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...
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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.


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