www.abirscasbah.com - detailed information on belly dance classes and performances in Calgary as well as across Canada.
www.sonofthepharaoh.com - Calgary's best store for Egyptian imports, as well as belly dance costumes, accessories, music.
www.shira.net - quite possibly one of the best belly dance information sites I have ever encountered!
www.orientaldancer.net - a wealth of information for the aspiring belly dancer, including star interviews, articles and some Arabic song translations.
www.gildedserpent.com - online journal on Middle Eastern Dance
www.bellydanceconference.com - International Belly Dance Conference of Canada, in Toronto. Belly dance artists from all over the world attend this conference. Workshops, lectures, performances. A Belly dancer’s heaven!
www.dahlal.com - a site that sells tons of belly dance music, videos, costumes...another heavenly belly dance website!
www.cheekygirlsproductions.com - produces and sells belly instructional/performance DVDs.
www.bellydancestore.biz - a beautiful site that sells belly dance costumes and other supplies...there are some affordable prices here!
www.worlddancenewyork.com - produces and sells belly dance performance/instructional DVDs, as well as many other styles of dance such as hip hop, salsa, & flamenco.
www.littleegypt.com - hosts workshop seminars featuring some of Egypt's biggest belly dance stars, as well as many other talented instructors and performers from around the world. Also sells belly dance costumes, accessories, music, and DVDs.
www.georgedimitrisawa.com - Dr. Sawa is a master of Arabic music, Qanun player, and a historian of Medival Arabic music and culture.
My Teachers
www.arabesquedance.ca - based in Toronto, ON, this is Canada’s largest belly dance academy and professional belly dance company. This is where I first began my studies in Middle Eastern Dance with master instructor, Yasmina Ramzy.
www.jumanah.org & www.fusiondanceyoga.com - Jumanah is my belly dance teacher in Calgary, and founding member of the Little Fish Belly Dance Company, a troupe I perform with.
www.bellyelegance.net - Nervine’s (my mother) belly dance studio in Red Deer, Alberta
My Inspirations
Beautiful belly dancers that I have had the pleasure of meeting and/or have taken their dance workshops. These dancers have inspired me by their fabulous performances as well as their dedication to the art of belly dance:
Asi Haskal - www.asihaskal.com
Jillina - www.jillina.com
Rahma Haddad - www.rahmahaddad.com
Lynette Harper - www.lynetteharper.harpfin.ca
Aziza - www.azizashimmy.com
Bozenka - www.bozenka.biz
Aida Nour - www.welcome.to/aidanour
Ferda - www.ferda.ca
Mira Betz - www.miramania.com
Nath Keo - www.nathkeo.com
Aurora Ongaro - www.danceaurora.com
Ranya Renee - www.ranya.ne
Sarah Skinner - www.shakemyday.com
Khaled Mahmoud - www.khaled-goldenhips.co.uk
Randa Kamel - www.randakamel.net
Mohamed El Hosseny - www.elhossenydance.com
Friends in the Calgary Belly Dance Community
Dafne - www.bellydance.ca
Shahrazed - www.bellydanceschoolcalgary.com
Ariellah - www.bellydancetoo.com
Nehjma - www.bellyelements.com
Armana - www.daughtersofthenile.ca
Maya - www.eighthwonder.ca
Melika, fellow troupe member of Little Fish Belly Dance Company - www.melikabellydancer.com
Nazirah - www.nazirahbellydance.com
Suzy - www.shimmywithsuzy.com
Afsana, fellow troupe member of Little Fish Belly Dance Company - www.sistrumdance.com
Tayri, fellow troupe member of Little Fish Belly Dance Company - www.atthehip.ca
The Bedouin - www.thebedouindanceco.com
Despina - www.despinasbellydancing.com
Cheerefa - www.chereefabellydancing.com
Holly McWilliams - (Fellow troupe member of Little Fish Belly Dance Company) www.indigoarts.ca
Studio Sublime - www.studiosublimebellydance.net
