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BellyUp has several dance ensembles that are available for entertainment at community, corporate and private events. They have performed at a wide range of community events, multicultural festivals and corporate functions such as Halton Trauma Center Gala, Halton Multicultural Council Gala, Burlington Sound of Music Festival, Oakville Waterfront Festival, Take Back the Night, Asian Heritage Festival, Halton Multicultural Fair, Love of the Arts Oakville, Oakville Wholistic Fair, Fuller Woman Expo, Canada Day Festival, BMW Mini Launch to name only a few.

Our BellyUp BellyDancers are an ensemble of BellyUp performers of various levels who come together to share their love of Egyptian Cabaret bellydance. With a variety of choreographed numbers from Traditional Orientale routines, Egyptian Pop, and drum routines plus a number of soloists within the troupe, are a fun and talented group of entertainers who are sure to liven up any event with style, elegance and the joy of the dance.

Maya Fire is an  American Tribal Style ensemble of dancers  who perform regularly alongside BellyUp's bellydance ensemble as well as on their own.  The members of Maya Fire come with a variety of dance backgrounds and are drawn to American Tribal Style for its proud and earthy style, which was developed by FatChanceBellyDance of California in the 1980's. The dance form draws its movements, costuming and general inspiration from the Tribal cultures of the Middle East, North Africa, India, and Spain. A unique aspect of the dance is group improvisation. Dancers learn a set vocabulary of movements, which are subtly cued by a leader to give the impression of a choreographed performance.  Maya Fire's instructor and mentor Valizan teaches ATS at BellyUp and is also available to perform as a soloist and/or  along with his very own dance troupe, Shades of Araby.