Resources & Recommendations

Local Teachers DC/MD/VA

Artemis Mourat- American, Turkish style bellydance & Turkish Romany dance

Yasmin Henkish - Egyptian style bellydance & folkloric dance

Samira Shuruk  - Bellydance & Bollywood

Miasia - Egyptian, Turkish, & American styles of Bellydance & folkloric dance

Latifa's School of Middle Eastern Dance 

Faten - Egyptian style bellydance & folkloric

Saffron Dance Studio - Arlington, VA

Other Local Bellydance Artists

Contact me if you are interested in other local professional bellydance artists - whether you're looking to have multiple dancers at your event (male or female), or if I'm not available or don't fit your particular event, I'm happy to recommend my pro dance colleagues!  

Articles

Fair Rates Article - by Samira Shuruk

U.S. Bellydance rates by region - by Samira Shuruk

Becoming a professional bellydancer - by Kiyaana

for more...

The Bellydance Reader - by Lynette Harris

The Gilded Serpent - Online magazine for articles related to MENA dances

The Best of Habibi - A journal for lovers of MENA dances and arts

Photographers

Local photographers that I've worked with and love:

Stereo Vision

Devon Rowland

Xavier de la Vega

Rachel Lincoln

Anna Carson DeWitt

Julie Papikova