Register for "Technique and Drills "
Five week Virtual class with Amustela! POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY 2025
ONLINE TEACHING EVENT - a rare online opportunity to study with Amustela. Five Sessions!
This is a 5 week class meeting on
In this class Amustela will review the basic movements and refine, compare and contrast styles and hone in on the subtle elements that will polish your performance. Class will be live via Crowdcast - with recordings available for you after the class session is completed. $50 for all 5 sessions.
Crowdcast link will be sent in November.
Venmo is @Amy-Bowman-66
or use the QR code for payment via Paypal. Please let me know your email address so the Crowdcast link can be sent to you.
Upcoming Belly Dance Events!
January 3 2025
Amustela Productions presents "Holiday Potluck - Dancer's Choice"
A virtual dance show featuring dancers from near and far, this time they are choosing their own theme!
Broadcast via Crowdcast at 7 p.m. EST Friday January 3 - free! Register via the link below!
https://crowdcast.io/c/rclyn3be7q4b
January 19 2025 - An Oasis of Freedom. Dance show - hosted by Moonlight Bellydance. Free to the public. 2 p.m. EST at Gorelick Hall Levine Jewish Community Center, 5007 Providence Road, Charlotte NC
January 25 2025 - Night in the Global Village virtual showcase "New Beginnings in the Global Village". Streaming on the Night in the Global Village YouTube Channel. 7 p.m. EST
February 8 2025 Queen City Shimmy -Taust Brewing Company, 128 S Main Street, Mount Holly NC 28120. From 6 - 8 p.m. featuring live music from SONEM.
February 9 2025 Amustela Productions presents "Femme Fatales and Anti-heros" via Crowdcast at 7 p.m. EST - to register https://crowdcast.io/c/pe1fh89yzs8i
March 19 - 23 2025 Art of the Belly Dance Convention. Ocean City MD
www.artofthebelly.net Amustela will be performing Saturday evening. Check it out!
July 2025
Saturday July 19th Belly Dance BBQ and Casual Hafla! 2 p.m - ??
4201 Bright Road, Charlotte NC 28214 (in the Vineyards on Lake Wylie)
MARK YOUR CALENDAR WE ARE DOING IT AGAIN THIS YEAR! Come eat, dance and make merry! All dancers, dance enthusiasts, and musicians are welcome to come. We will have LIVE music, a stage and a very casual Hafla environment. In the past we have had everything from impromptu tribal performances, troupe performances, to cabaret solos and dance off competitions. I will have some prizes to award again this year and please feel free to invite friends!!!! BYOB!! Bring a desert or side to share!
The event will be held primarily outdoors - I will have an open tent, with dance floor - so as to provide as safe an environment as possible. Facebook event page https://www.facebook.com/share/fpumqrE4SW3y4sAR/
Please contact me at amustela@msn.com for details or if you need area hotel recommendations.
Reviews and Testimonials
I never appreciated the music of Om Kalthoum like I do now after my workshop with Amustela - thank you so much for such an amazing workshop.
- Workshop feedback from ECC 2017
I LOVE AMUSTELA!! More Am-Cab Please!
- Workshop participant from Jewels of the Orient
Professional - always professional, "the" best and most favorite dancer at my establishment!
"Hadji" Zouine, owner of the Pashaland Restaurant.
"She always reminds me of the great Samia Gamal." - Gerson Kuhr "the Fitness Pharoah" and past editor of the WAMEDA newsletter.
"Your spins last forever! And your knowledge of the history and music is amazing! You really know how to hone into what your students need."
"Zilrah" student of Amustela
Elegance and Flow -Virtual Classes offer
Amustela is offering a three class virtual package - being held LIVE on September 10th, 17th and 24 via Crowdcast. "Elegance and Flow" - recordings will be available to participants until Sunday October 13th. Go to my Schedule page to register for details - $50