Tribal and Tribal Fusion :: Middle Eastern

North African Dance - Classes offered at YMCA's in the city and county of St. Louis, Missouri. Includes class information, history and FAQ of the dance, photo gallery and links.

Alchemy Performance - World fusion and tribal classes and workshops with Sarah Johansson Locke, plus performances by Sarah and her tribal collective. New York.
Meta Description: [ Alchemy Performance is a forum for crosscultural and multimedia collaborations. Here, alchemy is the spark that ignites when people create and invent together...the energy between performers on stage, and between performers and their audience...an artistic fusion that creates something even more... ]

Amel Tafsout - Dance anthropologist, story teller, singer, dancer and choreographer of North African Maghreb dance. Biography, performances, articles on Algerian dance and traditions, workshops, and North African music including a live track.
Meta Description: [ Born in Algeria, Amel Tafosut is a Language Senior Lecturer, a dance anthropologist, a story teller, a singer and an accomplished well respected dancer and choreographer of North African Maghreb Dance. She is the Director of 'The Tafsoutettes' company of Maghreb Dance ]

Anahata's Electro Exotica - Urban gypsy tribal dancers. News, classes including bellydance and firedance, plus shows, events, biographies, gallery and shop. Los Angeles.

Anaya Gypsy - Dance company in Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes class and performance information, testimonials, shopping and photo gallery.
Meta Description: [ Tribal Belly Dance school located in Cincinnati Ohio. ]

Asha Belly Dancers - Middle Eastern folkloric dance troupe from Reno, Nevada. Combines Indian, Moroccan, Persian, Turkish, Egyptian, and African influences as well as American cabaret.

Atash Maya - Gothic bellydance tribe displays a video clip of a firedancing preformance at Cafe Lulu.

Awalim - Featuring Zi'ah in Atlanta, Georgia. Includes a description of American Tribal Style plus a number of tribal-related links, her performance video, and tassel belt.

Bal Anat - Originally created by Jamila Salimpour and claims to be the first American tribal belly dance company in the sixties and inspiration for the ATS movement. History of bellydance in the USA, narrated slide show, musicians, biographies, shows.

Banat Casablanca - Tribal bellydance troupe in Macomb, Illinois. Includes class and performance schedules, biographies, photo gallery and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Banat Casablance - Tribal Bellydance Troupe, Macomb, Illinois ]

Banjara Tribal Dance - A gypsy tribal dance troupe based in London, Ontario, performing live music and dance in styles from the Middle East and East India.

Barefoot Dragon - Ruta Kidolis, tribal fusion soloist in Baltimore. Classes and reviews.
Meta Description: [ Baltimore Area Cabaret Belly Dance ]

Barika Belly Dance - Tribal bellydance troupe based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Offers weekly classes and monthly bellydance night at the Zodiac Luxury lounge.

Belly Groove - Collaboration between urban tribal belly dancers Frederique David and Christina Martinez, in Oakland California. Includes events, classes, photo gallery, links and contact information.

Blue Lotus Tribe - Tribal Fusion troupe. Dancers, biographies, performances, workshops and gallery plus classes in Chicago, Illinois, and Madison, Wisconsin.

Chovexani - Tribal, gothic and experimental fusion dance company based in Manhattan.

Coveilance Dance Project - Troupe fusing a wide variety of styles from tribal to sequins and feather boas, and dancing to an equal variety of music including rock and roll and hip-hop. Dancers, pictures and concept. Philadelphia.

Dalia Carella - Instructor, performer, choreographer of a wider range of gypsy, sacred, Middle Eastern and fusion contemporary dance. Offers classes, performances, videos and CD's. New York.
Meta Description: [ Dalia Carella, instructor, performer, choreographer of Danse Orientale (Belly Dance), Dunyavi Gypsy (Rom), El Mundo Gypsy and Ethnic Fusion Contemporary Dance. Offers classes, performances, videos and CD's. ]

Dancers of the Crescent Moon - Troupe combining dances derived from Middle Eastern regions with lively staging and audience participation. Photo, upcoming events, and class information. San Francisco Bay area.
Meta Description: [ Dancers of the Crescent Moon ]

Dancers of the Mystic Sun - Professional troupe combining Middle Eastern and African dance movements, rhythms and non-traditional costuming. Awards and gallery, details of classes in Sacramento and Folsom, California.

Desert Rain - Performing a fusion of American Tribal Style belly dance with ethnic influences. Classes in Fort Collins and Boulder, Colorado, including teen classes, dress up days, and private or shared tuition. Performances, haflas, workshops, articles and costuming.
Meta Description: [ Desert Rain Tribal Belly Dance ]

Desert Sin - Gothic style dance company in the Los Angeles area of California. Philosophy, biographies, performances, photo gallery and press clippings. Includes movie clip of show.
Meta Description: [ An alternative belly dance troupe that stretches the traditional boundaries of Middle Eastern Dance. The choreographies are mostly based in Middle Eastern style, but combined with the musical genres of Techno, Goth, and Middle Eastern fusion. ]

Devyani Dance Company - Megha Gavin, trained with FCBD, and now in official partnership with Carolena. Classes in Birmingham, Alabama, workshops in Tribal Pura, plus biographies, galleries and drum solo video clip.

Domba - High-energy troupe of tribal gypsy fusion musicians and dancers. Schedule, newsletter, photo gallery, costuming and music. Tempe, Arizona.

FatChanceBellyDance - Carolena Nericcio, the dancer credited with developing American Tribal Style (ATS), her troupe, and studio. History and reviews, classes, international performance and workshop schedules, merchandise.
Meta Description: [ Bellydance is both a celebration of the female spirit and a physical display of the strength and beauty of women. FatChanceBellyDance - a dance phenomenon as unique as the city of San Francisco. ]

Fringe Elements American Tribal Dance Company - Tribal belly dance performance company. Class, performance, links to resources, gallery, video clips. Based in California.
Meta Description: [ The home of Fringe Elements, an American Tribal Style Belly Dance Company. ATS is a fusion of Middle Eastern, African, East Indian, Flamenco and Modern dance into a unique and exotic performance art. We are... As exotic as the spices of ancient Persia. As elemental as the sounds of an African n... ]

Gaiadance - Featuring Syren Dance Company, offering professional fusion belly dance and fire arts performances, sacred dance and other forms of bellydance. Classes in Kent, Ohio, workshop tours, and events.

Gypsy Caravan - Modern troupe founded by Paulette Rees-Denis. Classes, events and merchandise. Based in Portland, Oregon.
Meta Description: [ The Gypsy Caravan is a modern tribal bellydance troupe, founded in 1991 by artistic director Paulette Rees-Denis. We are a contemporary family, urban berbers, of dancers and musicians dedicated to performing middle eastern inspired rhythms and dance st... ]

Gypsy Dance Theatre - Incorporating music, song, dance, and humorous theatre pieces, their shows include influences from many of the world's diverse ethnic cultures. Houston, Texas.
Meta Description: [ Gypsy Dance Theatre, keeping the gypsy spirit alive in the 21st Century. ]

Gypsy Fire Belly Dance - Tribal fusion dance troupe and studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Includes biographies, classes, performances and photo and art galleries.

Gypsy Red Tribe - Synthesizing classical tribal bellydance with modern dance techniques. Classes, musicians and dancers, events. Birmingham, Alabama.

Gypsy Trail Tribal Dance Company - Alaine Haddon-Casey, ATS teacher and performer in Australia, trained in the United States. Includes classes, events, articles, photo gallery, art and news.
Meta Description: [ An American Tribal Style (ATS) Bellydance company based in Perth Western Australia. The Director, Alaine Haddon-Casey is the first and only ATS teacher in WA that has trained and performed in this style in the USA. The GTTDC website details classes, performance history, photos, published art... ]

Gypsyrain - North Queensland's rainforest tribe. Dancers, classes, sister tribes, Miriwinni and Tableland, plus costuming shop and Gypsy Scents.
Meta Description: [ Gypsyrain Tribal Bellydance, North Queensland's rainforest tribe. Meet Nina and our tribe, learn bellydance. Tribal belts, costumes and jewellery for sale. Rainforest perfumes and gifts. ]

Hahbi 'Ru - John Compton, Rita Alderucci and their 21 member troupe of dancers and musicians performing in the Tribal-Folkloric style. History and biographies, instruction and performance videos, classes in San Francisco.
Meta Description: [ Belly dance and Middle Eastern dance instruction and performance by John Compton and Hahbi'Ru ]

Hands of Kali - Experimental tribal bellydance theater. Performances and details of classes in Seattle.

Heavy Hips Tribal Belly Dance - Tribal belly dance school and performance troupe in Santa Cruz, California. Includes biography of artistic director Palika, essays, classes, music, costumes, calendar, gifts, events, video, photos, performances, links.

Hipnosis - American Tribal Style troupe based in the Philadelphia Pennsylvania area and offering classes, performances and henna. Events and class schedule.
Meta Description: [ Philadelphia PA based tribal belly dance troupe offering classes, performances, workshops, and henna. ]

Indigo Rose - Lessons in Romani/Gypsy fusion and caberet dancing held in Fort Worth, Texas. Classes, events and choreography videos.

InFusion - Seattle based professional performance troupe with a passion for fusion dance. Gallery, classes, schedule.

404 Jal A Drum - Based out of Washington DC, tribal fusion dance and music troupe.

Kajira Djoumahna - Dancer of Santa Rosa, California. It includes the text of several articles she has written for belly dance magazines.

Kajira Djoumahna's Black Sheep Belly Dance - Tribal style dance with Kajira Djoumahna, author of the Tribal Bible and co-director of Tribal Fest. Now located in Hawaii. Classes, gallery, bazaar and published articles.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the home of Black Sheep Belly Dance, Tribal Style dance troupe directed by Kajira Djoumahna -author of the Tribal Bible and co-director of Tribal Fest ! ]

Katie Kay and the Sisterhood Dance Collective - Tribal fusion based in American Tribal Style, with a blend of traditional bellydance, hip-hop, and modern. Weekly classes in Ventura, California plus dance troupes in Thousand Oaks and Ventura. Costuming.

Katrina Bruback, Tribal Bellydancer - Biography, photographs and classes in Seattle's University District. Available for private tuition.

500 Khamsa Qabeela - Middle Eastern dance troupe specializing in tribal fusion style, located in Huntsville, Alabama. Includes schedule of classes and performances, diary, links and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Khamsa Qabeela is an ensemble of artists and dancers dedicated to performing the art of world fusion belly dance. ]

Khelashi Belly Dance - Tribal fusion, romany and egyptian style dancer based in Ireland. Information on troupe, workshops, performances, romany culture, and Chikki Sabema flamenco fusion group.

Mahea Uchiyama Center For International Dance - Features Mahea Uchiyama's studio in Berkeley, California.

Maja - Born in Cairo with Russian, Romanian, French–Jewish–Algerian roots, her dance blends several cultures. Teacher, performer, sponsor and director of the Gypsy Tribe troupe. Biography, philosophy, performances and contact details. Florida.
Meta Description: [ Maja, the Girl From the Nile, bellydancer, American Tribal, Egypt, goddess, sacred, India, gypsy, tribal, belly dance, middle eastern dance, dance orientale ]

Mandala Tribal - Classes in Seattle, events and hand made tribal costumes and accessories.

Martiya Possession - World fusion avant garde belly dance troupe from Washington DC. Origins, dancers, performances and photographs.
Meta Description: [ Integrating Gothic Elements into Ethnic Fusion Dance. Performances feature Oriental ]

Mary Donnelly's World Dance Company - Performers and instructor of tribal dance in San Luis Obispo, California. Includes information about American Tribal Style, class schedule, photo gallery, links and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Mary Donnelly's World Dance Company of San Luis Obispo County. We are a Middle Eastern American Tribal Style (ATS) Dance Troupe in California. ]

Maya Tribe - Folkloric dance troupe dedicated to the high art form of Middle Eastern dance. Biographies, classes and workshops, performances and events. Syracuse, New York.

Mecca - Studio and gallery located in Lexington, Kentucky. Offers multi-cultural drum dance instruction. Home of Rakadu Gypsy Dance, a tribal-fusion bellydance company under the direction of sri TaraSita (Teresa Tomb).

Med'Devi Ink: Tempest - Gothic, tribal and ritual dancing. Origins, biography, performances, workshops and images. California.

Mosaic Dance - Pomegranate Productions and the New Mexico Dance Coalition present this global dance company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Offers performances, classes and workshops for every skill level.
Meta Description: [ Pomegranate Productions and the New Mexico Dance Coalition present MosaicDance.Net - A global dance company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Offering classes and workshops for every skill level of dancer. ]

N.O.Madic Tribal - Tribal bellydance company in New Orleans, Louisiana, offering weekly performances, monthly workshops, and on-going classes.

500 Nandana - Tribal style bellydance instructor, performer, choreographer and vendor in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area. She is a member of the Blue Moon Dance Company. Includes class and performance schedules, biography, costume bazaar and photo gallery.

Narah bint Durr - Biography, schedules of classes, workshops and performances of dancer in West Virginia. Includes list of benefits, FAQ and research of bellydance, along with information about the Khafif dance troupe, and video clips.

Natya Hara - Shawna, ex Urban Gypsy dancer, combining sacred dance with a focus on the belly and folkloric dance. Origins, biography, performances at haflas and festivals, plus details of workshops.

New Mexico: Farfesha - Featuring Farfesha in Albuquerque, New Mexico at their new web site location. It includes three articles (how to wrap a turban, making tassels, and ethnic jewelry).
Meta Description: [ Articles on belly dance, belly dancing costumes, belly dance videos, making tassels, wrapping turbans, and more ]

Nouvelle Ghawazee - Zanubia, performer, instructor and costume designer for American Tribal Style bellydance in Grand Prairie, Texas. Includes biography, class schedule, photo gallery, links and contact information.
Meta Description: [ Personal web site for Zanubia, teacher, performer and costume designer. Zanubia specializes in American Tribal Style Bellydance and Egyptian Folkloric Dances such as Ghawazee, and Raks Assaya (Cane). ]

Origin Tribal - Rooted in American Tribal Style and based in Chico, California. Biography, gallery, classes and performances.

Pennsylvania: Ghawazee Dance Troupe - Featuring the tribal-style belly dance company Ghawazee in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia Tribal Bellydance - Fleur Frascella and her troupe. Events, photographs and class details which include pictures of classes.

R'asa Badi'a - Kansas City, Missouri tribal fusion belly dance troupe. Offers news, biographies, performances, message board and photo gallery.

Raks Sarama - Raks Sarama presents a unique fusion of Middle Eastern and American Tribal Style Bellydance. A group of 12 female dancers and 6 male drummers located in Silverton Salem Oregon.

Read My Hips - Featuring the dance company Read My Hips in Chicago, Illinois, which specializes in American Tribal belly dancing. Especially worth a look is an article: Learn From Our Mistakes
Meta Description: [ Read My Hips is a Tribal Fusion Bellydance Company located in Chicago. Now celebrating their 9th anniversary, the troupe is available for shows at clubs, festivals, private parties and special events. Individual and group classes are offered at convenient North Side locations. ]

Red Moon Tribe - Tribal style belly dance troupe located in Springfield, Missouri. Classes and workshops offered. Available for performances at festivals, parties, weddings and restaurants.

Sa Elayssar - Experimental dancer and choreographer combining contemporary, middle eastern and tribal dance. Performances, video appearances, and information on private classes. Los Angeles.
Meta Description: [ A third-generation Russian Gypsy belly dancer located in the Los Angeles area. ]

500 Sacred Ground - Tribal style bellydance troupe in Sacramento, California. Offers performances and classes. Includes biographies, schedules, photo gallery, links and contact information.

SamiTe' - Fusion bellydance artist in Asheville, North Carolina. Includes biography, classes, events, photo gallery and contact information.

Seattle Tribal - Local and regional Tribal instructors, workshops, events, and vendors.
Meta Description: [ Seattle Tribal - the home of tribal belly dance in Seattle. Seattle Tribal is Seattle's ONLY online resource dedicated entirely to local and regaional tribal instructors, workshops, events, and vendors! Come visit! ]

Shadows of the Fire Troupe - Professional group involved in various eclectic styles of belly dancing, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Includes photos.

Shaia Tribe - Sharon Moore's student troupe in Seattle. Gallery, performances and background information.
Meta Description: [ Shaia Tribe - Wild Tribal Belly Dance, Sharon Moore's Student Troupe, Seattle, WA ]

Shekinah Belly Dance - Ilima and Alina are teachers and performers of tribal belly dance and Middle Eastern drumming, based in Floyd, Virginia. Includes biographies, performances and classes and photo gallery.
Meta Description: [ Shekinah Dance: Ilima and Alina are teachers and performers of tribal belly dance and Middle Eastern drumming, based in Floyd, Virginia. ]

Shuvan - Dances of the Romani Gypsy Trail. Performances and instruction in the San Francisco Bay area. Online video of the various styles encompassed, notes on each style, gallery, booking info, workshops and music.
Meta Description: [ From the San Francisco Bay Area, offering performances and instruction in Roma ]

Subee Djinn - Biographies, performances, gallery, and classes held by tribe members in Hollywood, Costa Mesa and Los Angeles.

Suhaila Dance Company - Combines ancient and modern dance forms by fusing traditional movements from the Middle East, India and Spain with contemporary American dance styles. Performances, photographs and video clip.

Tahya - Instruction in dance, drumming and other creative/healing arts guiding participants to find the music that dances within us all. Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to TAHYA's web site, dedicated to dance, drumming and other creative heaing arts. Experience the wonder of an ancient and enduring art. Discover the mystique of a tradition steeped in ritual. Motivated by rhythm and music, my dance is an expression of the music flowing through me. May ins... ]

Technotrance Bellydance - Creative tribal dance, martial arts, fire and gymnastics. Tribal and fusion classes, performances, dancer biographies and photographs. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The Circle: a Network for Bellydance - Featuring classes taught by Jane Archer in the tribal and neo-tribal styles in Portland, Oregon.

The Indigo - Tribal fusion troupe in San Francisco, California. Lists classes, performances and workshops of yoga instructor, dancer and troupe director, Rachel Brice. Includes artist profiles, travel journal and video clips.

The Kismet Tribe - Australian dance group. Details of classes in Perth, workshops, performances, photos, and biographies.
Meta Description: [ An American Tribal Style Bellydance group from Perth in Western Australia. Our website has details of our classes and workshops, performances, photos, bios and more. We invite you to join us as we celebrate the grace, beauty and power of American Tribal Style Belly Dance. ]

Tribal Attitude - Aysu, performer and instructor in Canton, Illinois. Includes biography, resume, classes, workshops, performances, events and information about tribal bellydance troupe Banat Casablanca.
Meta Description: [ Tribal Attitude, Tribal Fusion, American Tribal Style Bellydance & Asian Bohemian, dances from Central Asia & India, Banjara gypsy, Gothic & Fusion Belly Dance ]

Tribal Dance Arts - Ashtar from Brick, New Jersey. Classes in the Daughters of Sophia Tribal Style, an introduction to ATS, her gypsy caravan, and her troupe.

Tribal Feat - Tribal style dance troupe located in Arlington, Texas. Includes biographies, photo gallery and schedules of performances and workshops. Also lists classes in Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Meta Description: [ We are a synchronous group, in the music as one dancer. We compile steps from different forms of dance and modify them to fit our tribal format and urban music, mixing improvisation with choreography. ]

404 Tribal Mystica - Gonda's tribe of ten dancers in Holland. Includes photographs of her retail shop and the tribal goods available. Dutch and English.

Tribal Where? - Featuring Nerine Avital from Spokane, Washington. Includes a brief article about the origins of American Tribal belly dance.

TribalTique - A tribal bellydance company in the Denver/Fort Collins, Colorado area offering performances, workshops, instruction, and costuming.

Tribe Badir - Introduction to the tribe, Tribe Ankh student troupe, classes in San Jose, California, plus shop for dance shoes, gypsy cholis and Bedouin tents.
Meta Description: [ No Summary ]

Troupe Nambah - Tribal dance group located In San Jose, California.
Meta Description: [ Troupe Nambah Dance Groupe. Call us for rates! Located Bayarea California. ]

Troupe Shuvani - American Tribal Style belly dance troupe in San Diego, California. Includes biographies, photo gallery and contact information.

Turbans, Tassels and Tattoos - American Tribal Style bellydance in Australia. Includes costuming ideas and instructions, resources and links.
Meta Description: [ Tribal Style Bellydance in Australia! These pages contain tribal belly dance costuming ideas and free patterns, Australian and New Zealand resources, The Kismet Tribe information, and tribal links with an Australian focus! ]

Ultra Gypsy - Tribal bellydance company featuring fire performance and live musical accompaniment. Bellydance and drum class information listed.

Urban Gypsy - Professional troupe from Houston, Texas, performing a blend of Egyptian, North African and Indian dance. Shows, workshops, classes, Gypsy Sisters student troupe, photographs and video clips.
Meta Description: [ Houston's premiere tribal belly dance troupe, Urban Gypsy's unique blend of Egyptian, North African and Indian dance has entranced audiences across Texas. Experience Middle Eastern dance as you never have before...Tribal Style! ]

Urban Tribal Dance Company - Professional performers and teachers in San Diego, California. Includes schedules of performances and classes, photo gallery and booking information.
Meta Description: [ San Diego California's original Urban Tribal Dance Company performs thier unique interpretation of American Tribal Style Bellydance. ]

Zafira Dance - World fusion with a Egyptian and Turkish style base. Tribe members, classes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, plus workshops, gallery, calendar and news.
Meta Description: [ No Summary ]

Zanbaka - Tribal and folkloric styles dancer in Seattle, Washington. Lists schedules of performances, workshops, classes and special events. Includes biography, photo gallery and contact information.

Zenuba's Middle Eastern Oriental Dance - Zenuba and her tribal-style troupe in Norman, Oklahoma.

Zoe Artemis - Dancer, writer with MA in Dance Therapy. Tribal style classes in Astoria, New York, writing retreats in Greece, plus her poetry and writing.