Providing professional, award-winning belly dance entertainment and instruction throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. ​Lara is an engaging, soulful entertainer and a gifted artist who energizes her audiences. Her devotion to the dance, love of her audiences, and exquisite artistry make her a beloved dancer, entertainer, choreographer and teacher.

Lara began her studies at the age of 3 with tap and ballet. In her teens, she discovered her mom's belly dance costumes! Inspired by and accompanied by her mom, she began her own belly dance journey. She immediately fell in love with the glamour, fun and camaraderie of the dance. As she moved through life with this dance at her side, she fell in love with its ability to fully embody, transmit and to elevate the feminine divine. Belly dance was just the gateway, though, which opened the door to Raqs Sharqi and broader studies of dances of Southwest Asia and North Africa. Since her first explorations, Lara has studied under many nationally and internationally acclaimed dance artists of origin and dance artists of renown. She has also gained invaluable coaching from her collaborations with local dancers in Seattle WA and Las Vegas NV.

Lara is a multi-award-winning artist, who now teaches beginning and intermediate Belly Dance online and in person at Kinetic Dance Academy in Lacey, Washington, throughout the Puget Sound and beyond. She is available for private and special occasion group lessons. She is also available for workshops and special event performances. You can find her at festivals, competitions, and dance seminars throughout the country and in the Pacific Northwest. 

Styles Lara specializes in are American Cabaret Belly Dance, Egyptian Raqs Sharqi, Iraqi Kawleeya, Gulf Khaliji, and Fan Veil Fusion.