I began taking middle eastern dancing in 1998 in Providence, RI: first with Tina Enheduanna, then Nourhan Sharif, the executive director of the Egyptian Academy of Dance in New York City. She is married to Yousry Sharif, a well-respected Egyptian choreographer of Raks Sharqi.

In 2000, I moved to Massachusetts and began studying with Sardis, a Boston-based, well-known professional middle eastern dancer. Soon thereafter, I became a member of Sardis’ troupe Al-Jawary Al-Hessan. In the summer of 2004 I took a weeklong intensive workshop with Yousry Sharif in NYC. I took another weeklong workshop in August 2005 with Morocco, a world-renown middle eastern dance expert in New York City. 

In Massachusetts, I danced professionally at The Middle East, the Athenian Corner in Lowell, and the Kasbah in Winthrop.

Beginning in December 2004, I taught belly dance workshops and classes at Third Life Studio in Union Square, Somerville. I was teaching in Somerville and in other locations up until the fall of 2007. Then, I moved to Seattle.

Now in Seattle, I have found my way to Delilah's studio and have just met
the wonderful Arabic music band House of Tarab.

I am currently available for performing and teaching private lessons.
I teach and perform with zills (finger cymbals), veil, cane, fan, and sword.

Since I am still "moving in" here in Seattle, bear with my website
and feel free to contact me at any time.

1976 – 1987	Dance training at Dance World in Columbia, SC in tap, ballet, and jazz
1993	Performed with Pam Wunderlich, a RI performance artist in her Glamour Animals Series at Perishable Theatre in Providence, RI and at Mobius, Boston
1994	Performed a leading role in December 3rd: Worms, directed by Mark Lehrman, Perishable Theatre, Providence, RI
1991 – 2000	Ballroom dance classes with Ed and Carole Croften in Wakefield, RI
1998 – present	Belly dancing classes and workshops
2001 – 2003	Argentine tango classes with Hillary Ross and Hsueh-tze Lee, both in the Boston area
2002 – 2004	Modern dance and pilates classes with Jimmy Raye of Salem, MA; performed his choreography Osmosis for the 2nd annual Gravity Dance performance, June 2004
2003 – present	Member of Al-Jawary Al-Hessan [performances include belly grams, and at the Athenian Corner (Lowell), the Middle East (Cambridge), Kasbah (Winthrop), and various community events]
2005	Belly dance performance at the Gypsy in Cairo production, April 15th at the Regent Theatre, Arlington (April 2005); Member of a five-dancer warm-up act for the band Oojami, at the Regent Theatre (June 19); Belly dance performances at Art Beat in Davis Square and at the Union Square Farmer’s/Crafts Market (July/August 2005); Performed at the Third Life Studio open house (September 17, 2005)
2006	Recipient of a Dance/Theater Project LLC grant from the Somerville Arts Council Attended workshops with Dalia Carella (April 2006) and Suhaila Salimpour (August); Dance performances with Guitar Circle New England at Third Life Studio (June) and at Art Beat in Davis Square (July), with the Church of Flying Dreams (August), and a solo performance at the Union Square Farmer's/Crafts market (September). November 2006: Produced, directed, and choreographed Caravan of dancer-musicians and musician-dancers.
2007	Ballet training, Jose Mateo Ballet Theater; attended workshops by the NEBD, Faten Salama,Artemis Mourat, and Yasmina Ramzy.
1998 – 1999	Dance instructor for Chance to Dance, Roger Williams Middle School, Providence, RI, a state-wide after school program that introduces 4th graders to dance (taught classes and choreographed two dances for a final show)
1998 – 2000	Choreographer for the South County Players Children’s Theatre, South Kingstown, RI. I was responsible for developing and teaching dance to children, teenagers, and adults. Choreographed the following productions: Schoolhouse Rock, Grease, Beauty and the Beast, Alice in Wonderland, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Really Rosie.
2006	February-April: Belly dance instructor at Woburn High School May-October: Belly dance instructor at Positive Energy Studio, Holliston, MA
2004 – 2007	Belly dance instructor at Third Life Studio in Union Square, Somerville
2006 – 2007	Belly dance instructor at Tranquility Studio in Franklin, MA
2008	Found my way to Visionary Dance Productions and House of Tarab. Participating with dancers and musicians from Visionary Dance Productions in the annual Fremont Solstice Parade (June 21)