I have studed and performed bellydance for over fourteen years. My teachers and exemplars include Malia de Felice and Amina Goodyear. Over the years I have enjoyed workshops with Cassandra, Dalia Carella, Delilah, Farida Fahmy, Jillina, Morocco, Nadia Hamdi, Hossam and Serena Ramzy, Rashid Salama, Shareen el Safy, and Suhaila Salimpour.

My dance style and costumes include Egyptian cabaret and beledi and Tunisian ethnic as well as American bellydance. I balance the sword, clay water pot, and shamadan.

My long years as a serious musician--Western classical, Scottish traditional--have enhanced my understanding of dance as "visual music." I am also the daughter of a teacher of Martha Graham's technique and create original choreographies. I teach beginning and intermediate Bellydance For All Bodies.

Shauna Picket - Gordon