• Training history   

    A full list of everybody I have ever trained with (if you really are interested in it!) is below

    Regular tuition

    Kathryn Dawes – 2004 – 2007
    Helen Ainslie and Nadine We Bass (as Bellydance Venture) – 2005 – 2007
    Hannah Mi and Lily Tsai as Tribalkinesis – early 2007
    Emma Pyke – 2007 – 2010 as class attendee, from 2010 onwards as mentor

    Troupes I’ve been part of (which require regular rehearsals)

    Mersin – 2008 – 2009
    Covert Bling – 2008 – present

    Workshops and Intensives
    2004

    Hossam and Serena Ramzy – Classical Egyptian dance
    Hossam and Serena Ramzy – Stick Dancing (Egyptian folk style)
    Rachel Brice – Tribal Fusion basics

    2005

    Sharon Kihara – Tribal Fusion Basics
    Yasmina of Cairo – Modern Egyptian Combinations
    Rachel Brice – Tribal Fusion Basics
    Amar Gamal – Combinations and shimmies

    2006

    Sharon Kihara – Tribal Fusion Basics
    Sharon Kihara – Fusion Choreography
    Rachel Brice – Excruciatingly Slow Movements
    Yasmina of Cairo – Shaabi technique and choreography
    Princess Farhana – Combinations
    Aziza – Hands and Arms
    Aziza – Baladi Improvisation
    Aziza – Veil Technique
    Aziza – Combinations

    2007

    Vashti – Ottoman Court Dance
    Tahliea – Turkish Pop Choreography
    Rachel Brice – Tribal Combinations
    Rachel Brice – Drills and Thrills
    Rachel Brice – Fundamentals of movement
    Rachel Brice – Posture Extension and Arms
    Sharon Kihara – Isolation Tank
    Sharon Kihara – Tribal Fusion Basics
    Rachel Brice – Backbending
    Aziza – Masterclass
    Aziza – Veil Technique and Combinations
    Emma Pyke – Floorwork
    Sara Shrapnell – Tribal Improvisation
    Sara Jeffreys-Emrys – Introduction to ATS®

    2008

    Emma Chapman – Gothic Oriental Choreography
    Emma Chapman – Zill technique
    Charlotte Desorgher – drum and accordion Baladi
    Rose Harden – general Tribal Fusion
    Ariellah – Masterclass
    Ariellah – Gothic Combinations
    Sashi – Gothic Combinations
    Tempest – Dancing on the Right Side of the Brain
    Sashi and Tempest – Gothic Bellydance
    FatChanceBellyDance (Carolena Nericcio and Megha Gavin) – Tribal:Pura Intensive Weekend
    Michelle Joyce – Choreography
    Stephanie Gawne Hamza – Roma Dance
    Morocco – Turkish Roma Dance
    Emma Pyke (plus I was part teaching) – Covert Bling Combinations

    2009

    Rose Harden – general Tribal Fusion
    Morgana – Wrath and Envy
    Fulya – Burlesque Fusion
    Ariellah – Performance and Creativity
    Ariellah – Performance and Creativity
    Morai – ATS

    2010

    Hossam and Serena Ramzy – Choreography
    Ariellah – Fluidity
    Princess Farhana – Gothic Oriental
    Princess Farhana – Performance Skills
    Samantha Emanuel – Tribal Fusion Basics
    Samantha Emanuel – The Octopus Theory
    Sharon Kihara – Butoh Fusion
    Sharon Kihara – Advanced Tribal Fusion Technique
    Ariellah (with Kerry Darkstar) – 13 hour weekend Intensive

    2011

    Samantha Emanuel – Combinations for improvisation
    Manca Pavli – Beyond Choreography
    Candi Bell – Shaabi History
    Candi Bell – Choreography
    Deb Rubin – Cultivating Performance Quality & Dynamic Dancing
    Deb Rubin – Dance Therapeutics
    Deb Rubin – Mash Up Mayhem
    Sera Solstice – Solar Dance
    Sera Solstice – Lunar Dance
    Sabrina – Commanding the Room
    Sashi – Mind II: Frontal Lobing
    Elis Pinheiro – Arms and movement
    Rachel Brice – 8 ElementsTM Phase 1: Initiation (for which I passed certification)
    JWAAD Foundation Course ‘Safe delivery of Belly Dance courses’ (accredited by the Open Colleges Network)
    Bex Priest and Alexis Southall Intensive (Wolverhampton)

    2012

    Samantha Emanuel – movement initiation
    Ranya Renee – Private Baladi workshop (January)

    Planned for the rest of this year

    Rachel Brice – 8 Elements part II: Cultivation (October)