DanceGarden, LOS ANGELES

DanceGardenLA was created by [Zahra Zuhair](http://www.zahrazuhair.com/) and [Jenna](http://gr.pn/TIqmUs), who have been belly-dancing since childhood and have travelled the world accumulating impressive professional credits. Zuhair has trained in traditional folk and Eastern styles?including Lebanese, Turkish, Moroccan, and Tunisian?but her specialty is Egyptian belly dance, which she has studied with some of the top teachers in Cairo. She has also been featured on the cover of [_Zaghareet!_ magazine](http://gr.pn/11VzF6c) and has written, directed, and choreographed productions as the artistic director of the Ghazella Dance Company and Po Na Na Dance Theatre. Jenna acted as a goddess bellydance instructor on an episode of _Sex and the City_, and made appearances on [_The Tyra Banks Show_](http://gr.pn/TR0wut) and the Food Network program [_Aarti Party_](http://gr.pn/TR10Rp). She has also starred in several bestselling belly dance-instruction DVDs. Thanks to their more than 50 years of combined teaching experience and a talented team of award-winning [instructors](http://gr.pn/VnaBiD), the studio was named the [Best Place to Learn the Art of Bellydancing](http://gr.pn/R8xrPK) in 2012 by _LA Weekly_. The site recommended instructor Princess Farhana's "witty repartee (and Hollywood rock-scene anecdotes)," and described the predominantly female atmosphere as "always encouraging, never intimidating." The crew teaches [classes](http://gr.pn/m4u7js) including classic and tribal-style bellydance, Bollywood, and cutting-edge dance fitness such as Bellyquake and E5.