British Columbia
LOWER MAINLAND
Abbotsford & Chilliwack
Ahmileena (Teresa)
Teacher, Dancer
Tribal Fusion Style
Phone: 604-792-8923
Email: ariannas@shaw.ca
Web: www.raksalmeh.com
Raks Almeh Dance Troupe
(also Fraser Valley)
Performance troupe
Tribal fusion
Phone: 604-792-8923
Email: raksalmeh@hotmail.com
Web: www.raksalmeh.com
Chilliwack & Agassiz
Sue Johnson (a.k.a. Halayla)
Teacher, dancer
Gypsy blend
Phone: 604-792-5671
Email: halaylasue@gmail.com
Coquitlam
Sabeya
(also Port Coquitlam, Abbotsford, Mission)
Teacher, dancer
Egyptian, cabaret, fusion
Phone: 604-942-6999 or 604-722-9545
Email: sabeya@confidance.ca
Web: www.confidance.com
Shalazar
Private classes
Egyptian style
Phone: 604-468-6434
Email: shalazar@shaw.ca
Maple Ridge / Pitt Meadows
Kim Pechet
(also Fraser Valley & Vancouver)
Professional dancer, teacher
All styles from beginner to advanced
Maple Ridge Leisure Centre
(ph: 604 467-7322 or registration@mapleridge.ca)
Phone: 604-476-9682
Email: jonestown@telus.net
Zelia
(also Pitt Meadows)
Professional performer, instructor & choreographer
Cabaret & fusion belly dance
Phone: 604-466-7876
Email: zelia@firespirit.ca
Web: www.firespirit.ca
Mission
Lori Maginnis
Performer, teacher
Tribal fusion
Phone: 604-826-4077
Email: mission_dancebc@yahoo.ca
Web: www.raksalmeh.com
New Westminster
Danielle LeBlanc
Professional dance & instructor
Folkloric, raks sharki
Phone: 604-418-7569
Email: danielle@haremdancers.com
Web: www.haremdancers.com, www.costumesforbellydance.com
Tamara
(also Burnaby)
Dancer, teacher, choreographer
Egyptian Raks Sharqi, cabaret
Phone: 604 521 9661
Email: tdewar@telus.net
North Vancouver
Pooneh
(also Port Moody & Coquitlam)
Performer, instructor & choreographer
Modern & folkloric ME dance, Egyptian
Phone: 604-809 2187
Email: pooneh2@hotmail.com
web: www.dancebysoul.com
Maki
(also Vancouver)
Teacher, dancer, & choreographer
Egyptian, Raks Sharki, Cabaret
Phone: 604-318-6368
Email: maki@makidance.com
web: www.makidance.com
Squamish
Florence Tetrault
Former performer; 25 year teacher
Gypsy, improv
Phone: 604-898-3604 (Brennan Park Comm. Center) or
604-898-4289
Email: gowithzaflo@hotmail.com
Surrey (Newton & Fleetwood)
Ayanna
(also New Westminster, Maple Ridge & Langley)
Egyptian cabaret
Phone: 604-540-0869
Email: ayannastent@hotmail.com
Web: www.ayannastent.com
Vancouver
Devorah
Performer & instructor of Middle Eastern dance
Available for parties, workshops & substitute teaching in Vancouver area
Phone: 604-839-2349
Email: debmedance@hotmail.com
Laurel MacGregor
Integrative yoga, body conditioning for dancers
Phone: 604-736-6805
Email: Firedance88@yahoo.com
Lava
Director of ‘Sisters of Alchemy’ (tribal fusion troupe)
Tribal style bellydance, tribal fusion
all class schedules on website
Phone: 604-734-1969
Email: lavastudio@live.ca
Web: www.lavastudio.ca
Leona
Dancer, teacher, dance troupe
Egyptian style
Phone: 604-240-7387
Email: leonais@shaw.ca
Web: www.alanar.ca
Letitia (troupe Boudoir Beledi)
Dancer, performer
Egyptian, cabaret and modern North American bellydance
Phone: 778-235-0348
Email: letitia.bellydancer@gmail.com
Web: boudoirbeledi@hotmail.com
nina d.
Dancer, teacher, performer
Egyptian raqs sharqi
Phone: 604-816-6499
Email: info@nina-d.com
Web: www.nina-d.com or www.spinningsilver.nina-d.com
Rahel
Performer, teacher (all levels)
Egyptian, Raks Sharqi, Oriental
Phone: 604-767-2392
Email: drumbalagan@hotmail.com
Web: www.raheldance.com
Rahma Haddad
Internationally renowned teacher, performer, 30+yrs. Ongoing classes, all levels
Available for privates, workshops
Phone: 604-731-4749
Web: www.rahmahaddad.com
Tonje Olson (toupe Belly Belly Hip Tribal Troupe)
Teacher & group performances
Kensington Community Centre
Phone: 604-718-6200 (CC), 604-780-4502 (cell)
Email: bellybellyhip@yahoo.com
Web: www.bellybellyhip.ca
White Rock
Amira Patricia
Dancer & teacher
Egyptian-style Oriental: Raks Sharqi, Saidi, Baladi, Nubian, Melaya Luff, Shamadan
Phone: 778-242-7363
Email: info@amirapatricia.com
Web: www.amirapatricia.com
Elizabeth Carefoot
Dancer, teacher (beginner/ intermediate), lecturer
Middle Eastern, Gypsy
Phone: 604-541-4797
Email: elizabeth@elizabeth.com
Web: www.elizabethcarefoot.com
Nicole Whitney
Vancouver’s Desert Rain Belly Dancers
Choreographer, Producer, Instructor
Phone: 604-780-6397
Email: nicole@newsforthesoul.com
Web: www.shimmyforthesoul.com
Yasmina (troupe Yasmina Dance Company)
Performer, teacher
Modern Egyptian belly dance
Available for performance in the Lower Mainland
Phone: 604-790-0801
Email: yasminadance@gmail.com
Web: yasminabellydance.ca
VANCOUVER ISLAND & GULF ISLANDS
Brentwood Bay
Pamela Ball
Professional dancer, teacher, choreographer
Egyptian, cabaret, drum solo, fusion, veil, wngs, zills, assaya, sword, all levels
Phone: 250-544-2077
Email: pamelaball@shaw.ca
Web: www.pamelapresents.ca
Cowichan Bay
Lynene
Teacher
Folkloric, Egyptian cabaret, fusion
Phone: 250-746-1077
Email: miragedanse@shaw.ca
Ladysmith
Deb Pinchbeck
Teacher, performer, and troupe leader of “Saidi Sisters of d’Nile”
Multi Belly Dance styles, Highland Dance, and Irish Dance
Phone: 250-245-0854
Email: dedsdans@telus.net
Nanaimo
Genya
Teacher, performer
Folkloric, modern styles &
Healing Art of Belly Dance
Phone: 250-739-0589
Email: genyab@hotmail.com
Lynette
Dancer, teacher, choreographer
Workshops, retreats, performances in traditional & contemporary Egyptian (Ghawazee , Saidi, Raqs Sharqi); Lebanese; Turkish (Roman/gypsy, Oryantal); fusions/mash-ups; improvisation
Phone; 250-753-1659
Email: laahper@gmail.com
Web: www.lynetteharper.harpfin.ca
Ramona
Performer, instructor
Cabaret, nightclub, fusions, tribal, gypsy, specialty themes/props
Phone: 250-616-3824
Email: Ramona@bellydancer.ca
Web: www.bellydancer.ca
Victoria
AIEWA School of Cultural Dances
Christina Bates
Raks sharqi, Egyptian & other folkloric dances, tribal
Phone: 250-889-5557
Email: info@aiewa.com
Web: www.aiewa.com
Asmira
Performer, instructor, choreographer, artistic director of Asmira Dance Theatre
Classical Egyptian, Turkish Ottoman, Shaabi, Fuzion & Belly funk
Tel: 250-391-4794
Email: asmiradance@shaw.ca
Web: www.asmiradance.com
Bobbie (troupe Bashirah Middle Eastern Dance Company)
Performer, teacher
Raqs sharqi, modern Egyptian, Gypsy: fantasy/fusion
Phone: 250-818-7025
Email: raksbobbie@shaw.ca
Web: www.raksbobbie.com
LauraBellyDance
Laura Wirtanen & Laura Scotten
Raks Sharki, Cabaret
Phone: 250-216-9590
Email: laurabellydance@gmail.com
Web: www.laurabellydance.com
B.C. INTERIOR
Golden
Colette Cottrell (Christiana)
Dancer, teacher, choreographer
Egyptian Raks Sharqi, cabaret
Phone: 250-344-3638
Email: cottrell@redshift.bc.ca
Kamloops
Rosi (troupe “Fatamorgana” Bellydancers)
Teacher, dancer, troupe director
Traditional, modern & tribal fusion bellydance
Phone: 250-372-9642 / 250-318-5445
Email: rose54@telus.net
Web: www.letsmovestudio.com
Kelowna
Linda Kovach
(also Westbank & Peachland)
Teacher, performer & troupe director – Banat Al Raks.
Egyptian, cabaret, folkloric
Phone: 250-860-2533
Email: Linda_Kovach@telus.net
Yonisha (Miriam Cunha)
(also Okanagan Valley)
Teacher, performer, events organizer, writer, graphic artist
Egyptian, fusion, Gypsy, Latin, tribal
Phone: 250-859-2152 or 250-448-5523
Email: yonisha.ar.raqis@gmail.com
Web: www.yonisha.com or www.dancingchefs.com
Penticton
Sandrina
Teacher, performer, musician, event organizer
Egyptian style, drum solo/zill specialist
Group lessons, privates, special events
Phone: 250-809-6902
Email: info@sandrina.ca
Web: www.sandrina.ca
Wendy Williams
Get Bent Yoga Belly Dancing
Troupe, solo performances
Egyptian cabaret, tribal fusion, Indian ethnic styles
Drop in classes all levels
Phone: 250-462-1025
Web: www.PulseTour.com
Prince George
Emma Faulkner (Amanita Middle Eastern Dance)
Dancer (with Raqqaset Al Qamar troupe), teacher
Tribal Fusion, Cabaret and Folkloric styles
Phone: (250) 564-9293
Email: emma08@telus.net
Web: www.amanitadance.com
Sarah MacGregor (Kesavah BellyDance)
Teacher and Solo Performer
Egyptian Cabaret, Folkloric styles, Fusion
Weekly classes, semi-private classes, private instruction, home parties
Phone: 250-562-8878
Email: sarah@kesavah.com
Web: www.kesavah.com
Terrace
Amal Hayat
Dancer, teacher
Raks Sharqi (Egyptian)
Phone: 250-635-2403
Email: lamming@citywest.ca