Welcome!

Cris! Basimah is an award-winning belly dancer, teacher and choreographer based in Santa Barbara, specializing in dance styles of the Middle East and Latin cultures.

Trained in classic and modern ballet, Middle Eastern Folkloric and Oriental as well as Latin dance styles, Cris! mixes a wide variety of techniques to produce entertaining, educating and often innovative performances and choreographies.

Cris! is the Dance/Artistic Director for the UCSB Middle East Ensemble and The BellyDance Land (BDL) Dance Co.  She  performs regularly at Santa Barbara’s Middle Eastern Restaurant Zaytoon, where she’s been a house dancer for over 14 years. Cris! and her dance company can also be hired for private and corporate events.

For information about upcoming shows,  group classes, workshops, private coaching, and general events please head to bellydanceland.com.

Here you can head to  some interesting articles and news about the world of belly dance and many other related-subjects to Middle Eastern culture, dance and music (coming up!). More articles about a few other favorite subjects of Cris! will be added this year. Stay tuned!