Welcome to BellyArtist Dance in Murfreesboro, TN

Learn the art of performance, sword, fan, and skirt dancing thru the lens of community-based dance. 

If you enjoy learning, crafting, dancing, music, books, travel, and building friendships... then I want to meet you!

Meet Abby Sol:

Originally from Middle Tennessee, I have studied BellyDance since 2004, performing with bands, at conventions, in festivals and music videos. I have studied a variety of styles and consider myself a lover of dance, specifically any dance that brings community together. Through weaving my interests in Tribal Improv/ Fusion, Egyptian, Folkloric, Romani, Persian, Flamenco, and Latin dances, I hope to connect dancers together through the language of movement.

I have completed the following programs to continue my dance education:

• Certified Level 1 Teacher of Global Caravan Tribal BellyDance
• Certified Global Caravan Tribal Grooves Instructor
• Dance Cohesion Stage 1 Teacher

Influential teachers along my path:

• Nichole Hanna - World Fusion Bellydance
• Najmah Nour - Flamenco Arabe
• Misha Cain-Nell - Global Caravan Tribal Bellydance Master Instructor
• April Rose - Raqs Sharqi and Frame Drum/Finger Cymbals
• Miriam Peretz - Nava Style Persian/Doira Dance
• Danielle Elizabeth - Baksana Folk Fusion Improv and Finger Cymbals
• Amir Etemadzadeh - Persian Frame Drum
• Marla Leigh - Frame Drum

It is my intention to encourage students to discover their unique talents and creativity while building the confidence to share it through dance. There are so many styles and teachers of dance to experience. I can teach you the basics but the rest is up to you. I believe that through dance, people can learn to accept and love themselves. Discrimination free zone.

New dancers, experienced dancers, non dancers, bad dancers, shy dancers, geeky dancers... All are welcome!

Take A Class

In Person with Abby Sol - Murfreesboro, TN

Drop-ins $15 for 5 week session = $75, (can accept payment thru PayPal or Square)

Paid in Full, $12 for 5 week session = $60 (can accept payment thru PayPal or Square)

Wednesdays

7-8pm at 7Crows (IG @7crows.tn)

2333 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Suite E. Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Next 5 Week Bellydance Series starts: (see link below for 2026)

Register for class at https://bellyartistdance.square.site/take-a-class

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PAST PERFORMANCES

• MTSU Performing Arts Company, Bi-Annual Show (2005-2013) 

• Private Party for songwriter James Slater - Nashville, TN (2006)

• Bella Belly Show - Knoxville, TN (2006)

• Alexander King Show - Memphis, TN (2006)

• Theaterical Production of Something Happened on the Way to the Forum - 

  Arts Center of Cannon County - Woodbury, TN (2007)

• Devil Went Down to Georgia Show, Atlanta GA (2010)

• Celebration of Dance Festival - AL (2010)

• 100 Yr Shriner Celebration - Montgomery, AL (2010)

• GMX w/ Ashadi - Radaisson Hotel - TN (2010 - 2012)

• Bellypalooza - Atlanta, GA - (2010)

• Shriner’s New Years Eve Party - Gallatin, TN (2010)

• Flow Camp Festival - KY (2011 - 2014)

• BDSS Club Bellydance Show - opening act Rocket town, TN (2011)

• Prompacolypse, Cannery Ballroom - Nashville, TN (2011)

• Tennessee Renaissance Faire w/ Ashadi - Arlington, TN (2011)

• Tribal Con - Decatur, GA (2012 and 2013)

• Various shows with bands: Ashadi, ThunderBear/Arkitect, Aeronauts in Nashville, TN (2010-2014))

• Nashville Quarterly Tribal Revival, TN (2012-2014) (4)

• Lexington Burlexpo, KY (2014) (Salsa) (Bellydance)

• Lexington Latin Festival, KY (2014-2015)(Salsa)

• Lexington Woodland Arts Festival w/ Mecca Studio, KY (2014, 2015)

• BourBon Restaurant w/Mecca in Paris, KY (3) (2014-2015)

• Cosmic Charlie’s w/ KY Burlesque Society (2) (2013-2014)

• Jerrod Niemann - The Journey to High Noon YouTube Promo, Sony Music Nashville, TN (2014)

• Theatrical BellyDance Festival, New York, NY (2016)

• Gainesville Art Festival w/Hip Moves, FL (2016-2019)

• FL Bay Area Belly Dance Competition, Amateur Ensemble w/ Golden Goddess, 2nd Place 2017

• FL Bay Area Belly Dance Competition, Pro Ensemble w/ BellyArtist Studio, 1st Place 2018

• FL Bay Area Belly Dance Competition, Pro Ensemble w/ Golden Goddess, 3rd Place 2019

• Gainesville Latin Festival, FL (2017-2019)

• Trinity Latin Festival, Ocala, FL (2017)

• Dance From The Heart, Tampa, FL (2017)

• Reilly Center Cultural Arts Festival, Ocala, FL (2017)

• Ocala Artwalk, FL (2016-2018)

• Shimmy Mob Benefit for Domestic Abuse Shelter, Gainesville/Ocala (2015-2019)

• Ocala Spring Dance Festival w/Marion Co. Ballet, FL (2016-2018)

• Florida Tribal Showcase, Orlando, FL (2016)

• River City Raqs, Jacksonville, FL (2016-2019)

• Marion Co. Feed the Need Benefit/Havana Nights, Ocala, FL (2017)

• Silver Springs Community Spring Fling, FL (2017-2019)

• Ocala Chilli Cook Off, FL (2017)

• Fiesta Festival, Ybor City, FL (2019)

• Hoggetown Medieval Faire Bellydance Competition, Gainesville, FL - 1st Place Ensemble (2020)

• Red, White, and Blue Festival, Ocala , FL (2020)

• Dance showcase to benefit Butterfly Moments Womens Center, Clarksville, TN (2024)

• Dakinitri quarterly Kinzas at Fait la Force Brewery, Nashville, TN (Apr, Nov 2025)

• Fenrir Viking Festival, Emminence, KY (2024)

• Tennessee Renaissance Fesitval, Arrington, TN (2025)

BellyArtist Studio at the Red, White, and Blue Festival - 2020

Class Descriptions

BellyDance Basics - Dance Cohesion® format

Movement, music, and history. Classic raq sharqi and fusion styles. Through deliberate practice of technique drills, you will learn the basics of simple and elegant isolation, vibration, and undulation-based movement. With level-up options, the exercises are infinitely scalable toward greater richness and complexity. As you progress through the stages, you will learn phrases and combinations which can be arranged into choreography or structured improvisation.

Drumming - Dance Cohesion® format

By playing Middle Eastern rhythms on the frame drum and learning to identify the qualities of various instruments and standard songs, you will intimately acquaint yourself with the music that has typically accompanied raqs sharqi. To know this music and to be able to play some of it yourself is incredibly empowering and aligns you with the skills of dancers who originally developed this art.

Global Caravan (T) Belly Dance® Level 1 -

Begin your Troupe Improv BellyDance journey with the basic foundation of movements in our vocabulary, We will introduce you to zils (no dancing with them in this level) and discuss the concepts of dancing in formations with your dance family.

Open to all. No prerequisites required. BellyDance Basics class recommended for over achievers.

Global Caravan (T) Belly Dance® Level 2 -

Continue with the next level of your Global Caravan training. Learn more zil patterns, try out formations, and expand your movement vocabulary. Open to those who have completed Level 1.

Choreography Class -

A four week class teaching a choreographed dance piece. Three Rehearsals included with price of class series.