Sabrina Bellydancer

Amaaaaazing instructor!!! Loved every second of her class and the insights, information, and attitude!!!

We had Sabrina preform at our wedding last year, and she is fantastic. Truly authentic and a true pleasure to watch. Everyone enjoyed her performance so much; she definitely got the crowd on their feet. WE loved it!
She is professional and will put together all the music to your liking or take suggestions.

I have never had a better experience with an instructor. My daughter raves about her teacher and is truly inspired. Now her Mother is taking lessons! It really doesn’t get better…

On Saturday February 23, 2013 I surprised my sister with a fabulous bridal shower, everything was amazing but what everyone talked about all night was how great Sabrinas performance was! Now I want to go ahead and clear something up, I read the reviews from previous people but I figured I would build my own opinion and take the «risk», I’M SO GLAD I DID! From our 1^st conversation until this very day Sabrina has been INCREDIBLE, shes VERY PROFESSIONAL, sweet and truly cares about making the best out of your event. She even contacted me after the event to make sure we enjoyed it and to provide us with amazing pictures. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HER! BUILD YOUR OWN OPINION, SHES THE BEST! Thank you Sabrina for contributing in making that night a memorable one!

It has taken me awhile to write this review because my experience was last fall. I was so angry about what happened with my Groupon experience that I only went to two classes.
First of all, the website is really hard to use and I called Sabrina to verify how classes and registration work. That was fine.
When I went into my first class I found Sabrina to be rather unfriendly and brusque about accepting the Groupon, and as a class voucher she gave me a flier which she drew ten circle on and ticked off the first one for that first class. Fine. She didn’t tell us anything else about the rules of the class, how the classes work, or how the Groupon works, or give any kind of introduction at all, not even herself as the teacher. The class itself, and the next one I went to were fun enough.
After the first two classes in November I had to miss a few weeks because of some family stuff, and I had no idea that would be a problem. When I was able to start back up I gave my card to Sabrina in the beginning of class and she really rudely and brusquely said something to the extent of, «Oh you missed a bunch of classes so I’ll mark those off,» and she proceeded to mark off five more boxes when in reality I had only missed two classes and I hadn’t even realized I had to use the classes consecutively! When I said something she just gave me a rude look and said class had to start and I could stay after to talk to her. I was so put off by her terrible rudeness and poor customer service that I turned around and left right then and never went back.
I want to dance for FUN and because I have always loved dancing, and Sabrina does not facilitate a fun dancing experience. I recommend saving your money and finding a better dance company. Incidentally, I had an acquaintance who started at the same time as I did and I later found out that she quit and lost the rest of her Groupon, too because she didn’t like the experience.

WONDERFUL instructor! Sabrina is not only a great dancer but also a tremendous teacher. She really understands the subject matter as well as how to convet it to new students. She makes the classes fun (as they should be) and is very supportive and encouraging. Couldn’t recommend her highly enough!

I purchased a KGB deal (like a Groupon) for belly dancing from Sabrina and my experience was as disappointing as the other 1-​star reviews.
The website didn’t give clear clear instructions that I could figure out about how the classes are set up, but they’re set up on a monthly schedule where you learn a dance or a style at th beginning of the month and start a new one at the beginning of the next month. Not knowing this I showed up to a class on the last week of the month. I don’t think she recognizes her students because as someone who had never been to a class before she passed around a lined book asking everyone to sign their name for priority registration since the new month would be starting and «all the Groupon users will be signing up.» Implying that someone like myself with a coupon will get crap registration and possibly be set back another month against someone paying full price for lessons. Why even sign your business up for deals then?
Maybe you get better treatment if you go and just pay the regular price for lessons, I don’t know, but I left and won’t be going back.

As far as belly dancers go… I would say average, but as far as belly dancing teachers are concerned… TERRIBLE!!! If you are considering buying one of those great Groupon or Living Social deals so you can learn how to belly dance — SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! It became obvious to me why Sabrina had to invest in those types of deals as a way to advertise — because the most obvious and convincing form of marketing, word of mouth… would only be a detriment to her!
The organization itself is completely unorganized. I called multiple times to clarify how to register and what the exact specifications were for enrolling. I left numerous messages BEGGING for a respons. I needed to know what exactly to bring, if I could go to different studios and whether or not I had been moved from the wait list to the class. I didn’t want to drive all the way down there and then find out I didn’t make the cut off. But why even have a wait list option, along with submission of a phone number and email address… if not only are they NOT going to use those forms of communication… but they won’t even answer the phone when you call or submit emails!
Nobody has any idea what anyone is doing!!! It is so freaking unorganized… it’s painful to watch! But the worst part, is the teaching!!! There was a lot of «Do This» but absolutely no, «let me show you how». When you ask questions, it becomes obvious that Sabrina becomes frustrated and would rather you just didn’t talk at all. It’s so sad when a class of 20 girls has NO ONE doing any of the steps correctly!!! There are no use of examples or techniques or hints or guidance at all… you’re just thrown in and told to do it! It was clear that Sabrina is a very unhappy young lady and sadly, her negative energy was just exploding like vomit all over her students. It’s frustrating and terrible to be stuck in such a waste of time… but I paid for the Groupon… so…hmmmm. I’m not sure what I want back more, my money or my time!!!

Sabrina is one of the most professional and friendly belly dance teachers I know. Her knowledge of belly dance movements, history, and culture is amazing. I’ve been taking belly dance lessons for over 8 years from over 12 different long-​term instructors and many, many more workshop instructors and Sabrina is definitely one of my favorite teachers!

Sabrina is an excellent instructor! Knowledgeable and patient, I’ve always felt her classes are a great value. Everyone has fun and you learn — what more can you ask? I only wish I now lived closer so I could take her classes regularly.

Sabrina is an incredible belly dancer. Unlike many belly dancers, she brings a deep knowledge of many dance traditions and her dance style reflects it beautifully. She’s professional to deal with and welcoming to students at any skill level. (Level 2 is significantly more advanced than level 1, new students should probably try that first.)

My experience with Sabrina Bellydancer was so awful that it took me a week to calm down before writing this review.
To begin with, she asked us to be at the class 30 minutes early if we were new students, but didn’t arrive herself until the class start time… without so much as an apology. Then she was upset with everyone for not bringing along finger castinets, which none of us had received any information about. (She claimed it had been on the website, but clearly it wasn’t posted in a visible manner or someone from the class would have seen it) It wasn’t such a positive way to greet the class.
Next it was time to check in. My friend and I were excited as we had purchased a groupon for this series of classes. I don’t expect that everyone is familiar with how groupon works, but I would imagine that if you were going to offer a groupon for your services, you would familiarize yourself with the process… this was not the case. When this became an issue, her frustration with the situation transferred into poor treatment of us, her clients.
She refused to take the electronic version of the coupon on our phones, claiming that this wasn’t proof of us actually purchasing anything. (I’m not one for trying to «steal» dance classes, and didn’t appreciate being accused of doing such– especially in front of the rest of the patrons of the class.) Then she stated that we should have read the instructions on the website that told us we had to bring a paper version. Having a smart phone, I quickly pulled up her website and verified that nowhere on the site did it say that I needed to bring a «paper» verification… When I brought this to her attention, she curtly stated that she «didn’t have time for this». We were given the option to either pay cash for the drop in fee or «leave». I gladly accepted the invitation to leave.
I have never been treated so rudely by someone who is soliciting my business. It seems to me that a better business policy would be to assume that your patrons likely HAVE paid for their classes and just ask them kindly to bring a different kind of verification to the next class. Really, what would she have lost had she let us stay? Instead, she has lost my business, my friend’s business, and I’m hoping other people will heed this warning and find another belly dancing class to attend.
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Sabrina is an extraordinary teacher and a very gifted performer! She makes it look so *easy* to incorporate a warm up, cool down, solid technique, drills, cultural context, choreography, musicality, lighthearted notes on professionalism, stage presence, homework, and detailed feedback on what to work on. Amazing!