Teachers & Teaching Levels Explained
Bellydance Now (BDN) recognises the skills that teachers develop through their progression and learning. 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, email: info@bellydance-now.com.
Master Teachers and Mentors are listed as such whilst actively teaching or mentoring for BDN.
Level 5 – BDN Master Teacher
- Has the BDN Teaching Diploma
- Is a BDN Mentor
- Approved to deliver accredited courses
- Approved to deliver full Teaching Diploma
- May develop new accredited courses
- Approved to teach to advanced / professional level
Level 4 – BDN Master Teacher
- Has the BDN Teaching Diploma
- Is a BDN Mentor
- Approved to deliver accredited courses
- May develop existing accredited courses
- Approved to teach to advanced/professional level
Level 3 – BDN Master Teacher
- Has the BDN Teaching Diploma
- Approved to be a BDN Mentor
- Approved to teach to advanced level
- BDN Guest Master Teacher: Has Safety Course or equivalent, is an acknowledged expert in their specialty, is approved to deliver aspects of accredited courses.
Level 2 – BDN Teacher
- Has the BDN Teaching Diploma – you can have confidence that your teacher has in-depth knowledge to inform her classes – and understands safety.
- Approved to teach to Intermediate level
- May be approved to be a BDN Mentor
Level 1 – BDN Instructor
- Has the ‘Safe Delivery of Belly Dance Classes’ certification so you can be confident that your teacher understands how to teach dance in a safe way.
- Approved to teach to the level below their own technique skill level
BDN Mentor (Denoted by M after level)
- Must be Level 2 BDN Teacher or above (Level is specified below)
- Commits to annual training / standardisation days
- Commits to their own ongoing development
- Approved to deliver the Personal Development Programme
Below is a list of our current BDN Teachers holding the now BDN (formerly known as JWAAD) Teaching Diploma. Level 2 to Level 5. BDN instructors who have completed the safety course are listed below.
Find all of our active teachers and instructors in our class listings. BDN teachers are denoted with a pink pin.
Teacher | Surname | First name | Area | |
L5M | Barnfather | Claire | Newcastle, T&W | claire@bellydances.co.uk |
L5M | Booth | Gwen | Oxford | geb21@hotmail.com |
L5M | Masson | Raphaelle | Paris, France | bellydeluxe@gmail.com |
L5M | Taylor | Kay | Newcastle T&W | kaytbd@me.com |
L5M | Wise | Josephine | Bristol | jo.wise@jwaad.com |
L4M | Bartholemew | Catherine | Rochester, Kent | cat@sevenveils.co.uk |
L4M | Evelyn | Dorte | Weybridge, Surrey | ishtar@mail.org |
L3M | Mayel | Maelle | London | maellebellydancer@yahoo.co.uk |
L3M | Mersand | Galit | Brighton | info@galitmersand.com |
L2M | Aitken | Elizabeth | Cambridgeshire | elizabethbellydancer@gmail.com |
L2M | Baker | Sue | Cambridge | susi-bee@hotmail.co.uk |
L2M | Banks | Moyra | Edinburgh | moyrabanksdance@hotmail.co.uk |
L2M | Chapman | Emma | Cambridge | emmachapman@sky.com |
L2M | Lall | Nisha | Sheffield | info@nldance.co.uk |
L2M | Mason | Abbie | Herefordshire | alanya@alanyabellydance.com |
L2M | Sanderson | Amelia | Tyne & Wear | ameliabarlow210@btinternet.com |
L2M | Tormo | Carmen | Spain / Sheffield | airintormo@gmail.com |
L2M | Thompson | Sandra | Hull | sandra@piggies.karoo.co.uk |
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 | 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 | ||
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 | Irvine | Natalie | London | natalie.irvine@hotmail.com |
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 | 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 |

Safety course – breaking down technique
Below are the names of teachers who have successfully completed the ‘Safe Delivery of Belly Dance Classes’. Some are very experienced teachers, others newer to teaching. Some may be working towards the BDN Teaching Diploma, others have taken different routes.
When the Safety Course 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, other 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.
Surname | First Name | Area |
Adamson | Deb | Dumfries |
Adegbite | Kiera | |
Akgunduz | Lisa | |
Andersen | Vicky | London |
Armstrong | Jayne | |
Armstrong | Eleanor | Northumberland |
Arnott | Debra | Huddersfield |
Arora | Deepa | London |
Ashworth | Angela | Lancashire |
Austin | Pamela | Havant |
Bachen | Ramona | Wales |
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 |
Borek | Rachael | Manchester |
Bosley | Michelle | Dorset |
Bourne | Thelma | London |
Bowler | Holly | Telford |
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 |
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 |
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 |
de Andres | Jennifer | Belgium |
De Chadaravian | Rita | Oxon |
De Sica | Francesca | London |
De Simoni | Ilaria | Devon |
Delmer | Jane | Jersey |
Dent | Chloe | E Sussex |
Diamond | Lana | Huddersfield |
Dickinson | Sue | Swindon |
Dinsdale | Roxanne | Leicester |
Disley | Faye | Essex |
Dravecz | Nikolett | Sheffield |
Eden | Clare | Gloucestershire |
Elkasmi | Rkia | London |
Ellison | Louise | Cambridge |
Evans | Caroline | Edinburgh |
Everest nee Black | Daun | Kent |
Facey | Michelle | |
Fallah | Jaleh | Sheffield |
Filippi | Rose | Glasgow |
Fletcher | Lynne | Sheffield |
Fletcher | Tracey | Sheffield |
Flude | Stephanie | Milton Keynes |
Forrest | Rachel | |
Franks | Judith | |
Fraser | Amanda | Glasgow |
Froggat | Abi | |
Game | Sarah | Middlesborough |
Garbutt | Ruth | Leeds |
Garham | Rhiannon | Wales |
Garrish | Sarah | Preston |
Gaunt | Sharon | |
Gavalierova | Martina | |
Gerrard | Nicky | |
Gilbert | Louise | Essex |
Gimblett | Katerina | Wiltshire |
Gledhill | Alex | |
Glen | Adele | Belfast |
Glover | Cath | |
Gooding | Vanessa | Hartlepool |
Goodman | Olivia | Bristol |
Grainger | Gill | W Yorkshire |
Granger | Jane | |
Gray | Natalie | Oxford |
Greene | Lianna | E Sussex |
Greenslade | Marisol | E Sussex |
Halimi | Victoria | Swansea |
Hall | Rebekah | Surrey |
Hamilton | Emma | Stirling |
Hancock | Liz | |
Harris | Anne | Jersey |
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 | Abergavenny |
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 |
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 | |
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 | |
Owen | Sabrina | Leeds |
Parvin | Beatrice | London |
Payton | Aimee | Oxford |
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 |
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 |
Shirkie | Eleanor | Ayrshire |
Shutt | Alexandra Jean | |
Sinclair | Eren | |
Slack | Sophie | |
Smith | Beverley | Leeds |
Smyth | Samantha | Richmond |
Snee | Mandy | Newcastle |
Snow | Nicola | Essex |
Spoors | Kelly | Hartlepool |
Spreadbury | Merrion | Hampshire |
Stewart | Tricia | County Durham |
Stobbs | Claire | Newcastle |
Stuckey | Nadia | Hove |
Suganuma | Itsumi | London |
Svanda | Sarah | Essex |
Taberno | Esther | Surrey |
Taplin | Lisa | |
Terry | Rachel | Wiltshire |
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 |
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 | Sheila | Birmingham |
Whittaker | Camilla | |
Whittington | Kathryn | Berkshire |
Wickard | Ashley | N Yorkshire |
Williamson | Rita | Penrith |
Williamson | Tina | Angus |
Willis | Fiona | Somerset |
Winestone | Judith | |
Woolley | Tatiana | Nottingham |
Ydstie | Catherine | Oslo, Norway |