Shakti-Selene
Shakti Selene began her middle
eastern dance career in Chicago after she studied at The Goodman School of Dance and Theatre. Her study, performance and entertainment
skills have taken her all over the world. Her passion for the dance has led her to perform anywhere from cruise ships,
to Greece, Cairo, India and Turkey. She has taught in her dance studio in Istanbul Turkey, Creative Spark in Mt.
Pleasant SC and the Habibbi Studio in Charleston, SC. Currently she directs and choreographs for AncientEchoes
which she is a founding memember. She has studied with master teachers to perfect her skills in the diversity of
the dance. Shakti has led tribal seminars in Singapore, Istanbul, Asheville, NC, Charleston SC and Florida.
She also created and developed a middle eastern dance certification program which she taught in Instanbul being of Moravian
descent her attraction for Gypsy tribal comes natural even though she is best known for her caberet performed in her bellygrams,haflas
and fundraisers.
Shakti Selene's website
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Isis fell in love with belly dancing while vacationing in Egypt. She enjoys the
beat of the music, the beauty, sensuous moves, expression of belly dance, and of course the glitzy costumes. She has
been dancing for several years and has taken workshops from Jasmin Jahal, Neena-Veena and Kathryn Ferguson. She continues
to travel thorughout the world including, Yemen, Morocco, Oman, Dubai, Jordon and Israel to enchance her dance knowledge and
to learn differnet styles and trends in belly dancing. Her favorite style of dance is traditional Turkish Cabaret, Egyptian
and Lebanese. Her repertoire includes dancing with veils, Isis Wings, cane, sword and fire fans.
Melina
Melina began exploring Middle Eastern dance in
Chattanooga TN She 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 enjoys
exploring new facets of dance, music, unique choreography, props and costume design to draw all the elements together to invoke emotions and tell stories through the dance and to engage the audiance so they become part
of the experience.
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