, CA
phone: 714-756-2674
email: sabrina@primenet.com
- A belly dance performer, choreographer and teacher. Beginner and Intermediate classes every Monday at 6pm in Newport Beach, CA; Advanced level and Choreographies by appointment. She performs Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Marakesh restaurant in Newport Beach and also performs by reservation only at Casablanca Bistro in Newport Beach and Al Andalous in Los Angeles. She is also available for parties, costume design and custom alterations.
- Sadiia
Pyramid Dance Co.
1254 Wilbec Rd.
Memphis, TN 38117 USA
phone: 901-682-2476
- Her studio hosted Leila Gamal when she held her workshops and concert in Tennessee in April 1997.
- Sadira
2134 Oakridge Ave.
Madison, WI 53704 USA
phone: 608-246-2718
- Perfomer and instructor of traditional and contemporary Middle Eastern
Dance. Produces the annual Madison Middle Eastern Festival and directs the
Riad Dance Co.
- Sahara Raks
Chicqiela Elbert
Rt. 2 Box 221
Rd. 500N & 375 E
Alexandria, IN 46001 USA
phone: 317-378-7565
- Middle eastern dance troupe and Polynesian.
- Sahara Sunset Middle-Eastern Dancers
- See under Bellydance by Jamila
- Sahnobar Dance Ensemble
PO Box 90332
Gainesville, FL 32607-0332 USA
352-373-4991
email: terps2@gnn.com
Website: http://members.gnn.com/terps2/index.htm
- "The dancers...have been performing under this name since April 1995, although memberw worked together in other groups for several years prior to that. Our band joined us in early 1996. We study, perform and teach dances of the Middle East, North Africa, Asia Minor, Eastern Europe and Islands of the Pacific, although we most often find ourselves performing...'Oriental' dance which includes 'belly dancing'." Available for performances; see their website.
- Sahris and Sybel
creators of "Raks Al Hayet"
Website: http://www.plinet.com/~demogorgan
Email: demogorgan@plinet.com
- "Raks Al Hayet (Arabic for Dance of Life) is a quarterly journal of Oriental Dance, magick and more." The website also includes a boutique (fashions and jewelry; color catalog available) and pictures of Sybel and Sahris, professional belly dancers in the Denver area who are available for all occasions.
- Mona El Said
Harmony Health Club
76, Gameet Al-Douwal Al-Arabia St.
Al-Mohandseen, Giza
Cairo, Egypt
phone: (202) 3614136 or 3494192
fax: 3028346 or 48
- Instructor and choreographer.
- Zarifa Sa'id
Libby Parker
4618 SW 56 Terrace
Gainesville, FL 32608
phone/fax: 352-380-9309
Email: LibbyPar@worldnet.att.net
- She started producing workshops in Tucson, AZ twenty
years ago. There, she began dancing with Kathryn Ferguson and produced the
first Belly Dance workshop in Arizona, sponsoring Juliana & Raphael.
Later, she went to Washington DC where she started the Washington Area Mid East Dance Association (WAMEDA); and taught and directed a dance troupe. In 1995, she moved to Gainesville and is now teaching and producing workshops there. Previous events sponsored (in part) by her include a workshop and show featuring Shakira; a workshop/show with Miraj; a workshop/show with Nadia Hamdi. More recent events include workshop/shows with Morocco and Tarik 'abd el Malik in October 1997, and Bert Balladine & Amaya in July 1998.
- Sa'ida
Jean Courter
Oasis Dance Camp
5 Saragoss, Apt. A
St. Augustine, FL 32084 USA
phone: 904-823-9501
- Performer, instructor.
- Suhaila Salimpour
Suhaila Salimpour School of Danse Orientale
PO Box 8612
Berkeley, CA 94707 USA
phone: 510-526-4344
Suhaila's Website
- An internationally renowned performer and teacher at various Bay Area venues, including the Salimpur School of Danse Orientale (see below), as well as a frequent instructor at seminars and workshops throughout the USA and abroad. See her interactive website for nice images, more information about classes, workshops, her troupe, her videos (instructional and performance), as well as live chat lines, bulletin boards and on-line shopping.
Suhaila Salimpour School of Danse Orientale in the San Francisco/East Bay Area, CA area. She has a certification program in the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance. Suhaila is currently (Fall 1997) teaching: Mon - Level I, 7:30-8:45pm; Tues - Choreography Class (all levels), 8-9pm; Wed - Level III, 7:30-8:45pm; Thurs - Level I, 8-9pm; Fri - Level III, 11am-Noon; Sat - Level II, 12:30-1:45pm. For more info phone: 510-526-4344, or see the website.
- Salome - Raks Shadan Troupe
3435 Scottwood Dr.
Columbus, OH 43227 USA
phone: 614-239-0580
- Teacher, performer, seminar sponsor.
- Samara
New York City, NY
- Mentioned on the medance list: "She is very straightforward; no politics, no b.s., no posturing, just a serious attempt to convey material, including meta-material, such as being present even when being still. As well as steps and choreography. I like her honesty and recommend her as teacher." "I think her technique teaching is a strong point..."
- Samasen
Marita Fahlen
1 Gezira El Wosta St., Block B
10th Floor, Apt. 4
Zamalek
Cairo, Egypt
phone: (202) 3417743
fax: 340038
- Instructor and performer.
- Sapphira
PO Box 18326
S. Lake Tahoe, CA 96151 USA
phone: 415-459-1892
Email: sapphira@ancient-future.com
Website: http://www.ancient-future.com/sapphira.html
- Winner of "Miss America of the Bellydance" '85 "Bellydancer of the
Year" '85, and the "National Bellydance Competition" in Las Vegas '86.
Also, featured on "Cheers" episode of "Money Dearest", as well as on
the 1993 65th Annual Academy Awards, Oscars in "A Whole New World", and
helped Debbie Allen with choreography for same. She is available for performances in concert with the world fusion ensemble Ancient Future. For more info, pictures, resume, see her website.
- Lisa Saravis
- See under "Sheherazat" below.
- Tina Sargent
2608 2nd Ave., Suite 115
Seattle, WA 98121 USA
206-781-4244
email: tinas@swog.fhcrc.org
- Tina has studied with Kathryn Ferguson, among others. She teaches Wednesdays at the BBC Studio. Beginners: 7:30-8:30, Intermediates: 8:30-9:30. Contact her at the above phone number.
- Saroya
4654 Fountainhead Dr.
Stone Mountain, GA 30083 USA
phone: 404-297-8550
- Atlanta-area instructor & performer. Currently teaching group classes in
all levels from beginner through advanced, as well as private and
semi-private lessons.
- The Seattle Belly Dance Page
Seattle, WA
Web Site
- Seattle WA/Pacific Northwest based belly dance info.
- Schehera (Ellen Deaton)
Schehera Workshops
PO Box 2406
Dayton, OH 45401-2406
phone: 937-277-3119
Email: schehera@commkey.net or schehera.ohio@juno.com
- Teacher, performer, seminar sponsor.
- Scheherezade
2420 Hampden Row
Rockville, VA 23146 USA
phone: 804-749-3059
fax: 804-749-3480
Email: sherzade@mnsinc.com
- Perfomer, instructor, vendor.
- School for Oriental Dance
Susanne Potempa
Århusgade 108 E, 5
2100 København Ø
Denmark
phone: (0045) 35 43 73 83
Email: sfod@vip.cybercity.dk
Website: http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko5826/home.htm
- Website has both English and Danish language versions. Susanne Potempa is the manager of the school; she works as a teacher, choreographer and performer in Oriental Dance, as well as lecturing and organizing festivals in Denmark like the Oriental Festival 1992 & 1993 and the World Music & Dance festival, 1994 & 1995. She brings an extra dimension to her work in the world of dance, via her background in nursing and physiological body massage. Her website contains a calendar, info on workshops and shows, her newsletter, listings of her favorite restaurants, info on where to buy Oriental music and more.
- Seher Dance Company (aka Troupe Seher)
Alexandra King, director
PO Box 868
Santa Barbara, CA 93102
phone: 805-965-8583
email: Susanne at kyre@charm.physics.ucsb.edu or Shelby Lyn at 102347.571@compuserve.com
- "Alexandra teaches a variety of Middle Eastern styles, including
Egyptian, Turkish, Moroccan, Gypsy, and Persian, for adaptation to and
inclusion in American-style belly dance. She also teaches both classical
and folk dancing from throughout the Middle East and Greece in her
capacity as Dance Director for the UCSB Middle Eastern Ensemble."
from the troupe flyer:
"Seher Dance Company presents dances from North Africa, the Middle East
and Central Asia. Their repetoire includes folkoric line dances,
mysterious candle dances, dramatic tribal dances, wild gypsy dances, and the
ancient, beautiful art of belly dance....Seher Dance Company appears
regularly at restaurants and festivals throughout Santa Barbara and with
the UCSB Middle Eastern Ensemble." Available for both individual and
group performances.
- Cathy Selford (Vashti)
56 Wymering Rd.
London W92ND, England
071-286-7059
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- Serena
Irena Nickels
Wailua, Princeville, Poipu (Kauai) HI
808-821-0988
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- Samantha Serquet
Chicago, IL
- "..an up anc coming young dancer and teacher, outgoing, ethical, and receptive to special requests--like mother/daughter classes..." (From medance list.)
- SESE Productions
540 Ocean View #2
Santa Cruz, CA 95062 USA
phone: 408-476-0830
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- Deborah Sevy
- see under Dvora.
- Shadia Dahlal
Tulsa, OK USA
email: Shadia@aol.com
Website: http://members.aol.com/shadia
- An instructor; you can also contact her for info on Middle Eastern dance in the Tulsa, OK area. Her website contains information about her classes and troupe, The Purple Roses of Cairo, among other things. Note that her website is optimized for both IE4 and Netscape 4.
- Shahrezad (Heidi Javaheri)
Paradise Valley/Scottsdale AZ
602-998-1312
- Persian and Middle Eastern dance.
- Shahrzad Dance Academy
Shahrzad Khorsandi
1195 McConald Dr.
Pinole, CA 94564 USA
phone: 510-724-2425
email: Shahrzad@pacbell.net
Website: http://www.xdot25.com/shahrzad
- "Shahrzad Khorsandi, born in Iran, is the founder and Artistic Director of
Shahrzad Dance Academy in Berkeley, California. She has studied Modern
dance and choreography at CalArts in Los Angeles, and holds a BA in dance
and an MA in Creative Arts from San Francisco State University. She has
studied and performed Persian dance with Avaz, an international dance and
theater company in Los Angeles.
"Shahrzad Dance Academy is a non-profit organization dedicated to
educating the public (adults as well as children)in various dance forms.
At the moment we are focussing on Persian dance (classical and folk).
We have classes in Berkeley, Concord, Davis, and San Jose for both
children and adults. We will also have our first dance concert on
December 14, 1996, in Berkeley at The Hillside Club on Cedar. Shahrzad
Dance Ensemble, the performance troupe sponsored by Shahrzad Dance
Academy, is available for performances at cultural/educational events and
tours (no parties or weddings...sorry). For more information about
classes or performances, please [call, write or email the addresses/numbers above]."
- Shakila Shahzadee
Nancy A. Smith
3592 Millers Creek
Pikeville, KY 41501 USA
phone: 606-437-9511
- Teacher, performer.
- Shakira
1226 Highland St.
Columbus, OH 43201 USA
614-294-1171
- "Top Flight Quality; Down-to-Earth Attitude. 'She delivers quality instruction and exceptional performance skill.' Several cities have her back to teach every year. Find out why. Ask any of her sponsors." She does indeed come across as highly knowledgeable, ethical and supportive on the medance mailinglist. Many people there have strongly recommended her workshops (which have included international ones as well), most recently her sword, "dancing with emotion", and 9/8-Gypsy-Karshilama ones.
- Shara
Susan Peel
3618 Tyler
Berkley, MI 48072-3442
phone: 810-541-3193
- Co-director of The Daughters of Peace Middle Eastern Dance Ensemble.
- Nourhan Sharif
303 Angell Street
Providence RI 02906 USA
phone: 401 351-0525
fax: 401-351-0422
Email: Nourhan@aol.com
- Ongoing classes in providence RI at Groundwerx Dance Studio, and Studio One.
Producer of annual events such as: Arts in The Park (3 day event), Haffla's,
mini-workshops, and for the first time this year [1998] Yousry Sharif's one week
intensive in NYC June 15-20th!
- Sheherazat
Lisa Saravis, V.M.D.
11 Barnett St.
New Haven, CT 06515 USA
phone: 203-389-9614
- Dancing since the age of 7, she's a performer, available for shows. Willing to travel anywhere throughout Connecticut for performances. References include the Turkish American Cultural Society and the Lebanese Clubs in Connecticut (contact for more info).
- Sheikhani Middle Eastern Dance Troupe
PO Box 3065
Colorado Springs, CO 80934 USA
Website: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/tokepcal
- Performers. They also have basic costume patterns at their site. "We worked hard on them and want them to get to as many people as could use them - - (there are no charges attached or solicited for the patterns)."
- Sherezzah
Delray Beach, FL USA
Email: p041336b@pb.seflin.org
Website: http://www.seflin.org/phoenix/sherry.htm
- Teacher, performer, director of Rising Phoenix Dancers troupe.
- Suzanne Shields
- see under Suzanne
- Shira
Julie Elliot
Troupe Wasila, Veiled Threats
Santa Clara, CA
Website: http://www.shira.net
- Shira's Middle Eastern Dance Site is a general ME dance website which includes information about bellydance and its history; advice and tips; glossary of terms; Middle Eastern culture; lyrics to music and more. Also info on Troupe Wasila (ME dance performance troupe) and the Veiled Threats (ME dance comedy troupe).
- Shireem
Pacific Islanders - Mystic Dancers
5405 flynn Pkwy
Corpus Christi, TX 78411 USA
phone: 512-853-6810
- Performer, seminar instructor. Sponsor of the annual Shimmy By the Sea workshop/festival which is usually held around May.
- Shireen Holli
Director of Memphis Caravan
5036 Rabbit Chase Ln.
Arlington, TN 38002 USA
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- Sibel Nefa
Braunschweig, Germany
Website: http://www.bs-online.de/bauchtanz
- Website in German.
- Siham
P.O. Box 5137
Sparks, NV 89432
(Reno Area)
phone: (702) 358-5325
- Director, Ali Baba's Belly Dance Productions, based in the Reno, Nevada Area. Instructor and Choreographer. Private, Group, Seminar Classes, Beginning through Advanced.
- Simone 7th Veil Dance Co.
483 South Kirkwood Rd. #30
St. Louis, MO 63122 USA
phone: 314-984-8008
- Performers, instruction, seminar sponsor.
- Donnalee Singer
Maui, HI USA
phone: 808-244-9787
- Waikapu Community Center, Wednesdays 5:30-7:30pm.
- Sirrom School of Dance
Thalia/Pat, Director
2306 Genesee
Houston, TX 77006
phone: 713-524-7702
Website: http://www.flash.net/~kings/sirrom.htm
- Sirrom has classes five days a week (Mon-Thurs & Sat), with quarterly workshops - we've hosted Bobby Farrah, Raqia Hassan, Cassandra, Leila Gamal, Amaya, Vashti (Dallas), Zahra Zuhair (a new
addition to the list) and more. Rumours of Aida Noor in
October/November abound. (Sirrom also
boasts a Polynesian Troupe, which meets on Mondays, and performs as a troupe at most of our shows.) Student Nights are held monthly at the
Athens Bar & Grill, where new dancers (and seasoned ones) can dance to
live music. Thalia (Pat Wright) is the featured dancer at the Athens on
Saturday evenings.
Recommended on the medance list as being "ethical, friendly, talented dancers who put on several seminars a year as well as other events....They have a mailing list you can get on, usually one mailing a year. They used to bring Bobby regularly; they also usually have Cassandra or Leila Gamal about once a year."
- Sisters of the Moon Bellydance Troupe and Seventh Veil Ensemble
North Bay area CA, USA
Email: crowzar@metro.net
Website: http://www.angelfire.com/ca/sistersofthemoon/sistersveil.html
- The Sisters are the youngest self-managed, produced and directed bellydance troupe in California. Our purpose is to reclaim our dance as sacred and put an end to misconceptions and negative stereotypes. We educate the public on what bellydance REALLY is. We are collectively organized; there is no hierarchy. We are a feminist bellydance troupe. We do not support the exploitation of women (or anyone) in any way. We are dedicated to providing professional, exciting, ethical performances. Our unique style is gypsy/tribal centered. The Seventh Veil Ensemble is the Middle Eastern band that works with the Sisters of the Moon troupe, providing them with live music. Angelena teaches bellydance and music at her studio.
- Allison Chun Smith
HI, USA
phone: 808-538-7061
- Teaches Monday 6:30-7:30pm at the YWCA.
- Mark Smith
Hilo, Big Island HI USA
phone: 808-982-6042
- Thursdays 1 and 5 pm.
- Rebecca Sobol
- See under Rebecca of the Rose.
- Society for the Preservation of Oriental Folkloric Dance & Culture, Inc.
(SPOFDC)
PO Box 1003
Gainesville, FL 32602-1003 USA
phone: 352-371-8386
Email: NinaVK@worldnet.att.net
Website: http://hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/arts_culture/SPOFDC.HTML
- Founded in 1992, SPOFDC was created for the purpose of fostering an appreciation of Oriental folkloric dance forms, its historical development and associated cultures. A non-profit arts group, its main interest is the influence of the Gypsies on ethnic dance of the Mediterranean region: Middle East, Spain, Turkey, etc. Currently SPOFDC is creating a dance resource library, containing books, magazines, journals, videos and costumes. These resources will be made available to patrons wishing to do research. Their website is sponsored by the City of Gainesville, FL.
- Anahid Sofian
New York, USA
- Her studio celebrated it's 25th anniversary, July 1997. "...a New York belly dance icon!" --Nancy Wasserman
- Soraya
2405 NW 120
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
phone: 405-755-0217
- Director of Jewels of the Nile, teacher, performer, seminar sponsor.
- Soraya Al Musri
9100 Red Oak Lane
Edmond, OK 73034 USA
phone: 405-844-0300
email: SorayaOKC@aol.com
- Founder of the Aalim Bellydance Academy in Wichita, Aalim Bellydance Academy
II, in St. Louis, and Aalim Bellydance Academy III in Memphis, Tennessee.
Studios in Wichita and St. Louis still in operation under new Directorship.
Teacher, Performer, Choreographer, costumer.
Sponser of the "Starfest" annual workshops. Starfest VIII was held in
Tulsa, August 1997 - Teacher for two-day workshop was Sahra
(Direct from her engagement in Cairo).
- Soroya School of Belly Dance
The Zeba Dancers
6800 Iron Stove Court
Springfield, VA 22150 USA
703-569-1080
- (From their ad) "Soroya School of Belly Dance .... the Creative School...
JOIN THE BELLY DANCE EXPERIENCE!!!! Learn this fun way to
exercise, feel relaxed and expand your creativity! Discover the
exciting approach to new health and fitness! A more exotic, slimmer YOU
is just lessons a way! Classes are taught to authentic music by a
professional dancer! Classes are 1 hour in duration and consist of 8
weeks of instruction! Expert instruction in playing the finger cymbals
(zills) to all the fabulous Middle Eastern rhythms to include 4/4
Chiftetelli, 2/4, 8/4, 6/8, and 9/8 Kashlimar!! Choreographed group and
individual dance routines. Learn the excitment of veil and multiple veil
routines, cane, sword and Soroya's beautiful Temple Candle dance.
Classes also held in costume making, stage presentation and theatrical
makeup. Soroya is director, choreographer of her professional troupe,
the Zeba Dancers. Annual concerts held and performed by Soroya and the
Zeba Dancers. HAVING A PARTY?? OFFICE OR HOME!!! Provide Belly Dance
entertainment with a Soroya-Gram!!!
Please indicate preference of day, evening or weekend classes.
- Soraya's Middle Eastern Dance and Music Productions
PO Box 3284
Margate City, NJ 08402 USA
Website:
Email: SorayaEnt@aol.com
- Hello! Keifak!! I am an INTERNTIONALLY RENOWN belly dancer/musical
contractor/booking agent/entreprenuer in the field of Arabic
dance, heritage, history and culture. I am also an
Anthropologist/Sociologist with an emphasis in Middle Eastern studies. I
perform all over the US and recently had the HONOR and the great
privelege of being invited to CASABLANCA, MOROCCO to dance for the royal
family and the wonderful KING HASSAN!!! I also own an entertianment
agency that provides most casinos and other TOP VENUES with an ECLECTIC
ARRAY OF fabulous ethnic talent from belly dancers to authentic EGYPTIAN
ORCHESTRAS. I am always
looking for new talent for ARABIC THEME PARTIES, PROFESSIONAL TROUPE
WORK, etc. All interested performers, dancers to muscians, from CABERET
TO FOLKLORIC, should send "press kits" and video resumes to my AGENCY.
- Studio Al Ahram
Palmgasse 8
A-1150 Vienna/Austria
Europe
web site: http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/~ronke/Bauchtanz/bauchtanz.html
- The original web site is in German, an English version should be available soon.
- Studio Maestro
48 W 68th St.
New York, NY USA
212-787-1178
- Hosted a Ragia Hassan workshop when she was touring the US in 1996.
- Studio Topkapi
- See under Nesrin Topkapi.
- Suhaila Salimpour
Suhaila Salimpour School of Danse Orientale
PO Box 8612
Berkeley, CA 94707 USA
phone: 510-526-4344
Suhaila's Website
- An internationally renowned performer and teacher at various Bay Area venues, including the Salimpur School of Danse Orientale (see below), as well as a frequent instructor at seminars and workshops throughout the USA and abroad. See her interactive website for nice images, more information about classes, workshops, her troupe, her videos (instructional and performance), as well as live chat lines, bulletin boards and on-line shopping.
Suhaila Salimpour School of Danse Orientale in the San Francisco/East Bay Area, CA area. She has a certification program in the Suhaila Salimpour School of Dance. Suhaila is currently (Fall 1997) teaching: Mon - Level I, 7:30-8:45pm; Tues - Choreography Class (all levels), 8-9pm; Wed - Level III, 7:30-8:45pm; Thurs - Level I, 8-9pm; Fri - Level III, 11am-Noon; Sat - Level II, 12:30-1:45pm. For more info phone: 510-526-4344, or see the website.
- Suzanne
Suzanne Shields
555 S. Quentin
Wichita, KS 67218
316-687-5033
email: randyp@southwind.net
Web site: Suzanne
- Dancer, musician and composer.
- Suzanne
542 Julia Court
Prattville, AL 36066 USA
phone: 335-365-3415
- Performer, seminar instructor, director of Raks Sahara Dancers.
- Svenja Studio for Oriental Dance
Nurtingen, Germany
- The owner, Svenja, has trained primarily with Mahmoud Reda of Egypt.
- The Swiss Bellydance Homepage
Website: http://www.centralnet.ch/userpages/baratte/front_e.htm
- A really nice website (in English and, I believe, German) which lists classes, workshops and pictures of shows.
- Sybel and Sahris
creators of "Raks Al Hayet"
Website: http://www.plinet.com/~demogorgan
Email: demogorgan@plinet.com
- "Raks Al Hayet (Arabic for Dance of Life) is a quarterly journal of Oriental Dance, magick and more." The website also includes a boutique (fashions and jewelry; color catalog available) and pictures of Sybel and Sahris, professional belly dancers in the Denver area who are available for all occasions.
- Syeda
Beverly Garrard
923 River Oaks Rd.
Paducah, KY 42001 USA
phone: 502-442-2099
- Basic technique and performance skills in Egyptian, Oriental, Cabaret and Folkloric.
