My Profile - 'Amunet'

Many Bellydance performers and teachers choose to take a stage name.   When I first started to perform I started to think of one but it had to be a name that would mean something to me.  I choose the name Amunet after a high priestess of Hator -  the ancient goddess of love.  Amunet was one of Hator's preiestesses and in 1891, archeologists discovered her mummified remains near Thebes.  She had lived sometime between 2160 BC and 1994 BC.

Amunet’s mummy was very well preserved, and her body clearly displayed tattoos of lines and dots tattooed on the arms and thighs. She also had an elliptical design tattooed below her belly button. As I have a very distinguishing tattoo myself I felt the name was well suited.

I have been training for over 12 years in Egyptian Bellydance and  I continuously work on defining the different styles I perform.  I am a trained JWAAD Teacher and I perform Egyptian Classical, Baladi and Folk dances.  I also perform Turkish Gypsy, Flamenco-Arabic Fusion, Bollywood and Hula.

For the last 10 years I have taught regular classes here in Galway City and Workshops around the country.  I have trained students from complete Beginners to Intermediate Dancers, some of these now perform  and teach themselves.