Instructors for TFF-2025
Pixie Fordtears
Pixie Fordtears is a fusion belly dancer from the Bay Area, in CA! With a captivating blend of belly dance, waving, hip hop, and yoga, her unique style is a mesmerizing tapestry of movement. She has had the honor of performing alongside renowned acts such as Beats Antique and House of Tarot. Her collaborations with these influential groups have further shaped her artistic vision and expanded her depth as a performer.
Silvia Salamanca
Silvia Salamanca is an internationally acclaimed performer, choreographer and instructor from Mallorca, Spain. A life-long dancer, she graduated at the age of nineteen as a major in ballet and performed professionally as a modern dancer in major Europe festivals with the contemporary dance company of the University of Barcelona.
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She started her career as a belly dancer in 2001, when realizing the enormous benefits that this art-form brings to women in both body and soul.
Devin Alfather
Devin Alfather is a multidisciplinary dancer currently specializing in Theatrical Fusion Raqs Sharqi, Theatrical Circus acts, and other world Fusion dances. This notorious noodler is a multi-award winning dancer and choreographer.
She can't wait to share her brand of strange and unusual works with you, dear audience.
Drake von Trapp
Drake von Trapp is a belly dance historian, researcher, teacher, and performer, recognized for his pioneering research on male belly dancers in the U.S. He holds a BA and MA in Dance, a post-master’s in Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies from Texas Woman’s University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Performance Studies at UT Austin. His biographical and archival work on male belly dancers has sparked thoughtful discussions about history, femmephobia, and Orientalism. Presently he is working on a biographical project of Bert Balladine, the father of American cabaret, as part of a larger genealogical project of formative male figures in US belly dance history.
Aya
Aya is a Fusion Style dancer with over a decade of dance experience and learning. She is a current active member of the Renaissance Faire Troupe Hands of Fatima, the Texas Salimpour Collective and April Rose's Cohesion Collective.
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Her constant experience with group performance has lead to a level of versatility and knowledge in the mechanics of dance.
Donna Cunningham
Donna Cunningham has been sewing clothes and costumes since she was ten years old. These days she spends lots of time designing and creating costumes that look elegant on all shapes and sizes of dancers. She currently owns DC Designs & Illustrations, as well as Donna’s by Design.