ANCIENT ECHOES

ABOUT US

	Shakti-Selene is the director and choreographer for AE. with Gypsy Rumanian Background. Shakti teaches in Charleston, South Carolina and in Istanbul, Turkey. During 2005, she taught a workshop on American Tribal dance in Singapore and in Istanbul.
	Isis has been bellydancing for 8 years. She grew up around her moms dance studio in New York. She began to dance after a trip to Egypt. Her musical choice is Tarkan and Medzeke. Her favorite props are golden wings and cane.
	Bianca has been studying bellydance for 3 years .She enjoys caberet style dance.Her favorite music is Turkish and she also works with on stage drummers.
	Aini reigns from Miami's Southbeach and brings all of it's sizzle to her Egyptian style  cabaret bellydancing.Aini was born in Mexico City and has half arabic background (ancestry) . Aini goes to Egypt to to live for some seasons and between she takes Courses and Seminars for her Continuing Education on this respectful dance and bring it to all the women who has been dream about to be a Belly Dancer. She competed in the 2006 Ahlan Wa Sahlan competion in Cairo.Congrat's Aini! Check out Aini's Aerobic Bellydance CD's perfect for Belly Dancing and Aerobics classes, available at :http://www.cardiomixes.com/cardiobellydance.html or to know more about her go to: http://www.cardiomixes.com/aini
Sahariah Sahariah has been bellydancing for 4 years. She is inspired by middle-eastern music and its culture. Her music interests are Solace, Asena, and tabla drum solos, as well as Egyptian. Her favorite dance styles are Medzeke, Tribal, and Egyptian. She likes to add mystery to her dance with an exotic flare. Her favorite props are veil, sword, cane, and zills. Sahariah hand dyes her own silk bellydance veils, and sells them on Ebay.	Saoirse has been dancing for 6 years after stumbling upon a class and an inspirational teacher in Salem,Oregon. She wanted to share that elated feeling to as many women as possible and taught beginning dance in her hometown of Crystal Lake, Illinois. For three years she challenged them with new routines each week including veil work and preparations for on stage performances.  Her favorite rhythm to play on the zills is Beledi but she will dance to anything!
Melina Melina has been with Ancient Echoes since she returned to her native Charleston in 2005.  Her style  favors the more expressive Turkish and Lebanese forms of belly dance as well as American tribal-fusion.  She particularly enjoys veil work and drum solos. Inanna studied and danced with Nadirah Dance Company in Salisbury, NC four years prior to moving to Charleston.She also danced with Jawharah Tribal Dance troupe for one year during this the time. She moved to Charleston, SC in April 2007 and now dances and studies with Shakti-Selene and the Ancient Echoes Belly Dance Troupe.Inanna loves the art and expression of all forms of belly dance however, prefers the more traditional and earthy tribal dance.	Mahira Sarafina Originally from Austria, Europe. Sarafina came to The United States of America two years ago and discovered Belly Dancing at a Christmas Party at work.She started studying Belly Dancing since March 2006 with Shakti-Selene.Her favorite Belly Dance preferences are: Veils,Sword and Fans.