Belly Dance Ala Ma’shuqa Murjan

As a long time student of Belly Dancing and an experienced dancer, I highly recommend Ma Shuqa as a superb instructor. Her own performance is flawlessly beautiful, and every time I go to her class, I advance in my understanding of her fine technique. Being in her class is fun and pleasant. Her teaching method is very organized. Having advanced degrees in Education, she also has prepared papers describing her MaShuqa method and listing her dance principles, which are very handy to have when practicing. She has a beautiful studio, and every student is made to feel welcomed and included. You can be assured that if you study with MaShuqa, you will be well prepared to give an excellent performance.

I have taken several group classes, workshops, and private lessons from Ma*Shuqa over the last year and highly recommend her for her teaching style, especially to the new dancer. In addition to having years of dancing and teaching experience, she has an academic background, which she uses to help students learn and structure the dance. As a new dancer, I have found the way she documents and breaks down step patterns and explains Middle Eastern music to be hugely helpful. I have worked with her quite a bit on improvisational dance, and her suggestions for adding structure to the improvisation have given me more confidence to dance in front of an audience. I have been in Ma*Shuqa’s group classes with absolute beginners and professional dancers, and Ma*Shuqa is able to teach everyone at their own level. Her studio is beautiful, roomy, and very comfortable.