About Galit

Israeli born Galit has been teaching and performing Bellydance for over a decade. Galit trained with some of the world’s greatest Bellydance masters amongst them Raqia Hassan, Aida Noor, Yousri Sharif and many more. In the UK Galit trained with Josephine Wise. She got her teacher’s diploma from JWAAD and is now one of JWAAD’s teachers training team.

Galit’s passion for dance encourages her to keep training and explore other forms of dance that she incorporates into her Bellydancing adding an edge to it which is unique to her. Her dance and movements have been recorded using advanced motion capture technology for the virtual online community secondlife

As a performer Galit’s presence is mesmerising, versatile and very original. Her flare for drama adds narrative and humour to her performance which has become her trademark. Those who have seen Galit on stage, know to expect something different and original.

Galit has performed in many different productions; Egyptian Moonlight, Fantasia and Jewels of the Nile - to name a few, her verstility got her a part dancing in the production of the Opera 'Djamilla' at the Royal Opera House in London

In 2001 Galit has created ‘The Shisha Dance’ using the Shisha as a prop. Galit is the first Bellydancer to use the Shisha in that way on stage. The dance was so well loved and Galit was constantly asked to teach it at workshops that in 2005 she produced a tutorial DVD for the Shisha Dance making it available to all.
A desire to bring Bellydance to everybody has prompted Galit to produce her 2nd DVD ‘A Course in Bellydance’ a tutorial double DVD and CD for anyone who wishes to learn Bellydance which she made in collaboration with musician Tim Garside.

Galit’s solo show Bellylicious was created in 2007 with a view to expose a wider audience to the dance. Bellylicious is a Bellydance cabaret show with a difference in which Galit demonstrates with great passion and much humour what it's all about using short commentary between numbers to put her message across. Truly entertaining this show is unlike any other Bellydance show past or present.

In her classes (as on stage) Galit is great fun and offers a high technical standard. She has a unique ability to draw the best out of her students and has great respect for her students’ own skills and dance style which makes her a truly inspiring teacher.
Being a performer herself, Galit encourages her students to perform and puts on a students show ‘Bellydance Extravaganza’ on a professional stage every year at the end of July.

Email Galit at info@galitmersand.com or
phone 07957 636 151

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