Thankyou to all of my wonderful students, friends, and family for making World Bellydance Day happen in Prince George B.C.!! We had an amazing show this year and raised much needed funds for Elizabeth Fry Society!! Thankyou to all who attended

Sandra Tanemura (Halawa)

Halawa runs the uber-successful Zahirah Middle Eastern Belly Dance School in Prince George. She has taken Teacher Training Level I with international master dancer Hadia and has trained with a variety of excellent teachers including Nath Keo, Saboura, Xanthoula, Yasmina Ramzy, and Bozenka.

The Zahirah Middle Eastern Belly Dancers have successfully competed in the Prince George Dance Festival and recieved top honors for their enthusiastic and exotic art form. The choreographies written by Halawa are award winning year after year.

Halawa's passion in life is Middle Eastern Belly Dance. Teaching classes at a variety of locations both local and internationally, designing and making costumes, performing, and her crown jewel - the anual student Gala. Each year end after the students have worked extremely hard to perfect the sensual moves of this dance, Halawa, with the help of her wonderful students hosts the Zahirah Middle Eastern Belly Dance Student Performance Gala. An event that boasts over 250 guests, buffet dinner, and a variety of performers from the beginner to the advanced.


Recently Halawa was given the opertunity to perform in the 2009 production of Ashra featuring world renouned Bozenka. This amazing production was to celebrate Nath Keo's 10th anniversary in Middle Eastern Bellydance. Dancing in the McPherson Theatre in Victoia, B.C. was a dream come true for Halawa as it put her talent and this beautiful art form on the same stage as the National Ballet.