Closed in Oct 2024 The Sofian Studio at 29 w.15th St was established in 1972 and offered instruction in traditional Arabic, Turkish, and North African styles, from Beginner to Professional levels. Classes encompassed all aspects of Oriental Dance -- finger cymbals, music and rhythms for the dance, veil work, floor work, costume making, structured improvisation and choreography.

...a gifted and caring teacher...all kinds of women come through her studio, living proof that this oldest dance link to our maternal heritage still has much to offer women of all ages and types.  (interview with Anahid in Gestures of Genius: Women, Dance, and the Body, by Rachel Vigier; Mercury Press, 1994)