Yasmine, who has an extensive background in ballet, tap, jazz, & Middle Eastern dance, is the studio owner of Mid-East Dance by Yasmine in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Yasmine spent much of 2004 touring with the Bellydance Superstars performing in major cities around the United States as well as Barcelona, Spain and after touring teamed up with Master Tabla Player, Issam Houshan in offering Drum & Dance workshops. Yasmine's distinct performance style referred to as "Cutting Edge Cabaret" and dance curriculum in Middle Eastern Dance are supplemented by Suhaila Salimpour's Level 1 format. Featured on the cover of the May/June 2007 issue of Zaghareet, Yasmine also appears in IAMED's Bellydance-O-Rama volume 3 DVD. Yasmine hosts several workshop and show events in the Charlotte, NC area & is currently teaching seminars throughout the U.S.

Yasmine & The Magic Hips Dancers are a professional award nominated Mid-East Dance troupe based out of Charlotte, NC under her direction.  She was nominated in Zaghareet’s 2003 Golden Belly Awards as Best Kept Secret, as “Instructor of the Year” in 2005 and featured on the cover of Zaghareet Magazine's May/June 2007 issue.  As one of the Southeast's most popular performers at restaurants, festivals, special events and gala shows, her group has been nominated for Troupe of the Year in Zaghareet’s 2005, 2006 & 2008 Golden Belly Awards. Yasmine & The Magic Hips Dancers along with Yasmine's student troupe, The Beledi Beat Dancers, perform together as The Jewels of the Caravan each year at The Carolina Renaissance Festival and have been awarded as one of the Best Dance Troupes of 2007 by the 3rd Annual Renaissance Festival Awards.   Sirrom welcomes Yasmine to Houston, Texas!