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About mePaulette Rees-Denis has been a local and international cutting edge dance force since 1991, with her innovative and inspiring style of dance—Tribal Belly Dance. Based in Portland, Oregon, Paulette teaches and performs at home and around the globe, while directing her performance dance and music group, Gypsy Caravan Dance Company; managing her world dance studio, Caravan Studio. She produced Tribal Quest NorthWest, the fivc-day international music and dance festival for six years. One of the founding members of this quickly spreading dance style—more than just a a craze— Paulette has an ongoing teaching itinerary in Scotland, England, Germany, Italy, Canada, Taiwan, and Australia, as well as across the United States. Paulette currently writes a monthly travel international e-newsletter—Tribal Travels.
From 1998-2003, she published a quarterly journal, Caravan Trails, and in 2005 had a monthly dance column in Jareeda Magazine. She has written belly dance articles and been interviewed for dance magazines— Jareeda, Zaghareet, and Habibi, England’s Tribal, Germany’s Tanz Oriental, and Australia’s Bellydance Oasis—as well as Portland area newspapers and magazines. Along with her troupe, Paulette has been featured in numerous books, including The Tribal Bible and The Bellydance Book, and on the Bellydance TV/ DVD series. She graduated in 2007 with a Master’s degree in Publishing and Writing from Portland State University. Having recieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1983, she also self-published a limited-edition photography
book, Skin Stories, in 2000. Rees-Denis has directed award-winning videos and DVDs, including eight international best-selling teaching technique DVDs and four performance videos, along with seven musical CDs. Her documentary, Tribal Travels, about Gypsy Caravan’s
experiences and performances (June 2005), won “Best Historical Documentary” from the Giza Academy Awards.
With Gypsy Caravan, she has won awards for “ Troupe of the Year” (twice), “Favorite Musicians” (twice) from the Zaghareet Magazine Golden Belly Awards, “ Best Choreography for the Camera” from the International Academy
of Middle Eastern Dance, and “Best Troupe”, and “Best Entertainment Video” from the Giza Academy Awards.

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