UPDATED (5/20): Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Utah</a>

If you know of any other groups or instructors, please let me know so I can add it to the list!


The list below is a work in progress.  If you know of any teachers or troops, please send me a message with their location and a link to their site if they have one.


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Turbans, Tassels, and Tattoos - ATS in Australia


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Quebec
Aziza - Montreal

British Columbia
Bellydance Vancouver
Venus - Vancouver


:star:Costa Rica:star:
Serta Danza Oriental (en Espanol)


:star:Mexico:star:
Steven Eggers - Mexico City (great male belly dancer!)


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Alabama
Aziza - Birmingham
Beledi Club of Huntsville
Devyani Dance Company - Birmingham
Irene Rimer - Birmingham
Nomadic Tapestry - Hunstville
Nura - Mobile
Petite Jamilla - Montevallo
Sahara Zahra Bellydance Troupe - Birmingham/Hoover
Seraphina - Tallassee
Sumaya - Birmingham
Sweet Magnolia Gypsies - Andalusia
Zivah Saphirah - Birmingham

Alaska
Alaska Awalim - Fairbanks
Barefoot Muse Productions - Anchorage
Gypsy Horizon Belly Dance - Anchorage
Sahara Storm Studio and Circus Arts - Wasilla
Souzana - Fairbanks
Tribal Wallah - Fairbanks
Tundra Caravan - Eielson Afb
Zara Noor - Fairbanks

Arizona
Anaya Tribal - Avondale
Angelique and Friends - Mesa
Arabian Dance Arts - Tuscon
Ava Fleming - Phoenix
Belly Dance 4 Me! - Phoenix
Belly Dance AZ - Phoenix
Belly Dance Tuscon - Tuscon
Dahlena - Yuma
The Dance Loft - Tuscon
Demi Faraday - Phoenix
Gina - Tuscon
The Goddess Garden - Scottsdale
Helena Vlahos
The Inner Dancer - Phoenix
Kathryn Ferguson - Tuscon
Mahin - Phoenix/Gilbert
Mind and Body Holly - Cottonwood/Flagstaff
Myryka - Scottsdale
Mystique In Motion - Mesa/Gilbert
Orange Lotus - Surprise
Plaza de Anaya - Tempe
Raven - Yuma
Roza Phoenicia - Plaza de Anaya
Sedona Bellydance
Shahrazad Dance Co. - Phoenix
Shaska - Cottonwood
Terpsichoreans - Phoenix
Venusahara - Chandler
Yasmina - Mesa
Zohar - Scottsdale

Arkansas
Dance With Joy Studio - Russellville
Desert Fire - Fayetteville
Fire Om Earth - Eureka Springs
Lucy Overstreet - Fayetteville
Meira Nawal - Springdale
Mirage and Kismet Middle Eastern Dance Troupes - Russellville
Mirage Studio - Fayetteville
Mirana Middle Eastern Dance Co. - Little Rock
TerraNova Tribal - Maumelle
Traveling Hips Belly Dance - Conway
Un'Veiled Belly Dance - Hot Springs National Park

California
Academy of World Dance Arts - Poway
Adam Basma Dance Company - Los Angeles
Adriana - San Francisco
Adriane - Sacramento
Afro-Belly Boogie - Northern California
Ahna Sheika - Pasadena
Aisha Ali - Los Angeles
Alexandra King - Santa Barbara
Alexandria - Berkeley
Alyne - San Jose
Amanda - San Jose
Amina Goodyear and the Aswan Dancers - San Francisco
Ana - San Diego
Anaheed - Granada Hills
Ananka - Fresno
Angelika Nemeth
Anisa Danse Oriantale - Castro Valley
Anisa's School of Dance - Sherman Oaks
Anoush - Whittier
Anteloupe Valley Belly Dance - Lancaster/Palmdale
A Park Avenue Studio of Bellydance - Monterey
Ashley Lopez - San Jose
Art/Dance Academy Complex - San Diego
Aubre Hill - Los Angeles
Bahiyya Almas - Bakersfield
Bellydance Basics - Santa Cruz
Belly Dance for Fitness - Santa Monica
Bellytwins Neena & Veena - Los Angeles
Benat Serat - San Lois Obispo
Beth Amine - Santa Barbara
Blue Moon Haven - Santa Maria
Cherchez La Femme - Los Angeles
Core Movement Center - Nevada City
Cris! Basimah - Santa Barbara
Daleela - Sacramento
Dance Show - Los Angeles
The Dancing Belly - Covina
Dancing It Up - Chino Hills
Davina - San Jose
Dilek - San Diego
Dondi - San Diego
Edemia - Sacramento
Egyptsies - San Jose
Elanah - North Hollywood
Estrella - San Diego
The Ethnic Dance Company - San Diego (Male dance instructor available!)
Fahtiem - Southern California
Farah's Mirage - Orange County
Fat Chance Belly Dance - San Francisco
Freyja - Oakland
Goddess2U Belly Dance - Chico
Goddess Life Bellydance - Hercules
Hala Dance - San Jose
Heavy Hips - Santa Cruz
Helene - Santa Cruz
Helene Eriksen - Los Angeles
Hipline Dance Fitness - Berkeley
Hollywood Dance Center - Hollywood
House of Inanna - San Jose
Iberian Entertainment - Los Angeles
Ina - San Diego
Izora - Palo Alto
Jamaica Sinclair - Monterey
Jamilla Al Wahid - Beverly Hills
Janelle - Santa Cruz
Jenia - Vacaville
Jenna - Los Angeles
Jenza - Van Nuys
The Jewels That Raq! - Southern California
Jillina - Universal City
Jim Box - San Diego (Male belly dancer!)
Jodette's Belly Dancing Academy - Sacramento
Judeen - Santa Barbara
Kahina - Sacramento
Kalila - Sacramento
Kamala - Los Angeles
Kamala Almanzar - Alhambra
Kamar - Buena Park
Katia - Redwood City
Katya Malaya - Los Angeles
Khajulah - San Jose
Kosher Goddess
Kristen - Montrose
Layla Lotus - Hollywood
Leela Bellydance - La Crescenta
Leilainia - San Diego
Lesa - Santa Barbara
Lilla Varese - Costa Mesa
Lilo - North Hollywood
LotusFlower - Hollywood
Lucia - San Diego
Mara - Anaheim
Maria - Santa Clara
MarieElena - Torrance
Mary Ellen Donald - San Francisco
Meera - Los Angeles
Lumina Academy - Pasadena
Market at the Casbah - Los Angeles
Meleah - San Diego
Meryem Vani - Hollywood
Mesmera - Woodland Hills
Michelle Joyce - San Francisco
Miss Thea - Tujunga
Monica - San Francisco
MoonDancer - Santa Rosa
Mychelle - Sacramento
Mystic Sun Studio - Sacramento
Nadirah - San Diego
Namira - Lake Tahoe
Nanna - Berkeley
Nasila
New Temple - San Diego
Near East Dance - Ventura
Nyla Crystal - Sacramento
Olu Belly Dance - Los Angeles
Origin tribalbellydance - Chico
Paper Lotus Belly Dance - North San Luis Obispo County
Paulina - Ventura
Pink Gypsy Bellydance - Southern California
Princess Farhana - Hollywood
Rachel Brice - San Francisco
Rahana - Los Angeles
Raks Rosa Arabic Dance Productions - Santa Rosa
Rania - Huntington Beach
Rasa Vitalia - San Francisco
Rebekah - Santa Cruz
Red Desert Dance Company - San Francisco
Red Tent - Sacramento
Rouhi Dance Studio - Los Angeles
Sabrina - San Diego
Sahar - Santa Cruz
Sahar Dance - San Diego
Sandra - San Francisco
Sausan - San Francisco
Selayma Anan - Sacramento
Serena - Irvine
Setareh - Silicon Valley
Shabnam - Oakland
SharQui - San Francisco
Saundra - San Luis Obispo
Sha'Waza - Pasadena (also in Utah)
Shimmy Sisters - San Diego
Shirin - Los Angeles
Shoshanna - Arcata
Sirens In Sanity Belly Dance - Benicia/Megalia
Suhaila Salimpour - Albany
Tahiya - Los Angeles
Tamra-henna - Los Angeles
Tanjora - Fresno
Tatseena - Dublin/Livermore/San Leandro/San Ramon
TerriAnne and Joweh - Santa Rosa
Tina Enheduanna - Dana Point
Tonya and Atlantis - Huntington Beach
Tribal Hair - Palm Springs
Vahana - Placerville
Vilia - San Diego
The Wellness Center - Mount Shasta
WildCard BellyDance - Sonoma County
World Rhythm and Motion Studio - San Luis Obispo
Yolanda - San Jose
Zamora - Fresno
Zari - San Francisco

Colorado
Happy Hips - Steamboat Springs
Zaheerah - Denver

Connecticut
Careesah
Maroznia - Meriden
Sirena Sultana - Westbrook/Grotan

D.C.
Belladonna Dance
Move Your Belly - D.C. Dance by Marta

Florida
Alicia of BellyCraft - Miami
Ansuya - Naples
Antonella Abraham - Miramar
Atlanta Fusion Belly Dance - Atlanta
Belly Dance by Amida - Miami

Georgia
Amy Lee - Carrollton
Alchemy Drumming & Dance - Gainesville
Atlanta Belly Dance - Atlanta
Dalloua Dance Company - Atlanta
Jahara Phoenix Dance Co. - Lawrenceville
Kira Dancing - Atlanta

Hawaii
BellyRoll Dance Co. - Maui
Keren - Maui
Stephanie Bolton - Kailua Kona

Idaho
Cecilia - Boise

Illinois
Rina - Chicago

Indiana
Ancient Arts Dance Studio - Muncie
Bastet - Lafayette
Black Rose Caravan - Indianapolis
Evansville Bellydance - Evansville
Hot Hips School of Bellydance - Fort Wayne

Iowa
Shira Belly Dance - Iowa City

Kansas
Eve Rabie - Andover
Zaina Ali - Kansas City

Kentucky
Bluegrass Bellydance - Owensboro
Ruric-Amari - Louisville

Louisiana
Desert Jewels Belly Dance - Pineville

Maine
Rosa Noreen - Portland

Maryland
Porsha's Belly Dance Fitness - Marlboro

Massachusetts
Aslahan - Arlington
Gypsy Skirts - Northboro
Ombellyco - Carlisle

Michigan
Amira Hamzar - Traverse City
West Michigan School of Middle Eastern Dance - Kalamazoo
Bellydance of Kalamazoo
Na'imah - Grand Rapids

Minnesota
Iscah Paquin - Minneapolis

Mississippi
Gulf Coast Bellydance with Alyssa - Ocean Springs

Missouri
Nikoria - Kansas City
Troupe Duende - Kansas City

Nevada
Allison Prater - Reno
Amira - Las Vegas
Aradia - Las Vegas

New Hampshire
Dance of the Dark Mother Studio - Manchester
Lotus Fire Studio - Rollinsford **TheGypsyAssassins's group!**
Zahira Zuhra - Nashua

New Jersey
Amira Mor Performing Arts Center - Hasbrouck Heights
Bellydance Revolution - Morristown
Gia al Qamar - Nutley/Totowa
NJ Belly Dancing (good resource for multiple studios)
Shimmy Spirit - Middletown
TsunamiDance Studio - Riverton

New Mexico
Brice Ashta - Ruidoso

New York
Anasma - NYC
Caribbean Rose - NYC
Reyna Alcala - NYC

North Carolina
Andalee - Durham
Mahsati Janan - Asheville
Rhythmic Essence Belly Dance Studio - Newton

Ohio
EOS Bellidance - Youngstown
Mariah Parasson - Canton
Visions of the Nile Bellydance School - Akron

Oklahoma
Shadia's Belly Dance Academy of Tulsa

Oregon
Circus Tribal Bellydance - Ashland/Medford

Pennsylvania
Egyptian Moon Dance Company - Harrisburg
Habiba Studio - Philadelphia
Hadassah - Pittsburgh
Jazana - Oasis Dance Studio - New Cumberland **EmilyNorthey's past group!**
Movement Arts Studio - State College
Outshine Dance & Fitness - Stowe/Pottstown
Tribal Bellies - Philadelphia

Texas
HABDA - Houston Area Belly Dance Association
Soraya Belly Dance - Houston
Zahirah Noor - Houston

Utah
Sha'Waza - Cedar City/St. George (also in Pasadena, CA)

Washington
Zanbaka - Seattle