Senta offers you the best in Egyptian Dance training.  “It is of utmost importance to me that we respect and remain connected to the Middle Eastern roots of our dance form, whilst still having fun in a modern western world, and that I bring this across to my students.”

Senta

Senta Seele, the principal and director of The Maya Company, has had extensive belly dance teacher training. She has been teaching belly dance for 19 years and during that time has completed her SADTA (South African Dance Teachers Association) Belly Dance Division grades to Fellow (adjudicator) level, attended the 4th Cairo festival on dance of Egypt for teachers and professional dancers with Mahmoud Reda & Farida Fahmy, has qualified with Hadia’s Internationally recognised teacher training, attended Randa of Course in Cairo, as well as attending many workshops by local and international dancers.  Senta has travelled to Egypt 25 times to continually update her training with master teachers.
Senta is a motivational speaker and podcaster, as well as a published author of her dance-healing book “Dancing with your Skeletons” and new book “My Epic Fail Fairytale”

Senta has had the honour and privilege of training with the following teachers
Southern Africa: Wendy Beato, Anne Knowles, Irene Joannou, Natalie Clark, Tenille Lindeque, Beverley Joffe, Surika, Sanet Halck, Akasha, Mandy Lapperts, Micah van Scalkwyk, Sascha Olivier-Sampson, Minka Greef,  and many more

in Egypt: Mahmoud Reda, Farida Fahmy, Raqia Hassan, Yasmina of Cairo, Mohammed Kazafy, Nessma, Aida Nour, Farouk Moustafa, Kareem Gad, Hassaan Saber, Sara Farouk, Shahrzad, Ahmed Awedony, Ashraf Kodak, Dandash, Heba Farid, Randa Kamel, Ibrahim Elsuezi,  and more

International: Rania (USA), Tamallyn Dallal (USA), Ansuya (USA), Bozenka (USA), Karim Nagi (USA), Jillina (USA), Sandra (France), Chronis Taxidis (Greece), Maya Gaorry (Italy), Jasirah (Poland)

Competition Judging
Senta was invited to judge the 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2021 and 2023 Miss Belly Dance SA competitions in Johannesburg, along with top South African and International belly dancers. Senta was also a guest judge at the Drum Solo Queen competition in Johannesburg in 2014.

Workshop teaching
Senta had been invited to teach workshops at other dance studios and festivals, including TODF 2016, Goddess Divine Festival 2017, In Windhoek – Namibia in 2016, and more.