Welcome to the Santa Maria Bellydance Academy, formerly The Helen Ainslie School of Bellydance
Are you ready to sparkle with confidence and bring out your feminine side?
Would you like to join a class so different and fun that you look forward to it week after week?
At the Santa Maria Bellydance Academy it is our mission to help women bring out their feminine side and sparkle with confidence through learning bellydance. We welcome women who are ready to dedicate time to themselves and try something inspiring, different and fun yet engaging and challenging enough to stick at and return to week after week. Through our bellydance classes we offer a learning experience that cultivates your confidence and sense of fun!
Ready to find out more about how we teach and look into joining a class now? Great! Take a look at these "quickstart" BellyDrill classes where you can join this week. We are ready when you are.
Not sure about joining a class just yet? That's fine too. In the meantime, why not subscribe here to receive our regular Ezine (newsletter) which brings bellydance tutorials, tips, advice and news straight to your inbox twice a month. You can check out one of our video tutorials here. We are ready when you are.
NEW! Foundation Certified Bellydance Course by Hossam and
Serena Ramzy in Reading starting in June! More information
NEW! Free taster classes for new beginners on selected dates in 2012!
Since turning professional in 2005, Helen Ainslie has built a reputation as one of the finest bellydance performers and teachers in the UK. After rigorously studying Middle Eastern rhythm music and dance for several years with the world renowned Hossam and Serena Ramzy, Helen is now one of only a handful of graduates from the Drumzy School of Egyptian Music Dance. Helen is also a member of the Ramzy Dance Company and has performed with the Ramzy Egyptian orchestra as a principal dancer since 2006. Holding a Diploma in Bellydance from the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA), Helen teaches workshops on all elements of bellydance and has also lectured for the IDTA.
Helen performs regularly at professional bellydance showcases and has been the Star dancer for London's longest running professional bellydance show, Planet Egypt (2006), and held the artist residency at Bellyworld's Silk Route for January and February 2010. Helen also performs at birthday and hen parties, weddings, corporate and charity events. Contact Helen to book her for your event!
Helen's 'Desert Diamonds' bellydance troupe perform at shows, parties and events throughout Berkshire. For more information, including on how to book them for your event, click here.
