Crystal is a belly dance instructor and performer based in Taipei, Taiwan. She's good at Mideast oriental style, especially Turkish style. Her dancing features improvisational spirit and is recognized as both emotionally and visually appealing.

Crystal took her first belly dancing lesson in 2002, and has been performing and teaching since 2003. Every year she stays in Cairo or Istanbul for advanced training and cultural inspiration. Now she's back in Taipei with her enriched knowledge and interpretation of turkish and arabic belly dancing.

About Crystal and 1001 Nights Belly Dance School ：We provide professional belly dancing instruction and performances. We aimed at providing you a pleasant and inspiring belly dancing experiences.

belly dance courses: plz refer to the bottom of the page or through email: crystaldance@gmail.com or 0968-247-015

professional belly dance performances plz contact through email: crystaldance@gmail.com or 0968-247-015

video clips: http://www.crystaldance.net/movie/movie.htm

Belly Dance

Belly dancing is one of the dance forms developed in the Middle East, usually performed solo by a female dancer, accompanied by
certain Middle Eastern music, featuring isolated movements of individual parts of the body by moving various muscles groups
independently, with the arms and hands moving fluidly, without much notice given to the footsteps.

Impressed by the special strength and control demonstrated in the belly area in this dance, Westerners call it "Belly Dance", while in the Middle East, it is known as "Oriental Dance", suggesting it's relation with the East. However, the origin of belly dance is still uncertain. Some people believe it can be traced as far back to 14 th century BC of Ancient Egypt, as portrayed in the tomb painting of the time. Some people believe it's first brought to Egypt by Indian temple dancers, and then transformed and spread to other Middle Eastern areas. However, it is recorded and witnessed that belly dancing is performed in Sultan's palace during the Ottoman Empire (13th~20th century).
* For more information of belly dance history and category, please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellydance

To experience belly dancing with Crystal and her 1001 Nights Belly Dance Studio, please refer to the following class schedule:

~Turkish Belly Dance~
General Belly Dance
Tuesday 1:00~2:30pm with Crystal
Wednesday 1:30~3:00pm with Crystal
Thursday 7:00~8:10pm with Crystal
Friday 7:00~8:10pm with Sayun
Saturday 1:00~2:10pm with Crystal
Tuition：3400NTD/8 lessons (90mins) ,2800NTD/8 lessons (70mins) for Crystal instructed lesson.
2400NTD/8 lessons (70mins) for Sayun instructed lesson.

Special Features
Tuesday 7:00~8:30pm with Crystal (featuring Shimmies)
Thursday 8:20~9:30pm with Crystal (featuring Shimmies)
Saturday 2:30~4:00pm with Crystal (featuring Walking Shimmy and Choreography)
Tuition: Thu's 3200NTD/8 lessons, Fri's lesson 2500NTD/4 lessons, Tue's & Sat's lesson 3600NTD/8 lessons)NTD

Private Lessons
Tuition:2000NTD/hr

~Other Dances ~
African Dance
Monday 7:00~8:10pm with Vivie http://www.crystaldance.net/class/africandance.htm
Thursday 5:40~6:50pm with Penny (starting from 5/14)

Indian Classical Dance：KATHAK from North Indian
Wednesday 3:30~5:00pm with Joyce http://www.crystaldance.net/class/kathak.htm

Master YOGA!!!
Friday 9:00~10:30pm with Rasa (instructed in English)

(For enquiries and registration please email to crystaldance@gmail.com or call 0934-180928

STUDIO LOCATION：

1001Nights Studio:
5F-2, no.176, sec.1,ChungXiao East Road.,Taipei City (MRT Shandao Temple Station Exit 5, intersection of HungChou South Rd.)
TEL：(02)2322-3873 OR 0968-247-015 (plz leave a msg if nobody answers)
working hr: Mon~Fri 18:30~20:30 Sat 11:20~13:30