About DeAnn Hamilton and Tribal Elements DeAnn Hamilton is a life-long dancer. She was classically trained but also ventured into several ethnic dance styles. She discovered belly dance in 1982 and never looked back. Since then she has had a love affair with this body friendly dance form that provides great exercise as well as an avenue for joyful expression. In 2003, DeAnn saw inFusion (a Seattle tribal belly dance troupe) perform at Hasani's Hafla in the Tacoma area. She was smitten and dove into tribal, studying with a passion in Seattle with Sharon Moore, co-director of inFusion. Knowing that she wanted to bring tribal to the South Sound, she decided to focus on teacher training with Paulette Rees-Denis, director of Gypsy Caravan in Portland, and became certified through her program in 2005. DeAnn continues her education, taking weekly classes in Seattle with Sharon and attending tribal workshops throughout the Northwest. DeAnn is a joyful teacher who encourages her students to learn tribal at their own pace while having a fun time exercising and making new friends. DeAnn's Level 3 class enjoys dancing at local haflas and fairs around the South Sound. She is also the director of ION Tribe, a professional performance troupe in Olympia, WA.