Halaleh has been performing since the age of 10, in choirs, plays, orchestras, dance pieces, and even the Eisteddfod. She has been involved in the goth scene since 1997, and is a regular Whitby Gothic Weekend attendee. She has a particular interest in the Victorian goth look and corsetry.

Dance Teachers/Workshops

• Najmes – Suhaila Salimpour Method
• Babs Phoenix – Arabic Dance
• Jo Wise – Belly Dance
• Heike Humphries – Black Sheep Tribal Belly Dance
• Sylvia Zalas – 'Gypsy' Dance
• Domba! – Tribal and Bollywood
• Michelle Pender – Tribal
• Caroline Afifi – Ghawazee
• Dawn O’Brien – 'Gypsy' Dance

Inspirations:
Sisters of Mercy, Nine Inch Nails, Evanescence, Staind, Iron Maiden, Offspring, Inkubus Sukkubus, Manuskript, Emma Conquest, The Damned, and my Weird Sisters.

Greatest Belly Dance Ambition: To choreograph a piece to Nine Inch Nails' 'Closer' and be allowed to perform it in public!