Favorite Links

The teachers of Black Sea Trading Company are amazing! Beauty runs to the core of your soul and somehow gets magnified on it's journey back to surface by folks who are truly good and kind. They're the ones who make you proud to call them friend and sister! Original, graceful, each one excellent at what they do!

Visit Sedona's page at www.sedonadance.com for information on a truly gorgeous dancer - a rising star!! Beauty and brains - what a combo! Egyptian Classical dancer with drama, confidence, and flair and an excellent teacher! Expect the unexpected when she dances - AMAZING!

Faizeh - a cherished friend and truly a professional dancer! Patient, kind, and always the life of the party! Faizeh means victorious and she will conquer your heart - when she dances you have to smile! Director of Hiplash and creator and producer of Hips of Fury - the West Coast's best Tribal Event and Competition... Yeah, I'm biased but it is ,what it is... check out the website and just come see for yourself! www.faizeh.com. And recently the members of Hiplash have begun teaching a joint tribal class with Faizeh and Blume!

Dana, bitten by belly dance to an unrecoverable state, is truly an original dancer, a wonderous friend, and one of the cores at Black Sea Trading Co. Tribal fusion to the core and dynamic, her presentations and choreographies are always a spectacular visual feast! She's a Teacher and the director of Desert Lotus Tribal - gorgeous dancers, beautiful people!!! Awesome group! Hire them!!!! www.desertlotustribal.com

Wanda doesn't have a web page but since I'm talking Black Sea teachers, beauty, grace, art and the best human spirit has to offer, I can't leave her out. Contact her through Black Sea. She and her sister Katie are the best a mom could ever hope for! Love ya girls!

And Kat Hosler - I've not forgotten you, either gorgeous! She is the first step into the dance -a Belly-Basic Training instructor. Dedicated and helpful, she'll get you moving and flowing in the right direction! Too new to BD? Wonder what it's all about - the styles, the music - what's it all mean? Kat can clear it up for you in her class! And Kat is embarking on a new phase in her belly career - try taking her tour of Morrocco!!! Web link to follow!!!

Please check out these sites of my Belly Dance Family, Friends, Admired Divas, and awesome vendors whose products I so admire, respect, and recommend, I'll even send you there instead of trying to keep you all to myself!!! That good! Beautiful people - inside and out - are a rarity - these guys made the list! Hope you appreciate 'em and love 'em as much as I do! .

And check out the Solace site at www.eventidemusicproductions.com. He makes beautiful music and sponsors up-and-coming musicians while his gorgeous wife, Rachel Lazerus Soto dances with Devadasi/Blue Damsel.

Pollitti's opened a dance studio with Rachel in San Bernardino! Knowing these two ladies, only fabulous things can happen! Check out Oasis Dance Studio!

Need quality fringe and things Egyptian? Visit the Horus and Isis Company. Extremely reliable and top quality products!!! www.Horusandisis.com.

If you're in the Antelope Valley and want a unique dining experience with BELLY DANCING every Saturday - go to Mythos Restaurant on 10th Street West south of the AV Mall in the Target shopping Center. The food is excellent, the service amazingly fast and friendly and the owner, Adam, is a belly dancer's dream come true - so supportive!!! Bring your friends and family and have a great time!!!

See Aliya's site at www.aliyaquinn.com for what's going on with Beautiful Dancers out on the east coast. And visit Aleta at http://www.aletadances.com/.

My most loved instructor and dancer in all the world is Sahra. She has impeccable timing, beautiful vision, perfect technique and is drop-dead gorgeous to boot. She's also a 10+ on the beautiful inside people list! So see where she is and take a workshop from her if you can catch up with her!!! www.sahrasaeeda.com

Please visit Shira's website at www.shira.net . She's compiled one of the most comprehensive websites with totally awesome resources for bellydance.

Looking for fun, stylish, and comfortable workout gear? Try Blume Bauer's site at www.bellydancegear.com

For all your music needs contact Peko Records at www.pekorecords.com. Not sure what to ask for? Ask Mher and their friendly staff - they really listen and make terrific recommendations!

I love my tat! and I love the wonderful artist who gave it to me! If you are considering a tattoo, call American Tattoos and ask for Larraine and Dino! I need the link here to their new website so check back or call Black Sea Trading and I'll get ya connected!

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