Rennenutet Sajana Arianna Halima al Tiye' is of East Afrikan descent and hails from New York City. She began her studies in Afrikan Dance over 30 years ago, when she began studying with her mother, a former dancer, choreographer and award-wining painter. Later, Arianna became a member of the student body of dancers at Ballet Hispanco and The Alvin Ailey School of Dance. In addition to studying dance in the United States, she has researched, performed and studied dance internationally for over 10 years in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Orient, and in the Mediterranean. She is considered a leading performer and authority in her field of dance, and conducts workshops throughout the United States. Some of her dance
performance credits include: "The African Diaspora and World Conference", 2003-04 Olympics in Greece - World Music Institute, Viva Brazil - Girls from Ipanema, "Fusion": Tribute concert to Carlos Santana, Essence Awards,
"In Search of A Goddess": Inspirations of the Divine Enchantress Ruth St. Denis - Off Broadway Production.

Arianna has studied several different disciplines in the Modern and Ethnic traditions of dance, such as Afro-Brazilian, Afro-Haitian, Afro-Cuban, Congolese, Kathak, West African, Middle Eastern, Flamenco and Katherine Dunham Technique. However, her area of specialty focuses on the folkloric belly dances of North, East and Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of the studios and
schools where she commenced and developed as a dancer include: Alvin Ailey, Ballet Hispanico, Djoniba Dance and Drum Center, Dance Space, Fareta Dance and Drum Center, Harlem School of the Arts, Fazil's, Lezly Dance and Skate School, and Lotus Fine Arts Center, just to name a few.

She has been especially blessed to have studied under master teachers such as Ned Williams (Dunham Technique), Lorimeil Machado, Dr. Lygia Barreto (Afro-Brazilian), Richard Gonzalez (Afro-Caribbean), Jean-Leon Destine, Julio Jean (Afro-Haitian) Bernadine Jennings (Dance Giant Steps Magazine, Inc.), Mabiba Baegnea, Titos Sompa, Thelma Mwan Dido, (Congolese), Lamine Thiame (Sabar), Dalia Carella, Rayhana Madonna, Morocco and Elena Lentini.

But she especially accredits and gives special accolades to her mentors: Felix "Pupy"Insua (Yoruba Andobo-Afro-Cuban), Najma Ayeesha (Kathak) and Yousry Sharif (Egyptian Academy of Oriental Dance), and to renowned choreographer of North African Folkloric Dance, Leila Haddad and Fatma Laksil (Tunisia /Morocco) and to Raqia Hassan, master of Raks el Sharqi -
all with whom she studied in New York, France and in Egypt.

In 1998, Arianna al Tiye' instituted The Ethnic Dance Programme at Saint Michael Academy in New York City, in conjunction with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Dance Workshops for High School Students. She has taught Modern and Afro-Haitian Dance to teens in Germany and in France, and currently she teaches to adults the Belly dances of East and North Africa,
also known as Raks Sharqui and Beledi. As a company member, she performed with the following dance companies: Fusha Dance Company, Malaki Ma Kongo (Congolese), Oriqui Ballet Folklorica (Afro-Cuban) and with the Dalia Carella Dance Collective. She is the founder/director of the belly dance trio, Nubian Moon Daughters Dance Ensemble: Bint il Nuba and executive director and owner of Daughters of the Nubian Moon Productions and Kush Nile Lotus Treasures (Imports from Afrika, Asia and the Near and Far East). Her dance studio and Healing Meditation Center entitled, Het Rennenutet Sajana:
Temple of the Cobra Goddess Adorned is due to open in New York in 2004. Stay tuned and keep your third eye opened for further notice.