Thread: I Lost My Teacher - Now What?

I am one of many bellydance orphans in the DC area (in Sterling, VA to be exact). Our teacher has left us to pursue another career which has left over 40+ students without a teacher to teach intermediate/advanced cabaret courses.

Sure I could drive into DC (up to 1.5 hours away in traffic) but being a new mom makes that very hard and I also work full time near Sterling, VA so to drive to DC/Alexandria would be a huge undertaking that is just not doable at this time.

I know this is an international blog but I see many familiar names in the blogs and hope you can help.

Does anyone know of a quality teacher in the Loudoun County area? Sterling/Herndon/Reston/Ashburn area?

If not, is someone interested in teaching? If you did, you have a ton of professional dance students just waiting for a quality teacher.

Thank you :-)

Oh, no! I'm really sorry to hear that. Who did we lose out there?

The same thing happened to me a few years back and I really floundered for a while. Don't give up -- with such a huge community of dancers around here, there must be someone who can take up the slack. I'm in downtown Alexandria, which I know doesn't help you much, but let me ask around and see if I can come up with any leads closer to where you are. I know others will chime in, too. It's good that you posted here.

Sending you good new teacher vibes,
Suzana

My teacher (for 5 years) was Wendy Youssef. She has joined the Army and closed the studio. There is a big void in the Sterling area now. No Cabaret. No Tribal. I have been taking lessons at the community center in Sterling but that teacher is leaving now so there is really nothing (that I am aware of) in Sterling.

I can take workshops and things to stay fresh but miss being in a troupe, the performances, and the learning.

Thanks for your kind words :-)

What about Belladonna? She's in Centreville, VA and teaches tribal... it's in that direction, I think.
belladonna dance

I might be interested. I believe you said that Alexandria would be too far? I'm trying to find a place to teach in VA. Right now, I teach in MD. Avg class size is 27.

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