Girl ! You are the Bomb!

This is one of your old, beginner students from the Open Center. My name is Norma Alexander (I was a friend of Christina Reid)

You are awesome. Your passion for your art is amazing. I could tell just from the pictures that I missed something great! I plan to make your next performance to really see you dance (and maybe bring my daughters!). Nonetheless, I will be attending the next set of classes again. Its time for me to get back in tune with my body and I find it a real honor to have you as a teacher.

Just wanted to drop you a line to say, you have inspired me again! Hope to see you soon!

Norma

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Hi Shamira:

I'm writing a short note to let you know that your show tonight at Lodos was great. My mother and my brother enjoyed your show a lot and they had a great time. From my part I just can say that seeing you dancing is magical. One thing is to see you at class and another is to really see you performing like tonight.

I'm glad I had the chance to see you performing. Natalie had mentioned to me a couple of time that you were her favorite belly dancer, now I know why. She is right you are great. I wish that I could dance and express myself the way you do thru belly dancing.

Last but not least, I enjoyed the belly dancing classes. I had taken classes before at a dance studio and I never enjoyed them as much as I enjoyed your classes. You have a very special way to make your students feel special and confident, for that thank you. I hope to continue taking classes with you soon.

Sincerely,
Gigi

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Shamira,

I look forward to enjoying your zill DVD as I have been enjoying the others so much. I have taken your classes at the Open Center and loved them. They have been a very positive learning experience for me. I would definitely like to be on your private E-mail list and look forward to attending any classes and workshops that I would be able to get to.

Thanks so much,
Diane Swanson

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Thank You Shamira,

You were then & still today an inspiration to Me; which got me up and dancing again and feeling the Spirit of the Dance as I did when we first met. I am forever grateful to have met you and danced under your wing.

Pangea

[Pangea has returned to dancing after some time away and now teaches a beginners bellydance class in Wappingers Falls, NY.]

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Here is Jeana, one very cool lady originally from China. I love her Bohemian spirit and never-ending quest as a dancer, traveler, and artist. It is always a pleasure to see her in one of my classes. Recently, she sent me this beautiful poem that she wrote. -Shamira

YA SALAM and OLA

The re-rising Carmen

Dances to Ravel's Bolero

This time with the Town Hall's

Permission to shimmies and undulations

Without her fear to be stripped and whipped

In the town square for punishment

Five hundred years of Arabian Winds and Dances

And thousand years of Christian Songs and Guns

We embrace and sing Ya Salam and Ola

GYPSIES and NOMADS

BROTHERS and SISTERS

We celebrate freedom of movements

We honor the wings of thoughts

We suffer in the cage of desires

I dance Zambra

© Jeana - used by permission.

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Dear Bellydance Sisters,

Do you love to dance for people? I do. So when my Argentine Tango group had a Halloween party I naturally dressed as a bellydancer . When it got around that I actually bellydance, I was asked to dance and of course, I accepted.The lights were dimmed,I got out my red silk veil and danced alone on the dance floor to a crowd of 60 people. It was the most exhilarating experience of my life, besides giving birth. Now I'm known as the bellydancer and proud of it! In the tango newsletter it said that my dance was "very beautiful and very sexy!" Ha!

Leah
Emerson, NJ

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Hi, Shamira,

I love coming to class. You are an amazing and beautiful dancer who inspires me to keep at this. I feel privileged to be your student.

Joyce

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I absolutely LOVED your class. You're a super teacher and the class was fun and gave me a lovely boost of confidence about myself and my body.

Thank you!
Daniela