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	email
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

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