Teachers & Teaching Levels Explained
Bellydance Now (BDN) recognises the skills that teachers develop through their progression and learning, and we offer training and courses from entry-level (Level 1) to Mentors and Master Teachers (Level 5). See below for an in-depth explanation of all our teaching levels.
Teacher progression is open to all Level 1 and 2 BDN Instructors and Teachers who meet the criteria. If you want to work towards the next level within BDN, please email info@bellydance-now.com to find out more and register your interest.
Scholarships are available for those considering starting their teaching journey with us, and applications are accepted via our Yvette Cowles Scholarship.
Level 5 – BDN Master Teacher
- Has completed the BDN Level 2 Teaching Diploma (JWAAD Teaching Diploma) or equivalent certification/skills
- Is a BDN Mentor
- Approved to deliver specific accredited courses
- May develop new accredited courses within BDN
- Approved to teach to advanced/professional level
- Evidence of continued personal development (CPD)
- Has access to all workshops and networking opportunities at the annual BDN Instructor and Teachers Day
- Personalised online listing on the BDN Find a Class page
Level 4 – BDN Professional Teacher
- Has the BDN Level 2 Teaching Diploma (JWAAD Teaching Diploma) or equivalent
- Approved to be a BDN Mentor
- Approved to teach to advanced level
- Evidence of continued personal development (CPD)
- Has access to all workshops and networking opportunities at the annual BDN Instructor and Teachers Day.
- BDN Honorary Professional Teacher: Has BDN/JWAAD Level 1 teaching certification or equivalent, is an acknowledged expert in their specialty, and approved to deliver aspects of accredited courses.
- Personalised online listing on the BDN Find a Class page
Level 3 – BDN Mentor
- Is a Level 2 BDN Teacher or above (Level is specified below)
- Approved to deliver the Personal Development Programme
- Committed to bi-annual training/standardisation days
- Approved to teach at intermediate/higher intermediate level
- Evidence of continued personal development (CPD)
- Has access to all workshops and networking opportunities at the annual BDN Instructor and Teachers Day, as well as in-depth standardisation training.
- Personalised online listing on the BDN Find a Class page
Level 2 – BDN Teacher
- Has the BDN Level 2 Teaching Diploma (JWAAD Teaching Diploma) and has in-depth knowledge to deliver informed classes – and understands dance safety
- Approved to teach to Intermediate level
- Has completed the Bellydance Heritage course
- Has completed both the online as well as in-person parts of the ‘Music used within Bellydance course’
- Has completed a minimum of 1 additional Continued Personal Development (CPD) certified course
- Has access to all workshops and networking opportunities at the annual BDN Instructor and Teachers Day
- Personalised online listing on the BDN Find a Class page
Level 1 – BDN Instructor
- Has the Level 1 Teaching Certification either from JWAAD or BDN and understands how to teach safely
- Approved to teach to the level below their own technique skill level
- Has access to certain workshops and networking opportunities at the annual BDN Instructor and Teachers Day
- Limited online listing on the BDN Find a Class page
Below is a list of our current BDN Teachers holding the (formerly known as JWAAD) BDN Level 2 Teaching Diploma. Level 2 to Level 5.
BDN instructors who have completed the Level 1 teaching certification (formerly known as the Safety Course) are listed further down the page.
Find all of our active teachers and instructors in our class listings. BDN teachers are denoted with a pink pin. Information is correct at the time of posting.
Teacher | Surname | First name | Area | |
L5 | Banks | Moyra | Edinburgh | moyrabanks@gmail.com |
L5 | Barnfather | Claire | Newcastle, T&W | claire@bellydances.co.uk |
L5 | Bartholemew | Catherine | Rochester, Kent | cat@sevenveils.co.uk |
L5 | Booth | Gwen | Oxford | geb21@hotmail.com |
L5 | Evelyn | Dorte | Weybridge, Surrey | info@ishtardance.com |
L5 | Masson | Raphaelle | Paris, France | bellydeluxe@gmail.com |
L5 | Taylor | Kay | Newcastle T&W | kaytbd@me.com |
L5 | Tormo | Carmen | Valencia | airintormo@gmail.com |
L5 | Will | Abeer | Germany | abeerwill@gmx.de |
L5 | Wise | Josephine | Bristol | jo.wise@jwaad.com |
L4 | Mayel | Maelle | London/Dubai | maellebellydancer@yahoo.co.uk |
L4 | Mersand | Galit | Europe/Zoom | info@galitmersand.com |
L3 | Wassell | Charlotte | Brighton | charlotte@solarismoves.com |
L3 | Aitken | Elizabeth | Cambridgeshire | elizabethbellydancer@gmail.com |
L3 | Baker | Sue | Cambridge | susi-bee@hotmail.co.uk |
L3 | Chapman | Emma | Cambridge | emmachapman@sky.com |
L3 | Lall | Nisha | Sheffield | nisha_lall@hotmail.com |
L3 | Mason | Abbie | Herefordshire | alanya@alanyabellydance.com |
L3 | Sanderson | Amelia | Tyne & Wear | ameliabarlow210@btinternet.com |
L2 | Allee | Janice | Surrey | janisfab@aol.com |
L2 | Bisco | Anna | Leeds | loveday.bellydance@googlemail.com |
L2 | Boreland | Kristyene | N Ireland | laila_9662002@yahoo.co.uk |
L2 | Borg | Natalie | East Lothian | therosehafla@outlook.com |
L2 | Brennan | Josephine | Coventry | josephine.brennan@loveitts.co.uk |
L2 | Browning | Sinead | ||
L2 | Bucciarelli | Warda | Italy | wardafb@gmail.com |
L2 | Burgess | Lisa Michaela | Malaga, Spain | lisamichaela@hotmail.co.uk |
L2 | Burton | Charlotte | Gillingham, Kent | charlotte.vburton@hotmail.co.uk |
L2 | Cannetti | Sylvia | ||
L2 | Chandler | Anna | Bristol | bristolbellydance@yahoo.co.uk |
L2 | Clarke | Catherine | ||
L2 | Clarke | Julie | Luton | j.clarke947@ntlworld.com |
L2 | Clipsham | Vanessa | Huntingdon, Cambs | vanessaclipsham@aol.com |
L2 | Collins | Lisa | Galway, Ireland | galwaybellydance@gmail.com |
L2 | Cowles | Yvette | See YC Scholarship | |
L2 | Cowan | Karin | Belfast | karinc2010@hotmail.co.uk |
L2 | Curtis | Beatrice | Surrey | beatricecurtis@googlemail.com |
L2 | Dinsdale | Alla | Cambridgeshire | alla.din@hotmail.co.uk |
L2 | Djadda | Nancy | London | nancydjadda@gmail.com |
L2 | Dobson | Louise | Hertford | bellydancerlou@gmail.com |
L2 | Estanguet | Alize | Po, France | alize.estanguet@orange.fr |
L2 | Frankum | Alison | ||
L2 | Gervasio | Harriet | London | harrietgervasio@me.com |
L2 | Goodwin | Carol | Cambridgeshire | |
L2 | Gould | Chris | London | Christine1958@sky.com |
L2 | Gray | Hazel | Co Durham | hgray20@btinternet.com |
L2 | Hagan | Shona | Dorset | shona@shonahagan.com |
L2 | Hall | Ann | Rochester, Kent | hallann3@icloud.com |
L2 | Hegre | Ragnhild | Norway | ragnhild.hegre@hegre.toyota.no |
L2 | Henderson | Jill | Tyne & Wear | jillhenderson@hotmal.co.uk |
L2 | Hopkins | Elizabeth | liza_h@hotmail.co.uk | |
L2 | Howell | Maureen | Birmingham | maureenhowell1@googlemail.com |
L2 | Humphreys | Heike | Southampton | akasha@akashatribal.co.uk |
L2 | Jablonska | Agnieszka | London | fifikot@yahoo.co.uk |
L2 | Jameel | Saeeda | North Somerset | saeedabellydance@googlemail.com |
L2 | Khessib | Angelica | Egham, Surrey | anjelirkku@yahoo.co.uk |
L2 | Kingston | Anne | Grimsargh,Preston | annekingston22@btinternet.com |
L2 | Krause | Margaret | Camberley, Surrey | peter.krause@ntlworld.com |
L2 | Lewis | Jessica | London | amazonsrus@hotmail.com |
L2 | Linley | Judi | Newbury | jiudilinley@talktalk.net |
L2 | Livermore | Nikki | Carterton, Oxfirdshire | nikkibdancer@hotmail.com |
L2 | Llewellyn | Larissa | York | larissacollins8@gmail.com |
L2 | Lloyd | Sue | Shropshire | sglloyd@outlook.com |
L2 | Mackenzie | Desna | Lancaster | desna@desna-dances.co.uk |
L2 | MacDonald | Deiredre | Scotland and Spain | hipswithattitude@yahoo.com |
L2 | Malone | Bree | Australia | |
L2 | Martin | Sandi | Hampshire | sandibellydance@gmail.com |
L2 | McCann | Annette | Fife, Scotland | a_net@madasafish.com |
L2 | McLaughlin | Ann | Glasgow, Scotland | darkchoclover@btinternet.com |
L2 | Miller | Joanne | Newcastle | millerjoanne86@gmail.com |
L2 | Neal | Samantha | London | samnara@aol.com |
L2 | Nicholson | Pamela | ||
L2 | Norman | Melanie | Bath | admin@arabquarter.co.uk |
L2 | Ord | Susan | Alnwick | |
L2 | Orr | Alison | ||
L2 | Piggott | Jan | Dibden, Christchurch | janbelly@hotmail.com |
L2 | Pratt | Sharlene | Luton, Beds | sharlenefizzymail@yahoo.com |
L2 | Pratt | Dodo | Warwickshire | |
L2 | Rapley Giles | Trish | Sandhurst, Berks | |
L2 | Reid | Sue | Jersey | susanreidjer@googlemail.com |
L2 | Richardson Goodlad | Sarah | ||
L2 | Rickerby | Sarah | Blackpool | sarah_rickerby@sky.com |
L2 | Sabbatella | Bev | bevsabbatella@msn.com | |
L2 | Skar | Monika | Norway | monika.skar@conocophillips.com |
L2 | Smit | Jude | Surrey | judebutterflysmit@yahoo.co.uk |
L2 | Taylor | Jeanette | Keighley, W Yorks | taylorjeanette@tiscali.co.uk |
L2 | Thompson | Sandra | Hull | sandra@piggies.karoo.co.uk |
L2 | Valois | Tine | Denmark | tinevalois@hotmail.com |
L2 | West | Camilla | London | camillawest@hotmail.com |
L2 | Widdaker | Elaine | ||
L2 | Wood | Christine | Hampshire | woodfamily18@btinternet.com |
L2 | Young | Jean |
Below are the names of teachers who have successfully completed the Level 1 Teaching Certification. Some are very experienced teachers, others are newer to teaching. Some may be working towards the BDN Teaching Diploma, while others have taken different routes.
When the Level 1 Teaching Certification is completed, we certify people to teach to the level below their own current technique level. At any time, teachers can get this reviewed by having their technique level updated – but not everyone does.
Some teach community classes, others higher levels. Where up-to-date information has been given, and the technique level is of a higher level, these teachers are also listed in our Class area denoted with a turquoise pin.
Every effort is made to keep these lists up to date and accurate please contact us on info@bellydance-now.com if you spot any mistakes. (Updated 4th December 2023)
Surname | First Name | Area |
Adamson | Deb | Dumfries |
Adegbite | Kiera | |
Akgunduz | Lisa | |
Andersen | Vicky | London |
Armstrong | Jayne | |
Armstrong | Eleanor | Northumberland |
Armstrong | Laura | Enniskillen, N Ireland |
Arnott | Debra | Huddersfield |
Arora | Deepa | London |
Ashton | Tokie | London |
Ashworth | Angela | Lancashire |
Austin | Pamela | Havant |
Baeyens | Annelies | Belgium |
Barber | Kerry | Worksop |
Barnard | Amy | London |
Barter | Rose | Wales |
Bartlett | Cristina | Salisbury |
Bedford | Kat | |
Bell | Emily | Bristol |
Benoit | Hilary | Herefordshire |
Berry | Emma | Sheffield |
Birch | Karen | Ilkley |
Birchall nee Crabbe | Julia | Leicester |
Bittar | Melina | Surrey |
Bizzari | Faten | |
Bjarkoy | Trine Irene | |
Blagden | Ann | Cheltenham |
Bootes | Sandra | Carlisle |
Boothman | Donna | Nottinghamshire |
Borek | Rachael | Manchester |
Bosley | Michelle | Dorset |
Bourne | Thelma | London |
Bowler | Holly | Telford |
Box | Liz | Fife, Scotland |
Bradley | Lesley | Blackburn |
Brewster Wrann | Sarah | |
Buchan | Nici | Edinburgh |
Buchanan | Venetta | Huddersfield |
Burton | Denise | Kent |
Bywater | Lyn | Essex |
Caddick | Katherine | Shropshire |
Callaghan | Sarah | Wantage |
Campbell | Clare | Berkshire |
Campbell | Serita | Hants |
Cannoodt | Hilde | London |
Carman | Kathryn | Merseyside |
Casson | Janene | Weymouth |
Chailloux | Christine | Tyne & Wear |
Champion | Trish | Berkshire |
Chapman | Josephine | |
Chastney | Louise | |
Cheel | Anita | Essex |
Chen | Wanshu | Poertsmouth |
Chora | Ana | Portugal |
Clark | Vronnie | Cornwall |
Clarke | Michelle | Essex |
Clement | Claire | Swansea |
Coates | Julia | North Wales |
Coello | Jane | Leeds |
Coles nee Daly | Annabel | Oxford |
Collier | Gaye | Bristol |
Collier | Melanie | Wales |
Cook | Rosie | Bristol |
Coulter | Eleanor | Berkshire |
Cousins | Jenny | Sheffield |
Cozart | Jennifer | Steilacoom, USA |
Crocker | Ramona | Wales |
Crosby | Sharon | Ilkley |
Cross | Elaine | Sheffield |
Croucher | Ann | Lincolnshire |
Curtis | Donna | W Sussex |
D’Allison | Jenny | Haywards Heath |
Dakini | Tara | Ayershire |
Dalley | Danuta | Lincolnshire |
Danby | Kim | Gloucestershire |
Danilenko | Elina | Cambridge |
Darasse | Louise | Belgium |
Darling | Laura | Edinburgh |
Davidson | Nancy | Australia |
Davies | Debra | Northumberland |
Day | Sian | Calderdale |
de Andres | Jennifer | Belgium |
De Chadaravian | Rita | Oxon |
De Sica | Francesca | London |
De Simoni | Ilaria | Devon |
Delmer | Jane | Jersey |
Dent / Kenny | Chloe | E Sussex |
Diamond | Lana | Huddersfield |
Dickinson | Sue | Swindon |
Dinsdale | Roxanne | Leicester |
Disley | Faye | Essex |
Dravecz | Nikolett | Sheffield |
Eden | Clare | Gloucestershire |
Eggins | Heather | Somerset, Devon |
Elkasmi | Rkia | London |
Ellison | Louise | Cambridge |
Evans | Caroline | Not currently teaching |
Everest nee Black | Daun | Kent |
Facey | Michelle | |
Fallah | Jaleh | Sheffield |
Fiberesima | Natasha | Stockport |
Filippi | Rose | Glasgow |
Fletcher | Lynne | Sheffield |
Fletcher | Tracey | Sheffield |
Flude | Stephanie | Aberdeenshire |
Forrest | Rachel | |
Franks | Judith | |
Fraser | Amanda | Glasgow |
Froggat | Abi | |
Fry | Jackie | Cornwall |
Game | Sarah | Middlesborough |
Garbutt | Ruth | Leeds |
Garham | Rhiannon | Wales |
Garrett | Arlene | Lancaster |
Garrish | Sarah | Preston |
Gaunt | Sharon | |
Gavalierova | Martina | |
Gerrard | Nicky | |
Gilbert | Louise | Essex |
Gimblett | Katerina | Wiltshire |
Gledhill | Alex | |
Glen | Adele | Belfast |
Glover | Cath | |
Goddard | Jayney | Hastings |
Gooding | Vanessa | Hartlepool |
Goodman | Olivia | Bristol |
Gorczynska | Elzbieta | London |
Grainger | Gill | W Yorkshire |
Granger | Jane | |
Gray | Natalie | Oxford |
Greene | Lianna | E Sussex |
Greenslade | Marisol | E Sussex |
Gurden | Caroline | Hastings |
Halimi | Victoria | Swansea |
Hall | Rebekah | Surrey |
Hamilton | Emma | Stirling |
Hancock | Liz | |
Harris | Anne | Jersey |
Harris | Michelle | Kent |
Harrison | Karen | |
Harrison | Lorna | |
Harrison | Julia | Sheffield |
Healey | Maura | |
Heard | Sian | Cheltenham |
Heath | Joanna | Dorset |
Heaton | Louise | Bolton, Lancs |
Heaviside | Cicely | Sheffield |
Hein | Solange | London |
Hemming | Erica | |
Hilliard | Maria | Southampton |
Hirani | Joshna | |
Hislop | Rachel | |
Hole | Angela | Hants |
Hollands | Debbie | |
Holley | Louise | Winscombe |
Holmes | Maureen | Merseyside |
Hoodbhoy | Nadia | London |
Houle | Jennifer | Belfast |
Howell | Feyza | Berkshire |
Howrie | Debbie | Cumbria |
Hudson | Jan | |
Hughes | Wendy | |
Humphrey | Sharon | Norfolk |
Humphries | Laura | |
Hurcombe | Bernadette | Epsom |
Hurd | Connie | Lincolnshire |
Hutton | Gillian | Co Durham |
Hutton | Rosemary | |
Isaac | Kay | Devon |
Jabowska | Bridget | |
Jackson | Fiona | Shropshire |
Jarrett | Liz | Southport |
Jeffreys | Deb | Gwent |
Jensen | Marie | Denmark |
Johncocks | Rebecca | Isle of Skye |
Johnson | Aileen | Inverness |
Jones | Kerry | Cumbria |
Jones | Pam | Gloucestershire |
Jones | Angela | Shropshire |
Jones | Diane | Newcastle |
Jowers | Sally | Sheffield |
Karstad | Jill | Hartlepool |
Katriou | Stamatia-Ann | London |
Keating | Deborah | Milton Keynes |
Kelleher | Sarah | Cheshire |
Kennedy | Kay | Scotland |
Kennedy | Sofia | Hampshire |
Kincaid | Kathryn | Berkshire |
Laird | Tammy | Renfrewshire |
Lane | Angela | Nottingham |
Lane-Smith | Susan | |
Lapochkina | Vera | London |
Lasalle | Collette | Somerset |
Leach | Jane | Manchester |
LeFevre | Rosemary | Norwich |
Lewis | Alison | Northumberland |
Lin | Amy | |
Litsa | Constantina | |
Livsey | Elizabeth | |
Lo | Amy | London |
MacDonald | Karen | East Kilbride |
MacDonald | Catriona | Wales |
MacFarlane | Nihoma | Fife |
Malone | Bree | Australia |
Marriott | Eleanor | Broadmayne |
Marshall | Jennie | Teddington |
Mason | Ruth | |
Matsi | Maria | Essex |
Matthewman | Lisa | |
Matthews | Barbara | Wales |
Mayhew | Tania | Kettering |
McAllister | Sally | Cumbria |
McConkey | Nichola | Belfast |
McCue | Gina | Jersey |
McCue | Rachel | Sheffield |
McCullough | Natalie | Suffolk |
McGillivray | Jude | Shropshire |
McGregor | Clair | Peterborough |
McLachlan | Aileen | |
McLaren | Nicola | Edinburgh |
McLean | Joanna | Belfast |
Meadowcroft | Carrie | Merseyside |
Medley | Maud | Kent |
Meehan | Pauline | |
Mehmet | Fatma Adnan | |
Miller | Joanne | Tyne & Wear |
Miri-Meziane | Farah | Kent |
Mitchell | Bethan | Stirling |
Mobley | Catherine | London |
Mole | Jane | Kent |
Molloy | Jemma | London |
Moody | Clare | |
Morgan | Penny | Gloucester |
Morris | Eve | |
Munoz-Cobo Cebral | Macarena | |
Noble Vigil | Iraya | Edinburgh |
O’Connell | Mary | |
Olivieri | Giovanna | |
Oniga | Andreea | Dundee |
Owen | Sabrina | Leeds |
Parvin | Beatrice | London |
Payton | Aimee | Oxford |
Pearlson | Kathleen | London |
Phelan | Margaret | |
Phillips | Debbie | Hertfordshire |
Phillips | Helena Jane | Swansea |
Phyfer | Maureen | Scotland |
Piggott | Caroline | Hampshire |
Piros | Szidonia | Warwick |
Platten | Sara | Essex |
Pooke | Angela | Surrey |
Porter | Victoria | Jarrow T&W |
Price | Karen | Wolverhampton |
Przibram | Bridie | Wales |
Pulman | Sarah | Glasgow |
Rafiefar | Rachel | Derby |
Rapson | Terri | Shropshire |
Reid | Susan | Jersey |
Reynolds | Aisling | Coventry |
Richardson | Karen | |
Rix | Helen | Leeds |
Roberts | Sally | Wales |
Robertshaw | Diana | Bedford |
Robertson | Amanda (Tigerlily) | Peebles |
Robins | Julie | Berkshire |
Rorstad | Julia | Devon |
Rowland | Anne | |
Rowley | Helen | Tamworth |
Ryan | Dee | Tyne & Wear |
Salem | Claire | Glastonbury |
Salomon | Lindsey | Shropshire |
Sanchez Munoz | Cristina (Serenay) | Surrey |
Sanderson | Caroline | Cumbria |
Sanz | Erika | London |
Saunders | Josephine | Oxon |
Scannell | Noreen | Ireland |
Scott | Stephanie | W Midlands |
Scott | Geraldine | |
Seymour | Sue | Surrey |
Shakespeare | Mary | Preston |
Sheard | Emily | Sheffield |
Sheppard-Aldecoa | Erica (Rikki) | Gloucestershire |
Shirkie | Eleanor | Ayrshire |
Shutt | Alexandra Jean | |
Sinclair | Eren | |
Slack | Sophie | |
Smart | Katerina | Derby |
Smith | Beverley | Leeds |
Smyth | Samantha | Richmond |
Snee | Mandy | Newcastle |
Snook | Raewyn | New Zealand |
Snow | Nicola | Essex |
Sotiropoulou | Walladay (Eirini) | Manchester |
Spoors | Kelly | Hartlepool |
Spreadbury | Merrion | Hampshire |
Stevens | Louise | North Wiltshire |
Stewart | Tricia | County Durham |
Stobbs | Claire | Newcastle |
Stuckey | Nadia | Hove |
Suganuma | Itsumi | London |
Svanda | Sarah | Essex |
Taberno | Esther | Surrey |
Taplin | Lisa | |
Teasdale | Kelly | W Sussex |
Terry | Rachel | Wiltshire |
Thay | Carol | Hertfordshire |
Theaker | Alison | Devon |
Thompson | Julie | Washington T&W |
Thurston | Helena | Dorset |
Tobin | Claire | Ireland |
Tormo Martin | Carmen Irene | Sheffield |
Trafford | Jo | Oxon |
Trewhitt | Sarah | North Yorkshire |
Trifona Christoudia | Mel | Cambridge |
Trueman | Eleanor | Midlothian |
Turnbill | Joanne | Southampton |
Tyler | Jacqui | Oxon |
Valkova | Mariya | Middlesex |
Walker | Rachel | N Wales |
Ward | Joanie | Glasgow |
Ward | Steffi | Staffordshire |
Warner | Samantha | Bedford |
Warwick | Christine | Bedford |
Wassell | Charlotte | Brighton |
Watson | Elise | Cheshire |
Wear | Ann | Huddersfield |
Welch | Natasha | Hertfordshire |
Welsby | Gail | Preston |
Wheate | Emma | Redditch |
White | Kay | Oxfordshire |
White | Olivia | Harrow, Middlesex |
White | Sheila | Birmingham |
Whittaker | Camilla | |
Whittington | Kathryn | Berkshire |
Wickard | Ashley | N Yorkshire |
Williamson | Rita | Penrith |
Williamson | Tina | Angus |
Willis | Fiona | Somerset |
Winestone | Judith | |
Woodhead | Jen | Staffordshire |
Woolley | Tatiana | Nottingham |
Ydstie | Catherine |