Amar Gamal began her study of Middle Eastern dance at the age of twelve with Tamalyn Dallal, and was the first student to audition for and become accepted into the New World School of the Arts High school dance program , using Middle Eastern dance as her talent. Through New World, she studied Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Flamenco, and African dance. She also trained with Antolino Alvarez and became a member of "Dance Express", his Contemporary dance company, and learned Afro Cuban dance, becoming part of "Yroko", under the direction of Elena Garcia. Amar Gamal was one of the original members of the Emerald Dreams Performing Co. since 1991, and is on the board of directors for the Mid Eastern Dance Exchange. She now resides in New York City, where she teaches classes, studies with Yousry Sharif and is a founding member of the "Bellyqueen" dance troupe Amar Gamal has danced in Haiti, Costa Rica, and traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lexington,Ky., San Francisco, and Los Angeles, Ca. to teach workshops. She is featured in the book "Belly Laughs" in some of her glamorous encounters. 

TAMALYN DALLAL

She traveled to San Francisco to attend the festival and take part in the wonderful workshops that were offered by Dr. Mo Gedawi and Ramzi El Edlibi. The eternal non conformist, she decided to enter the competition, in which there is usually a strong preference toward traditional Egyptian dance...and do something completely non traditional...A double veil, theatrical rendition of a 900 year old Arab Andalous piece played on the piano as opposed to traditional instruments, using a fusion of dance styles from new age belly dance to flamenco and modern. Ms. Dallal won and stirred up quite a controversy over what is authentic, etc. , which gave people something to talk about. Tamalyn Dallal went on to compete in the Ms. World competition of 1995, and won,doing traditional Egyptian style belly dancing. Check out her website: tamalyndallal.com