TRAINING
Elizabeth has been teaching and performing Fusion Belly Dance for 17 years. She is one of the first dancers to perform fusion belly dance in the Seattle area. She draws most of her influence from the many belly dance teachers she has studied with, the Suhaila Salimpour Belly Dance format, ballet, jazz, flamenco, yoga, martial arts, Orissi Classical East Indian dance and Pilates.
BELLY DANCE:
Suhaila Salimpour School of Belly Dance, Berkeley, CA.
-Non updated level 2 certification completed in 2007.
Delilah, Sabura, and other Seattle instructors.
National and international artists, too numerous to name.
YOGA:
The Yoga Tree, Yoga Teacher Training with Theresa Elliot, Seattle, WA
Ashtanga yoga intensive, Byron Bay, Australia
The Center for Yoga, Level 1 Iyengar teacher training intensive with Richard Schachtel, Seattle WA
Ongoing yoga studies including Bikram and other vinyasa styles.
FLAMENCO:
Flamenco Danzarte with Ana Montes, Seattle, WA
BALLET:
Ballet and Dance Conditioning: Belltown Ballet and Conditioning Studio with Elaine Bonow, Seattle, WA Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
Academy of the Classic Ballet with Irene Larson, Seattle WA
GRAHAM MODERN DANCE:
Belltown Ballet and Conditioning Studio, Phyllis Stonebrooke, Seattle, WA
TAE KWON DO:
Yun’s Martial Arts with Master Yun, Seattle, WA
TAI CHI:
Kung Fu Club with Si Fu Paula, Seattle WA
Morgan Martin, independent instructor, Seattle, WA
ORISSI EAST INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE:
Ratna Roy, Olympia WA
Jyoti Route, Richmond CA
PILATES:
Maya Whole Health various instructors, Seattle, WA
Melissa Ruby, certified Pilates instructor, Seattle, WA
Jazz and Summer Stock Musicals:
Various theatres on Bainbridge Island, and Olympia, WA
