Inspirations

~My Instructors, Fellow Performers, and Greatest Influences~

Rubina Carmona of Carmona Flamenco
Flamenco Performer, Singer, Instructor, Choreographer, Artistic Director of La Peña Flamenca de Seattle, Co-founder of Flamenco Arts Northwest http://www.fanw.org/
 

Dr. Ratna Roy – Orrisi Dance (Photo by David J. Capers)
Dr. Roy is full-time faculty at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. She Is also founder and artistic director of the Urvasi Dance Company. www.olywa.net/ratna-david/ratna.htm
 

Mish Mish
Seattle instructor and researcher of Middle Eastern Dance. Director of Karavans and Khan el-Khalili Dance Troupes.  depts.washington.edu/asuwxpcl/instructors.php?id=MISH_98101
 

Yasmela of Bou-Saada
Instructor and researcher of Middle Eastern Dance. Founding member of renowned old style tribal / folkloric Bou-Saada troupe, formed in the 1970’s. Bellingham, WA. www.gildedserpent.com/aboutuspages/Yasmena.htm
 

Raqs Halim Dance Ensemble
Seattle based performance group, 1998-2005, specializing in folkloric, tribal, and world fusion dance styles. Gallery
 

Troupe Rose
Seattle/Central WA's first tribal/folkloric performance group, now disbanded, directed by Vajra Dawn (far right).
 

Banat Sahar
Protégés of Yasmela , Music and Dance Ensemble based in Bellingham, WA specializing in regional dances of the Near East. www.myspace.com/banatsahar
 

    
Jamila and Suhaila Salimpour
Jamila is recognized as the Grandmother of bellydance in the US. Based in San Francisco, CA, her format has evolved into the vocabulary of movements for tribal, cabaret, and her daughter’s (Suhaila) format. http://www.suhaila.com/
 

Carolina Nericcio and FatChanceBellyDance (photo courtesy of FatChanceBellyDance)
Originators of American Tribal Style, formed in 1987, based in San Francisco, CA  http://www.fcbd.com/
 

Paulette Rees-Denis and the Gypsy Caravan (photo by Bruce Beaton)
Innovators of Tribal Style Bellydance, formed in 1991, based in Portland, OR   gypsycaravan.us/

Yemaya
Performer/instructor
 

Elizabeth Dennis
Seattle based performer/instructor
 

Melissa Ruby
Seattle based performer/instructor
 

Dalia Carella
New York based performer/instructor, specializing in innovative fusion styles. daliacarella.com
 

Jill Parker
San Francisco based performer/instructor, artistic director of Ultra Gypsy   ultragypsy.com
 

Rachel Brice
San Francisco based performer/instructor, company member of the Bellydance Superstars, artistic director of The Indigo http://www.theindigo.net/ 
 

Romani Urban Tribal Belly Dance
San Francisco based performance group/instructors. Romani has evolved into Clandestine (clandestinebellydance.tribe.net/) and Bellygroove (http://www.bellygroove.com//)

Tamalyn Dallal
Performer and Instructor    tamalyndallal.com
 

Colleena Wedding
Performer and Instructor, specializing in East Indian Orissi and Rajasthani dance  colleenashakti.com
 

Sawe
Seattle based West African Dance instructor. http://www.spectrumdance.org/
 

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