PITTSBURGH BELLYDANCE

Amethyst is a full-time, professional performer and instructor of bellydance. She has been bellydancing since 1997, and teaching since 2001; and is the owner of three performance troupes, including ElectroBelly Dance Troupe (professional) plus 2 troupes consisting of her students of various levels (including professionals-in-training)... Amethyst is a graduate of the Ansuya Comprehensive (under master instructor Ansuya Rathor of Bellydance Superstars), having earned her certification in San Francisco and Miami; and has performed and/or taught bellydance in Pittsburgh (PA), San Francisco (CA), Amherst/Northampton (MA), Detroit (MI), and more... Amethyst has taken workshops and lessons to learn a variety of styles, with popular instructors Hannah Romanowsky (Persian, Afghani, Moroccan), Karim Nagi/Turbo Tabla (Egyptian style), Deniz of Caravan Workshops (Lebanese, Turkish, Greek, Egyptian styles), Rachel Kay Brookmire of Sahara Dance (Washington, DC)(Classical Egyptian style), and..