Hip Circle Favorite Links
international teachers:
Natasha has attended workshops
 with the following international dancers:
(click on name to link to site)
 
Hadia
(Canada)
in Turkey 2002
& hosted in Jo-burg Durban & Cape Town 2008
 
 
Terri Hardy
(England)
in Jo-burg 2002
 
 
 
 
Letty Vos
(Holland)
in Turkey
2002 & 2003
 
 
Morreen
(Scotland)
hosted workshops
in Cape Town
2004
 
 
 
Sema Yildiz
(Turkey)
Turkey 2005
 
 
 
 
Nazrin
(Germany)
International
Belly Festival 2006
 
 
 
Jazira Malu
(germany)
International
Belly Festival 2006
 
 
 
Amun Colleen
(germany)
International
Belly Festival 2006
 
 
 
 
Belyssa
(Australia)
SA Belly Dance
Festival 2007
 
 
 
 
Rania
(USA)
Co-ordinated Cape
Town Workshops 2007
 
 
 
 
 
AROUND THE WORLD: www.shira.net informative site about all things Belly Dance, including links to schools near you. www.venusbellydance.com Venus is a fabulous dancer I met in Turkey a while back- she has really great ‘educational’ section. www.milescopeland.net/sonia Sometimes we just need to look at her to get inspired! www.jillina.com www.theindigo.net for the Rachel Brice Fans www.casbahdance.org - Morocco’s Website MUSIC & DVD’s Hossam Ramzy - great belly music and ‘Stars of Egypt’ videos Turbo Tabla - Fantastic music and more Belly Dance Superstars - do I need to introduce them? Hadia - fantastic DVD’s and Dance Tours Costumes in South Africa: Tanya Cameron 
 Cape Town 
plumtree16@gmail.com Collette Caveleros 
 Johannesburg 
www.bellydancer.co.za  Rebecca de Wit
 Bloemfontein
fdewit@telkomsa.net    Lindy Tennant
 Cape Town
info@habiba.co.za Favorite place to listen to Belly Music: Radio Bastet: Unique Site! Listen to hour long vintage belly dance music programs. Also a great link resource Favorite place to watch belly dance: http://www.sonyassouk.com/videos.html?mov=0 Favorite place to learn belly dance: www.bellydanceboulevard.com Dance Magazines: www.ishimmy.com belly dancer magazine http://zaghareet.freeservers.com/magazine.html - Zaghareet Magazine www.thehipcircle.com - Belly dance discussions and community www.bhuz.com - Belly Dance Community www.orientaldancer.net - Belly dance Hub www.jareeda.com - www.gildedserpent.com www.habibimagazine.com Search Engines and other interesting sites: ezSearch South African Business Directory www.loot.co.za  An online south African bookstore. Find fabulous belly books at good prices www.gumtree.co.za - always something interesting to be found! www.flarepath.co.za - news letter on whats on in Cape Town My Aisha: Belly dance search engine. http://www.shira.nethttp://www.venusbellydance.comhttp://www.milescopeland.net/soniahttp://www.jillina.comhttp://www.theindigo.nethttp://www.casbahdance.orghttp://www.hossamramzy.comhttp://www.turbotabla.com/new/http://www.bellydancesuperstars.comhttp://www.hadia.commailto:plumtree16@gmail.comhttp://www.bellydancer.co.za/mailto:fdewit@telkomsa.netmailto:info@habiba.co.zahttp://www.radiobastet.com/http://www.sonyassouk.com/videos.html?mov=0http://www.bellydanceboulevard.comhttp://www.ishimmy.comhttp://zaghareet.freeservers.com/magazine.htmlhttp://www.thehipcircle.comhttp://www.bhuz.comhttp://www.orientaldancer.nethttp://www.jareeda.comhttp://www.gildedserpent.comhttp://www.habibimagazine.comhttp://www.ezsearch.co.za/http://www.loot.co.zahttp://www.loot.co.za/refer.html?referrer=14849355http://www.gumtree.co.zahttp://www.flarepath.co.zahttp://www.myaisha.com/shapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1shapeimage_5_link_2shapeimage_5_link_3shapeimage_5_link_4shapeimage_5_link_5shapeimage_5_link_6shapeimage_5_link_7shapeimage_5_link_8shapeimage_5_link_9shapeimage_5_link_10shapeimage_5_link_11shapeimage_5_link_12shapeimage_5_link_13shapeimage_5_link_14shapeimage_5_link_15shapeimage_5_link_16shapeimage_5_link_17shapeimage_5_link_18shapeimage_5_link_19shapeimage_5_link_20shapeimage_5_link_21shapeimage_5_link_22shapeimage_5_link_23shapeimage_5_link_24shapeimage_5_link_25shapeimage_5_link_26shapeimage_5_link_27shapeimage_5_link_28shapeimage_5_link_29shapeimage_5_link_30
For INFO on “WHATS ON” in the Belly Dance World in Cape Town, go to Our Facebook Group: Hip Circle Bellydancing
 
STUDIOS IN SOUTH AFRICA
LOOKING FOR A STUDIO AROUND S.A? Make sure they are GOOD! Call or email around, ask questions about how the classes are structured- make sure they take time for warm-ups and body conditioning, and are not just arb hip shakers! Find out how much training they had and with who- and how long they have been teaching. Are they registered with any associations MEDASA, BEDASA or SADTA...
   The Belly Dance Association of South Africa www.bellydancingsa.co.za
has info of other registered  belly dance schools in SA, and is devoted to high standards dance. Look for qualified teachers in your area on their site.
 
PAST PUPILS STUDIOS:
 Hip Circle has had the honer of having some absolutely phenomenal dancers train with them over the years, some of whom have gone on to start their own very successful dance studios around Cape Town and beyond. We still have a strong connection to these studios, and like to recommend them above others...
www.soma.co.za  SOMA   (Marissa) Tribal Fusion -  Cape Town, Rondebosch  
www.femininedivine.net Feminine Divine (Tenille), Cabaret & more - Parow, Tokai            
www.hipnotize.co.za HipNotize (Mandy and Simone) Masters of Drum Solo- Athlone, Pinelands
bellyring@telkomsa.net (Karen) Jamilah- Egyptian folkloric and Classical - Stellenbosch
cocohaven@telkomsa.net (Terry)Sensual - Folk & Cabaret  -Stranfontein
bastet.dance@iafrica.com  (Gerda) Bastet -Taditional, Beladi - Paarl
pamevans@vodamail.co.za (Pam & Frieda) Maya Studio Levantine- Cabaret, Tribal...- Somerset West
desilee@iburst.co.za (Desiree) Soul Desire- Cabaret, Folk- Flamingo Vlei
plumtree16@gmail.com (Tanya) - Egyptian / Turkish / American Cabaret- Table View
the.simpsons@polka.co.za (Crystal) Hip Fusion - Funky Belly
bellysisters@mweb.co.za (Fiona) Welcome Glen
 
    PAST  GUEST TEACHERS
The following schools have taught Guest Courses in their style of belly dance at Hip Circle, we obviously recommend them too.
Belly-Africaine - www.bellyafricaine.com  fantastic floorwork!
Quasru-R-Rijah -  iorientaldancefestival@webafrica.org.za great Folk and Gypsy
 
 
AROUND SA: Great sites from the rest of the country:
 
www.akasha.co.za - Brackenfell
www.bellydancesa.co.za - Jo-burg- Aviva Dancers of the Desert
                                 has really informative site!
www.bellydancegoddess.co.za - Jo-burg- Angela organized Rania’s and Tamalyn Dallals tour to SA
donnaforsgate@absamail.co.za - Randburg 083 289 1895
                                 (took some lessons with her a while back- think she’s great!)
www.rsdc.co.za - Kwa Zulu Natal- informative site by one of the main BDASA   Members