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JADE, Bellydancer / Santa Monica

thedancingbody@gmail.com or (323) 535 3794

Jade holds an MA in Women's Spirituality, and an MFA in Performance from New College of California. Her eclectic dance background includes extensive training in Release Technique, Contact Improv, Middle Eastern, Hip Hop, North African, Persian, Jazz, Central Asian, and Modern dance forms.

She danced with Aywah! Ethnic Dance Company under the direction of Katarina Burda from 1996 to 2003. In 2005, she began dancing with Ballet Afsaneh, Sharlyn Sawyer's Persian and Central Asian Dance Company. She has performed with such well known tribal bellydancers as Mira Betz, Elizabeth Strong, Zoe Jaques, Miriam Peretz, Wan Chao Chang, and Rachel Brice.

Her choreography credits include Thought Pocket (Yumble), Low Hanging Fruit & America's Next New Anchor (Drama Mamas), Wake Shop Die Love America (Emerging Choreographers Open Showcase), Knowledge On My Back & 14 Times in Two Weeks (Experimental Performance Institute), Blindspot, F.I.N.E., & The Importance of Being Sexual… or Not (Teens Teaching Through Theater), I Dream Reality & Operation Cool (Conservatory Theater Ensemble).Jade holds an MA in Women's Spirituality, and an MFA in Performance from New College of California. Her eclectic dance background includes extensive training in Release Technique, Contact Improv, Middle Eastern, Hip Hop, North African, Persian, Jazz, Central Asian, and Modern dance forms.

CLASSES WITH JADE: Jade teaches Tribal Bellydance Fusion class for beginning and intermediate students weekly in the Santa Monica, California area. Folkloric and tribal-style moves, innovative choreographies, isolations, shimmies, foot-patterns, posture and musicality will be addressed. Classes are held in Santa Monica -- Drop-ins welcome!

For more information please contact Jade at thedancingbody@gmail.com or call (323) 535 3794.