this is a GREAT question! i'm so glad you posted it. and i'm so curious to hear more feedback from folks around it.

If it's for an on-line resume, i like the idea of actually listing dates, or periods of time, like a normal resume would do:
i.e. from 2002-2005 studied with so-and-so. From 2007-08 studied with so-and-so. Sticking to facts is good. I doubt any teacher would take offense if you're honest about your training with them. And i imagine they would be inspired to know that you are inspired by what they offer to this world! The tricky part, indeed, would be--i imagine---if you misrepresent your education with them. But there is a difference ( i think) in saying: I am inspired by so-and so-.. or 'she continues her study of bellydance by taking workshops from so-and-so whatever chance she gets." than saying 'her whole bellydance knowledge and technique training is from so-and-so.."if you've only actually had 2 workshops with the person in your whole life. :)

I know the problem is often times it all overlaps. For example, right now, this fall, i am actively mainly taking classes and focused study with Zoe Jakes, and Suhaila Salimpour, as well as teaching my own classes/workshops, and as always, going back over stuff i learned from past workshops i'm taking. (Plus, some other dance classes thrown in when i can. ) This past spring and summer, I would say i was actively studying with/taking classes and workshops from Rachel Brice, Mira Betz, Mardi Love, Zoe Jakes, FCBD.......as well as being influenced a lot by those people who i was most closely collaborating with, performing with, or teaching with, i.e. Rose Harden, or in some sort of a creative process with, or weekend dance camp experience with. As well as other classes i take periodically when i am in their towns, and who i am inspired by: for example: Heather Stants, Aubre. There was a 5-6 year period of time in my recent life when i was in Djun Djun & then UltraGypsy, and therefore studying intensively with Jill Parker. Although i definitely took lots of other dance workshops from other teachers during that time, and classes in different genres, outside of bellydance that have definitely influenced my style of dance, i would feel very comfortably saying that during that long chunk of time (consisting of weekly rehersals, classes several times a week, regular performances, etc) , Jill Parker was my main teacher. My foundation of Tribal Fusion bellydance technique and my point of reference for this art form was greatly influenced by those years and experiences. That is a chunk of time/life that i might put on my resume as a block chunk, with years/dates.

I think it's all in the languaging. You can say that you're inspired by... so-and-so.. .Or that your style is inspired by your teachings from so-and-so... .. or perhaps that you continue your study with x, y, z, people.

There is a huge difference if someone has taken a few workshops from someone, vs. if they have years and years of training under someone, or have studied with them for extended period of time.

And then, there is the question of : well, at what point do you own it as your own? how do we take all of the study, learning, inspiration that we get from our teachers, credit them accordingly for their contributions and guidance, and then create our own 'something' from it, that is uniquely yours, and an authentic expression of who you are? The teachers that i am most drawn to (in dance, in yoga, in life) and that i most aspire to learn from are those who fully embody their practice. Who find a way to make it their own, let their own style come through, and add their own spice or style to it. (vs. just cookie cutter copying someone else.) For me, that is the scarier part and the more vulnerable part in the dance, b/c you have to put more of yourself out there on stage, in classes, etc. :)

I'm actually thinking of totally re-writing my bio to have it be more about what is it that I am offering? Yes, who have i studied with and danced with over the years, who am i most inspired by? Who do i credit as my teachers? but also: Who am I as a dancer? What do i want to share? what is my contribution to this art form and this movement?

hmmm...food for thought. :)

I typically list those dancers from whom i've taken workshops or master classes as exactly that on my dance resume. Under Education I have a Trained/Studied under section with the teacher names and associations (so-and-so of the Suhaila S. company, so-and-so formerly of the Martha Graham Company, etc) as well as Workshop/intensive/Master Class section with dates.

I haven't experienced much need for the reume since folks from various dance worlds tend to be pretty ignorant of heavyweights in the other spheres and my students generally are completely new to ALL dance. but there have been a couple venues that wanted a dance resume.