Our Mission
Belly Dance New England (BDNE)'s mission is to promote and support the New England belly dance community
by publishing regional news, event information, and instruction/class information in an easy-to-use and consumable format.
Our Goal is to unite dancers across state lines...
- KELVIA
(Owner, Financial Sponsor, and Artistic Director of the New BDNE Network)BDNE provides a single gateway for such information and encourages sharing among community members to increase the success of community and dancer-sponsored events. Educational and editorial articles and podcasts are also provided in an effort to enrich and support the dance community. BDNE is committed to the growth and diversity of the New England belly dance community and does not discriminate on basis of color, creed, sex, or dance genre.
BDNE is an online resource to the dance community. Our goal is to unite dancers across state lines, by keeping them informed on workshops, festivals, class listings, & events. We wish to empower our subscribers with educational resource to help enhance their journey within this art form.
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Our Team
ALIZAH
Belly Dance New England founder of BDNE est. 1998Alizah Afet (Amy Smith), Belly Dance New England founder of BDNE est. 1998. She ran the network as a magazine until that became obsolete.
Then she began to transition the network into the largest marketing platform across state lines. In 2019 when she retired and sold the network to the Middle Eastern Dance Academy of CT.