Belly Dance Florida: Organizations

Resources

This page lists other sources of information that may be helpful to people interested in the dance in Florida. It includes info about other websites as well as local organizations, clubs, newsletters, and the like.

[Panhandle] [North] [Central] [Southwest] [Southeast] [All or Multiple]

If you know of information that should be added or updated in this list, please let me know.

Panhandle

Belly Dancers at Florida State: a student organization whose mission is to spread spread awareness on and off campus of Middle Eastern culture through the art of belly dance.
Gulf Coast Middle Eastern Dance: a Yahoo! group for those interested in Middle Eastern Dance (belly dance) events, shows, and classes in the Gulf Coast (from Louisiana to Florida).
Tallahassee Belly Dancers: a Yahoo! group with a self-explanatory title.

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North

North Florida Belly Dance: Facebook group for the region.

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Central

American Belly Dance Club: For dancers of all levels in Brevard and surrounding counties.
The Lakeland Bellydance Meetup group is for Lakeland area dancers, to share the joy of belly dancing.
The Orlando Belly Dance Meetup group is for anyone interested in knowing about all things bellydance-- beginners, professionals, drummers, and even the just curious.
The Tampa Bellydance Meetup group is to bring bellydancers in the Tampa community together, and to promote this art form and help bring cultural awareness to our society.

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Southwest

PURE Sarasota: a chapter of PURE.
The SW Florida Bellydance is a meetup group providing an online resource for bellydancers and students to meet others, find classes and events, etc. in Naples and nearby areas.

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Southeast

The Broward Belly Dance is a Meetup group for teachers, students, musicians, and all those who just love belly dance and music in Broward county.
The Miami Bellydance Meetup group meets to talk about everything bellydance. Meetings might include speakers, music, or videos.
The Palm Beach/North Broward Bellydance Meetup group aims to connect among dancers, network and grow; to learn, dance, and enjoy your experience with the art of belly dance.
South Florida Belly Dance: Facebook group for the region.
St. Lucie County Belly Dance: a Yahoo! group for belly dance students in St. Lucie and the surrounding counties.

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All or Multiple

Anti-Cancer Belly Dancers, a common-interest group; started in Southeast Florida but not intended to be region-specific
Belly Dance Florida: Facebook group adjunct to this web site.
Bellydance Workshops in Florida: Facebook group; name should be self-explanatory.
The Dance Magazine of Florida: promoting, supporting, and preserving dance in Florida (publisher is a belly dancer, although the mag is for all forms of dance)
The South Florida Bellydance Meetup group is focused on group events from Orlando to Miami.
YIP Podcast, "Your source for all things bellydance!", is based in Orlando. (Does not appear to have had recent activity, although the page is still there.)

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