Canada

www.hadia.com  Hadia, Canada  A performer, master instructor and choreographer, Hadia has achieved recognition and renown among her peers around the world.

Om Laila  Roula Said, Toronto ON   Roula is an amazing multi-faceted artist who has dedicated her talents to Middle Eastern music and dance. One of Canada’s leading lights in the world of bellydance, Roula is the director of Om Laila Bellydance, the producer of FunkaBelly – Toronto’s premier global Grooves Dance Party and Bellydance Cabaret

U.S.

www.shira.netThe Art of Middle Eastern Dance (by Shira)  The most popular North American bellydance resource and networking website.

Tamalyn Dallal – U.S. Internationally acclaimed Middle Eastern dancer, workshop instructor, public speaker.

www.jawaahir.org/Cassandra and the Jawaahir Dance Company, USA  Performing and teaching traditional and contemporary Middle Eastern Dance

Around the world

www.chryssanthi.com/en/Chryssanthi Sahar, Greece/Germany Greek belly dancer and dancing teacher in Heidelberg, Germany

Belly Dancing the World! Promoting belly dance around the world.

www.cid-portal.org/International Dance Council website and directory

www.preranadeshpande.com/Prerana Deshpande, India  “…ability to bring out the essence of the compositions – traditional in Sanskrit to the modern, rhythmically intricate, is the hallmark of her uniqueness – a ‘Complete’ Kathak dancer.”