Sharon Moore

Sharon Moore is a passionate tribal belly dance artist who devotes her energies to instructing, performing, and costume design. With a lifetime of study in various forms of dance and theater, she finds tribal belly dance to be the most rewarding performance art she has ever encountered, and has made it her life's work. Sharon enjoys fusing modern sensibilities and aesthetics with classic dance forms, consistently pushing the limits of modern belly dance artistry to create an upbeat and empowering form of personal expression to entertain her audiences.
She has studied with many instructors spanning diverse styles of Middle Eastern Dance and related ethnic dances of the Romany Trail, as well as modern forms of dance expression. This diversified approach to her personal study has developed in her a deep respect for all interpretations of this ancient dance form, inspiring her to incorporate these eclectic influences into her uniquely blended style of group improvisational and choreographed performance and instruction.

Sharon is co-director of the professional performance troupe, inFusion Tribal Belly Dance, and directs her student troupe, Shaia Tribe - Wild Tribal Belly Dance, who perform at artist-friendly venues around the city. Sharon is highly active in the Seattle belly dance community, producing and performing at local events, organizing workshops and other educational opportunities in the Seattle area, and maintaining several informational web sites. She loves to travel to other parts of the world, and has taught workshops around the US as well as internationally, including being a featured workshop instructor and performer at two of the world's largest tribal bellydance festivals: Tribal Fest and Tribal Quest Northwest.

For her "day job", Sharon is the owner of Mandala Tribal--specializing in hand-made tribal costumes and accessories, as well as a wide selection of tribal and fusion music, books, videos, and much more. She also enjoys web and graphics design on the side. Oh, and somewhere in there, she finds time for her wonderfully loving and supportive husband, Chris, and their two dogs, Gretchen and Loki.

Articles on Gilded Serpent by or about Sharon (or Mahirima):
12-12-00 A Metmorphosis Before My Eyes by Sharon/Mahirimah
"I know I never could have danced and studied eight hours a day for 4 days straight without the energy and passion for the dance which surrounded me each day."