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Originally Posted by taheya
Absolutely Liza and Suheir! The crazy thing is that people seem to view all teachers as 'professional' which is clearly not the case. For instance to dance at some venues you have to be 'professional' but what qualifies you as such...that you teach!!
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It is far more important important to have the inclination and ability to teach when you are setting up as a teacher not to have the desire to put the tag professional up against your name as a belly dancer. When I fill out my forms and have to state my profession, I am a retired schoolma'am not a professional bellydancer even though I may have a roll of 25-30 bellydancers, teach private lessons perform the odd paid gig, organise haflas and other events and edit a magazine. There are very few here in the UK who make a living at belly dance and even they have to a lot more than either just teach or just perform.