Suzana M

About Suzana

Dance Journey

• Launched a lifelong love of dance with childhood ballet, tap, and Broadway jazz, later adding voice and theater arts.
• Explored dance styles of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia with US-based and international instructors. Discovered a passion for Cairo-style raqs sharqi (“bellydance”), baladi, Saidi, and other theatrical and folkloric Egyptian styles.
• Completed Al-Massraweya and Journey through Egypt (I/II): intensive courses in modern Egyptian dance history, technique, styling, presentation, and cultural connections developed by master teachers Faten Salama (DC) and Sahra C. Kent (CA), respectively.
• Certified as a Group Fitness Instructor with the American Council on Exercise (ACE), with continuing education in senior fitness, breathwork, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Danced in companies and collaborations including Whiplash Curve, Saqqarah, Banat al-Balad, and Troupe Eshveh. Provides joyful, elegant, professional entertainment for festive occasions in the Washington, DC region and beyond.
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Life at B2D

• Joined the B2D faculty in 2022.
• Teaches Belly Dance classes for adults.