Lynette Harper

BC's dynamic dance community *  Global dance connections * About the Middle East * About Middle Eastern dance and music

B.C.'s  dynamic dance community

ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

Looking for weekly classes in Nanaimo?

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BELLY DANCE Debra Pinchbeck, Ladysmith BC

The Celtic Dance Studio aims to offer a warm, non-competitive, non-judgemental environment in which both children and adults can experience the joy and the healing power of dance.

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Sacred & Sensual Dance Bronwyn, Denman Island, BC

Bronwyn teaches bellydance and burlesque dance, and this is a resource for her students, and for all aspiring or accomplished dancers.

About Yogadance Gillian, Denman Island, BC

Learn about the integration of eastern yoga and dance traditions with inspiring teacher Gillian..

AIEWA School of Cultural Dances, Victoria, BC, Canada

Founded in 2002 by Christina Bates, Aiewa believes in promoting strength and grace in its dancers and in building cross cultural awareness.

Asmira School of Oriental Bellydance Victoria, BC

Asmira Dance Theatre is comprised of advanced performing dancers from Asmira's School who have a vast repertoire of movement and choreographies.

Harmony Belly Dance Company - Victoria BC

Candace Aldridge offers classes at beginners and intermediate levels, performs with her troupe Harmony BellyDance, performs with her student troupe Ruwaydah and sponsors workshops and events in Victoria.

www.institutefortraditionalstudies.org/faridehdancearts.html Farideh Dance Arts, Victoria BC

Middle Eastern and flamenco dance instruction

www.pamelapresents.ca Pamela Ball, near Victoria BC

"I dance for the sheer joy, fun and pleasure of it, amongst a myriad of other wonderful reasons."

raksbobbie.com Bobbie, Victoria BC

Bobbie is passionate about Middle Eastern Belly Dance and has been studying this beautiful and expressive art form for six years.

Crimson Coast Dance Society | Modern Dance, Contemporary Dance Company | Nanaimo, BC, Canada

ON THE MAINLAND

http://rahmahaddad.com/ Rahma Haddad, Vancouver BC

"A powerful dancer of grace, charm and soul" (And my favourite cousin! - LH )

Raks Almeh A professional teaching/performing Tribal Fusion troupe in Chilliwack, B.C.

They bring the joy of bellydance to the Fraser Valley by hosting workshops, haflas and other events.

http://www.ammara.ca/ Home to one of the finest groups of Middle Eastern, Brazilian and African dance and drum professionals in the Lower Mainland.

www.raksfaith.ca Faith, Vancouver BC

An award-winning dancer with 11 years' experience as a soloist, a founding member of acclaimed professional dance troupe Earthfire, and as Artistic Director for Hipsteria Dance Company.

Lava Studio Lava, Vancouver BC

A dynamic performer, choreographer, instructor, musician, and director/choreographer of "Susters of Alchemy", Lava is devoted to tribal style.

http://www.firespirit.ca/ Zelia, Maple Ridge BC

Fire Spirit - A company dedicated to the sensual and sacred art of Belly Dance.

www.arabianmountainspice.com Sandra Mercier, Invermere BC

Get Bent Yoga and Belly Dancing Wendy Williams, Penticton BC

Get Bent bellydancing is a celebration of the female form. From teens to seniors, women of all ages can learn movements that make any body type look beautiful and sensual.

Global dance connections

www.cid-unesco.org/ International Dance Council website and directory

Belly Dancing the World! Promoting belly dance around the world.

Belly Dance Class listings

www.jawaahir.org/ Cassandra and the Jawaahir Dance Company, USA

Performing and teaching traditional and contemporary Middle Eastern Dance

http://www.chryssanthi.com/en/ Chryssanthi Sahar, Greece/Germany

Greek belly dancer and dancing teacher in Heidelberg, Germany

www.elhamraks.de/en/index_en.htm Elham, Germany

Elham's passion for the middle eastern dance "glitters in her eyes while performing, and she can transfer this passion to her audience."

www.hadia.com Hadia, Canada

A performer, master instructor and choreographer, Hadia has achieved recognition and renown among her peers around the world.

www.preranadeshpande.com/ Prerana Deshpande, India

"...ability to bring out the essence of the compositions - traditional in Sanskrit to the modern, rhythmically intricate, is teh hallmark of her uniqueness - a 'Complete' Kathak dancer."

http://home.earthlink.net/~rcfriend/indexold.html Robin C. Friend, Ph.D., USA

Persian dancing, Persian and Turkish classical singing, Kurdish linguistics, ballooning on Mars . . . and more!

www.shira.net The Art of Middle Eastern Dance (by Shira)

(A popular North American bellydance resource and networking website - LH)

www.snakecharmah.co.uk Samantha Hasthorpe,   Canada/UK/world

Samantha is The Bellydance Superstars' newest Tribal Contingent member.

www.tamalyndallal.com Tamalyn Dallal - U.S.

Internationally acclaimed bellydancer, teacher, choreographer, producer.

About the Middle East

http://menic.utexas.edu/menic.html#search The Middle East Network Information Centre, a public service of Centre for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas - Austin

About Middle Eastern dance and music

http://people.uncw.edu/deagona/raqs/ Andrea Deagon's Raqs Sharqi

This page is a resource for information about raqs sharqi, belly dance, and otehr manifestations of SITA (solo-improvised dance based on torso articulation), one of the great dance phenomena of our world.

http://leb.net/rma/ The Arabic Music Page

A resource listing focused on formal aspects of Arabic music.

www.gildedserpent.com/ Gilded Serpent

Middle Eastern Music and Dance Journal of Record

(A terrific web-magazine for Middle Eastern performing arts and artists - LH)

http://www.turath.org/

Turath.org is the oldest site on the web dedicated exclusively for the educaiton, analysis, reviews, and resources for traditional Arab music worldwide