Miz LaFontaine

Miz LaFontaine (Michelle) has been a professional Bollywood & Bellydancer for 9 years. She has also been choreographing her own performances, teaching weekly Bollywood classes, and performing with her professional dance troop Sundari Bollywood for more than two years. Michelle has performed for companies like Boeing and Microsoft.  She has also performed with her group for private Indian weddings, fundraisers, at the World Beat Festival, Portland’s India Festival, and Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle, Washington and MORE.  

Cassandra Rose

Cassandra Rose is the owner of Bellywood Dance Studio LLC. She is a professional performer, instructor, and multiple troupe director in the Pacific Northwest. Bellywood Dance Studio is Cassandra’s home away from home, where she teaches weekly classes, private lesson and host’s workshops. She teaches beginning to advanced level students, including both traditional and fusion styles.  Cassandra Rose attended Western Oregon University’s Dance program. She is certified in “Journey Through Egypt” part 1 &2, and the “Tribal Massive 2017.” She has studied with many instructors from the Middle East, including Egypt, Turkey, Greece, and the Persian Gulf. Cassandra is a blossoming business owner, who continues to educate herself about Middle Eastern Dance, encourages her students and troupes to strive for excellence and to help build a stronger dance community through the sisterhood of the Rose Empire. Cassandra's love for this art form continues to burn deeply by sharing it with others, whether it’s teaching, discussing or performing, belly dance is the love of her life and the Rose Empire is her legacy. Weekly Classes: Daytime Drills, Belly Dance Fundamentals and Technique, Intermediate and Advanced Belly Dance Technique and Shimmy Strength.

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Stefanie Knowlton

Stefanie is a certified yoga teacher and award-winning belly dancer. She is a professional soloist and member of the dance troupe Eternal Sands under the direction of Cassandra Rose. Stefanie fell in love with belly dance and Middle Eastern music nearly five years ago. She finds joy in performance, and she is grateful to share that joy with others. She began a yoga practice more than 20 years ago and last year decided to branch out into teaching. She graduated a 200-hour teacher-training program through Indigo Yoga in 2017.  

Jessica Amos

Hello! I’m Jessica Amos. I want to live in a world where everyone knows how valuable and worthy of love they are. Always
As a meditation teacher, I am regularly featured on Insight Timer, the #1 meditation app in the world, and internationally known for my TEDx Talk about healing anxiety through presence and self-connection.
When I’m not writing, recording new meditations or teaching classes in Salem, Oregon, you can find me watching movies that make me cry + laugh in equal measure, taking obscenely long walks (is all day ever too long?) and planning my next escape from the internet.
I'D BE HONORED IF YOU'D JOIN ME AT MY NEXT CLASS!