About the Los Angeles Bellydance Academy

The Los Angeles Bellydance Academy is a dance studio that offers dance and music instruction for all ages and all skill level.   We focus on providing students with an environment that creates wellness, self expression, and fun.  Using Middle Eastern music and dance as a core foundation to our curriculum we are providing our community with weekly instruction, workshops, and special events.

 Through the use of dance workshops, live performances, and educational information the Los Angeles Bellydance Academy strives to assist artists in achieving their dance goals.

 

The Los Angeles Bellydance Academy Instructors

Stevie Cabaret is a performing professional with more than 15 years of professional dance experience. Beginning her dance training in Kansas, Stevie is currently residing in Hollywood California, at the heart of the American dance scene, where she is working as a dancer, actress and educator. Stevie Cabaret has dedicated herself to the fundamentals of her art, with extensive training in ballet, tap and jazz. Read more about Stevie...

Katya Malaya began her journey in the world of belly dance in 2005 in Israel. She studied under many teachers, yet her true spiritual mentor was Miri Alon, a world class Israeli belly dancer. Miri taught Katya not only the techniques and combinations of the dance, but transmitted the feeling, sense and the history of the art of belly dancing. Read more about Katya...

Though Jayna's first word could have been "shimmy" (her mom was a Bellydancer as well) it wasn't until a little over a decade ago that she fell hard for the art of Bellydance.
A jazzy/modern/bellydance fusion performance to "Kashmir" by Zed Zeppelin showed her she had no choice but to start pursuing this dance for reals! Read more about Jayna...

 

Stephanie Sullivan has been involved in some form of dance for most of her life. Starting out with ballet ,modern and tap she was quickly drawn to ethnic dance because of the camaraderie and how it reflected the spirit of the people it represented. Read more about Stephanie...

 

Sherri has been a student of dance since the age of five with diverse experience ranging from ballet to gymnastics, jazz to modern and a large does of hip hop. Her passion for tribal bellydance began in 1999 when she began studying with the internationally celebrated Heather Stants, director of the influential Urban Tribal Dance Company. Read more about Sherri...

Shannon Philips - Yoga heals. It is a path for us to heal our body, mind, and soul. I feel very blessed to be in a position to enable students to find their own inner light. I was introduced to yoga at a very young age at my childhood dance studio. I absolutely fell in love. I had been dancing since I was four, but yoga enabled me to develop a deep connection to my breath, which helped me deepen my flexibility and ability as a dancer and athlete. Read more about Shannon...

Karmagraphy, a collaborative choreographic duo, fuses Bollywood and Western styles of dance for live stage shows, films, commercials, private events, artists, and much more. Currently signed with DDO Artists Agency as Bollywood choreographers, Kavita Rao and Sapna Rohra are individually represented by top agencies in Los Angeles as professional dancers in the entertainment industry. Read more about Karmagraphy Duo...

 

Goals of Los Angeles Bellydance Academy

To enrich students minds by teaching modern applications of historical dance traditions.

To strengthen and condition body and soul so the students whole-self can serve as an instrument of communication.

To give artists fresh new choreographies, and a chance develop their work through collaboration with industry professionals.

8503 Pickford Street Los Angeles CA 90035
Tel.: (310) 854 3500