Stephanie is a newcomer and student of American Tribal Style Belly Dance. As a nurse, massage therapist and yoga practioner, Stephanie believes ATS is another body-centric practice with tremendous benefits. She loves ATS not only because it fosters balance, strength and flexibility, but because it is primary a "tribe" dance, cultivating sisterhood, as well as spontaneity in structure.

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Liv has spent her life facinated by music and dance. For the past 25 years, she's taken part in formal and informal study ranging from ballet to jazz & tap to hip hop, house & raggae to traditional African dance and even to the "goth sway." Originally attracted by the middle eastern drumming and costuming, she quickly fell in love with American Tribal Style Belly Dance. What mainly hooked her was the freedom of improvisation as well as the ability to dance with anyone who's studied the Fat Chance Belly dance volcabulary. Photo by Jeff Mason ImageWorks

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Kara joined the NYC tribal dance community 5 years ago, inspired by the beautiful dancing and drum circles she experienced at SCA events, especially at Pennsic. In 2005, she began studying tribal fusion, and became a member of the Alchemy Tribal Collective, directed by Sarah Johannson Locke of Alchemy Performance Theater a former member of Gypsy Caravan. Kara performed with the collective at Rakkasah Spring Caravan, 2008. The following year, she began studying with Mimi Fontana, Director of Manhattan Tribal, NYC's first ATS Troupe and Sister Studio. She is excited to be a core member of Tribe Hamsa. Her favorite aspect of ATS is the spontaneity and improvisation of the dance, its joyousness, and the sisterhood that group dance offers.

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