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"I already knew I enjoyed Sad'iyya's teaching style from Combination Nation Vol 2. She also had the respect of my friends Badriya and Najmat. In fact, many respected Boston-area dancers made the trek up to New Hampshire – and that speaks volumes...Sad'iyya did something that is the mark of a good workshop instructor. She created tracks of her music for each section of her choreography, allowing us to easily start from the middle or end when we were working on those parts. She also had tracks that slowed the music down. She was pretty good at keeping the workshop at a level that everyone could follow, while also adding in notes of additional things you could do if you already had the foot and hip work, like hair accents, facial direction, and "style". We got to see the whole performance at the end. She is quite the athletic dancer! She had an impressive ending pose that would take me a while to master, and I mean, a while with a bench press machine! I wanted to ask what she does to work out in addition to dance. Her style combined both Egyptian dance and jazz and ballet stylings. She is a real original, not just a good dancer – but a creative dancer.
-Nepenthe Ahlam, attended the 2010 "Shimmies are Forever" event featuring Sa'diyya in Nashua, NH

Your training and preparation are impeccable and it showed. The workshop exceeded all of our expectations.  I think your classes were highly successful and all of the attendees kept telling us how much they liked them. And what can I say about the show? Your shows were fabulous. I really think you blew everyone away, including the musicians.
-Amy Smith, Workshop Sponsor, Boston MA, Oct. '04

“It was also refreshing to meet someone who was in the limelight, getting attention for what they do, but who was also very approachable and non-diva. If she had any elite airs about her, they did not show to this attendee.” 
-Aurel, attended the 2004 Northeast Belly Dance Assoc. event featuring Sa'diyya