Did you know?

• There are more Belly Dancers in the U.S.A. than in all the rest of the world combined! One of the great things about Middle Eastern dance is any body type can do it. Whether you're super skinny or in the plus sizes this is a dance for all women.

A Little Ali History

• Here's a little history about the Ali name and dancers in Kansas City. Zaina Ali is our matriarch for those that carry her name around here. She has been dancing continuously in KC for several decades. One of her original students is Siham Ali, who started teaching out of her own studio in 1976. Both of these women have been instrumental in promoting belly dance throughout the midwest and keeping it very much alive through it's ups and downs in the last 30 years. I have been a student of both of theirs as well as Jemira Ali, one of my cousins, from Lawrence KS. Siham has been my primary teacher since 1998 and I continue to dance in her professional troop, Siham Ali and Co.