North Texas Instructors/Studios

Women of all ages, shapes, sizes, and colors embrace Middle Eastern dance. Whether you are just beginning your dance journey or you are a seasoned professional, everyone needs the right teacher. Below is a listing of instructors who are members of NTMEDA.

Brandon Sorenson, Radu
Dallas area
e-mail: raduandrhykiah@peoplepc.com
Ongoing beginner and intermediate doumbek classes.

Candace Bordelon, aka Karina Rasheed
Denton and North Dallas areas
214.695.0427
e-mail: karina@karinadances.com
Website: www.karinadances.com
Teaching in North Dallas at Move Studio (www.movestudio.com) and Dance and Culture of North Africa and the Middle East at Texas Woman's University in Denton. Also available for workshops, private lessons, or lectures. Master of Arts in Dance.

Catherine Barros
Located in northeast Dallas area near LBJ and Central Expwy.
972.497.9814
e-mail: cbarrosdallas@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.catherinebarros.info
Private and semi-private lessons by appointment only. Egyptian classical style, Beledi, cane, finger cymbals, choreography. All levels.

Catherine M. Williams, Denderah
Denton Senior Center, 509 N. Bell Avenue, Denton, TX 76201
940.382.7891
Beginning and intermediate levels in Egyptian/Middle Eastern styles.

Cathy Barton
Lake Cites/Denton area
940.321.6525
Beginning and intermediate bellydance and performing troupe specializing in Egyptian folkloric style.

Cinnamon
Garland, Texas
972.742.7998
e-mail: cinnamonraks@yahoo.com
Teaching private and semi-private lessons, coaching and performance skills. Specializing in Egyptian style Raqs Sharqi. Also available for workshops on Egyptian technique, music inerpretation, and Middle Eastern rhythms.

Daungerous, Donna R. Thompson
P.O. Box 353, Hurst, TX 76053
817.992-5797
e-mail: Director@desertdancer.com
Website: www.desertdancer.com
Private instruction and coaching, American Tribal Style Bellydance.

Desdemona
Dance Your Dreams Studio & Boutique
11892 State Highway 64 West
Tyler, Texas 75704
903.592.1987
e-mail: Desdemona@danceyourdreams.net or danceyourdreams@earthlink.net
Website: www.danceyourdreams.net
Beginner through professional bellydance, private lessons, Middle Eastern Drum classes. Troupe Director for the Dream Harem.

Gitane
Dolunay Rose Dancers and Indigo Rose Belly Dancing
Fort Worth, TX 76120
817.846.9226
e-mail: mmgitane@sbcglobal.net
Websites: www.dolunayrosedancers.com and www.indigorosebellydancing.com
Beginner belly dance class. Intermediate/Advanced Gypsy Fusion class. Candle and sword balancing. Veil, cane and skirt dancing. Finger cymbals. Available for private lessons and workshops.

Jessica Dawn
Basic Belly Dance Classes taught by Jessica Dawn. Jessica Dawn has been teaching beginning Middle Eastern Dance, Belly Dance, for over 5 years. She stresses a strong warm up and a good cool down to insure that as students are learning the dance moves, they are also building up strength and stamina to dance to their hearts content.
www.plazaartscenter.com/dance.html

Meleea
3915 Mediterranean, Rockwall, TX 75087
972.771.1753
e-mail: meleea@beledi.com
Website: www.beledi.com
Teaches bellydance with all props, specializing in feather fans. Workshops, private, semi-private lessons only.

Miabella
Crescent Moon Belly Dance Studio and Boutique
6206 S. Freeway Ste. E
Fort Worth, TX 76134
817.293.1860
e-mail: miabellacm@aol.com
Website: come.to/crescentmoon
Beginner-professional bellydance, stretch and tone, yoga, Middle Eastern drum, and “specialty of the month” classes.

Nacheska
Studio in Southlake convenient to Coppell, Lewisville, Irving and Mid-Cities and also teaches a new belly dance class in Justin.
Styles of dance: Middle Eastern Dance Orientale, Flamenco Moro and Hula
Email: Nacheska@nacheska.com
Website: www.nacheska.com
Phone: 817.798.7185

Nadirah Johara
Fort Worth and surrounding areas
817.456.7871 or 817.777.4857
Now Online: www.nadirahjohara.com
e-mail: jacqueline.a.gonsalves@lmco.com
Ongoing Belly Dance classes at Lockheed Martin Recreation Centers. Classes focus on technique, props, exercise, and fun! Classes run in 8-week sessions. Private or semi-private coaching available to all levels of dance.

Red
972.890.3936
e-mail: red@just-fabulous.com
Website: www.just-fabulous.com
Ongoing Beginner to Intermediate level with a focus on fun, technique and attitude! All are welcome to explore an ecclectic style based in Egyptian Classical and Gypsy Fusion.

Rivkah
Teaching at BodyMindSpirit Center in Fort Worth, RhythmMoves Studio in Southlake, and University of Texas at Arlington Continuing Education Program
817.808.7852
email: rivkahsultana@earthlink.net
Call for up-to-date class schedules

Rory
Denton area
940.206.0213
e-mail: barkymail@gmail.com
Rory, of Greek and Lebanese descent teaches group or private lessons; all levels.

Sa’diyya “2003 Belly Dancer of the Year”
Frisco and surrounding area
Direct contact: 817.676.4445, Studio contact: 214.387.0738
e-mail: egyptiandestiny@hotmail.com
Website: www.sadiyyadance.com
Beginning through Advanced Belly Dance classes offered at her Frisco studio Sa'diyya's School of World Dance - The Art of Belly Dance by Sa'diyya. Available for private and semi-private lessons, workshops, seminars, and personalized choreographies!

Founder of Sultan's Dreams dance troupe and co-director of Syrns of the Myst, Sanjni Tara teaches an open, ongoing basics class at B&B each Wednesday at 6:30 PM and Intermediate classes on Wednesdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 1PM. She also holds an open dance stretch class on Sundays at noon at B&B. She is available for private and semi-private lessons and seminars. Specializing in unique choreographies and usage of props, she has studied Egyptian, Turkish, Folkloric, and American styles of of belly dance.

Stacey Long aka Hayati of HippieShake
MoveStudio in North Dallas (www.movestudio.com)
214.587.2563
e-mail: ToHayati@aol.com
Beginning and intermediate classes with an emphasis on choreography development and performance. Also available for private and semi-private lessons.

Susie Murrell, Scheherezade’s Fantasies
7101 Park Creek Cir E
Fort Worth, TX 76137
817.683.7066
e-mail: suhira@aol.com
Website: www.sfbellydance.com
All levels of bellydance.

Shanna Kennedy
Farmers Branch, Carrollton, North Dallas areas
972.329.0012
e-mail: shannathefiery@hotmail.com
Teaches private lesson, Saturday classes, all levels.

Tambra
3019 Ravine Trail
Carrollton, TX 75007
972.242.2487
e-mail: bjwg@earthlink.net
Website: www.tambra-danceandbazaar.com
Performer and teacher for 30 years as well as a troupe director for 23 years. "Dance for the Love of It!" Teacher, Student, Performer, Event Sponsor, Vendor, Troupe Director (Egyptian Connection). Specialties are Raqs Sharqi, Ethnic/Historical, Veil, Balancing, Finger Cymbals, Cane, and Choreography.

Tamra Henna
Park Cities Area
972.613.8498
e-mail: tamrahenna@tamrahennatx.com
Website: www.tamrahennatx.com
Beginner through Intermediate/Advanced Classes

Beginning and Intermediate classes with emphasis on freestyle expression and refining movement technique. Seasonal sale events and workshops held in West Fort Worth. Available for private and semi-private sessions, workshops and workshop collaberation and sponsorship and community service.

Tatika
2414 U. S. Hwy 80 E., Suite 303
(Hwy. 80 and Gross Road)
Mesquite TX
972.288.0042 or toll free 1.866.4TATIKA (1.866.482.8452)
e-mail: tatika@tatikastreasures.com
Website: www.tatikastreasures.com
Dance studio and full boutique. Offering classes for beginning, advanced beginning, and intermediate levels.

Yesenia Topaz
Yesenia is a certified Yoga instructor, Zumba instructor and group exercise instructor.
Watauga, NRH and Mid Cities area
Email: lrhtopaz@yahoo.com
Teaches Bellydance & Yoga at Watauga Recreation Center; class focus is on belly dance basics, yoga poses for focus and overall body awareness. The class is designed to improve your sense of balance and coordination, rejuvenate and energize the whole body, and build confidence and self esteem as you gain a new sense of control over your body.

To better understand the body and to improve your posture and movements as a dancer, private lessons are available to design a personal yoga program to help enhance your belly dance training.

Teaching Intermediate level of classes and is available for private and semi-private lessons in belly dance and yoga.

Zahara
Fort Worth, Arlington, and surrounding areas
817.714.RAKS (7257) or 817.535.7689
e-mail: zahararaks@hotmail.com
Website: www.zahararaks.com
Available for private lessons, focusing on Egyptian style, music interpretation, and stage presence.

Zahena
214.454.9171
Website: www.zahena.com
Teaching class at Lifetime Fitness at 3419 Trinity Mills Road in Dallas, TX. Classes run in 7-week and will include basic movements and a choreography.

Bahaia
Austin, TX
e-mail: bahaia@bahaia.com
Website: www.bahaia.com
Specializing in private coaching and performance skills for advanced students.

Erin Berry
Sandy's Dance Center
1959 Airline Dr.’s
Bossier City, LA 71112-2407
318.347.1216
e-mail: eaberry@bellsouth.net
Ongoing beginner classes. Cabaret, Self-expression, and Fun! Private lessons available.

Jeanna Driver
Karavan Studio
2803 N. St. Mary's
San Antonio, TX 78212
270.785.9889
e-mail: karavansa@aol.com
Website: www.karavansa.com
All levels of Middle Eastern dance.

Karen Barbee
Karavan Studio
2803 W. St Mary’s
San Antonio, TX 78212
270.785.9889
e-mail: karavansa@aol.com
Website: www.karavansa.com
All levels of Middle Eastern dance.

Kathy Fonatine (Kahina)
Danceworx Studio
2387 Airline Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111
318.747.3950
Website: www.portbellyproject.com
e-mail: glennsmiddlegirl@aol.com
All levels of bellydance, fusion

Nanci Cox (Nonya)
2740 Southwestern Ave.
San Angelo, Tx. 76904
325.223.8794
e-mail: nonya.dance@wcc.net
Website: nonyascreativecostumes.homestead.com
Teaching group, and private classes in classical Dance Oriental. Beginners through advanced levels.

Rebecca Nesbitt
Danceworx Studio
2387 Airline Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111
318.747.3950
e-mail: rnesbitt@stanfordalumni.org
All levels of bellydance, fusion

Sahira of Urban Gypsy
Bayou Park Fitness Center
440 Memorial @ Shepherd, Houston, TX
e-mail: Sahira@UrbanGypsy.cc
Website: www.UrbanGypsy.cc
Tribal Style Belly Dance classes and workshops

Sandra
Northern Virgina and Washington D.C.
P. O. Box 1241
Purcelville, VA 20134
703.772.9647
e-mail: sandradances@adelphia.net
Teaches group and private lessons in beginner through advanced levels and hosts quarterly haflas at a local community center.

Zahirah Noor School of Bellydance
14520 Memorial Drive
Houston, TX 77079
281.558.0369
Website: www.zahirahnoor.com

If you are an instructor in the North Texas area and would like to be listed on our site, all you have to do is become a member and email your instructor listing to web@ntmeda.org.

If you have a change to your listing, please send the information to web@ntmeda.org.