Mona N'wal

Mona has been involved in dance since she was 8 years old. In her early 20's, she started Middle Eastern Dance (aka bellydance). Other than Middle Eastern dance, Mona has had training and performed in ballet, Javanese Court Style, Eastern European Folkdance and theatre. With over 30 years of experience in Middle Eastern dance, Mona teachs and coaches at all levels and performs for any occassion at just about any location. She has been an assistant director or director of several dance troups, guest choreographer for MED troupes and several local youth dance groups, taught seminars and workshops and worked in clubs and restaurants. Stylisticly, Mona is Pan-Middle Eastern (Turkish, Egyptian, Greek, modern fusion and theatrical styles and props of every sort)

Mona currently teaches levels 3 and 4 on Mondays at MMDC and the Wisconsin Union Minicourses on Thursday evenings.

Arielle Juliette

Arielle Juliette started middle eastern dance in 2004. Previously, she had four years of hip hop dance. She quickly became enamored and dedicated herself to the art form. She started assistant teaching with Mona N'wal in 2006 and began teaching her own beginning level classes in 2007. Arielle currently teaches Basics of Bellydance through Level 2b.