Zahirah (Kisha Rivera)

     To sum it up in few words, Belly dance is a basically a gift I gave to myself.  But, that is not to say that the journey has been so simple.  I've always loved da...

My Story - Kathy Bellamy

I am using my given name for this, because when I started, that is the only part of my persona that anyone identified with.  Only because I had not yet debuted my other persona, Najla Bell.&nb...

My Story - Meaghan Shields

It seems only fitting that I found my inroads to bellydance, the most feminine of dance forms, through my gateway to this world; my mother. Through the tumultuous haze of adolescence, I found my de...

My Story - Roula Said

My journey to bellydance has been a great challenge to articulate and is long overdue. What do I share and what do I keep private? I have always sought an authentic voice in my work, yet have kept...

My Story - Chantal Dos Santos

I was 22 and was looking for a new way to get in shape. I found a bellydance studio very close to where I was living in Toronto at the time. The first thing I loved was the music, so I started down...