🌟 Getting ready to shimmy at the Ohio Bellydance Festival! ✨ It’s the ultimate celebration of dance with amazing local talent and fabulous guest teachers! Can’t wait to share sparkles, swords and Shimmies with ou fellow dancers!
Our Instructors
Athena
Athena is a Columbus, Ohio based professional belly dancer who specializes in performing at luxury events and accessible dance classes. She began her belly dance education as a child, but her passion for Middle Eastern music and dance has continued into adulthood. ​
Her dazzling performances and fun teaching style has led Athena to performing and teaching from the local Columbus area to international events. She is a multi-award winning dancer who is known for an enchanting mixture of mischievous and glamourous. With over a decade of professional performance experience, you can trust her expertise in making your event special.
Her personalized teaching approaches cater to the needs of students at various skill levels, from weekly classes to festival workshops. Her goal is to create a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals interested in learning the art of belly dancing. As a teacher, her goal is to empower you to be the best dancer you can be.
Angie Never
Angie Never is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable teacher who has been sharing her passion for movement with students of all levels since 2002. She strives to offer students a sense of empowerment, an awareness of their bodies, and a glimpse of the divine within each one.
She is the owner and creative director of Sacred Shimmy Studio in Groveport,OH. Her group has been performing for festivals and events for many years, sharing their unique earthy dance form with precision and grace. Fans are delighted to see their mesmerizing movements in syncrenicity and soulful connectivity.
Noura
Noura has been a dedicated professional belly dancer for many years. Originally starting her dance career in tap, jazz and aerobics, after discovering bellydance, she knew she’d found her passion. From then on out she studied with Legends such as Dahlena, Serena, Morraco, Suhaila, Ergallis, Zahra Zuhair and many many more..
Noura worked with an entertainment company for years, dancing daily for birthday parties, anniversaries and corporate events etc. From there she branched out creating her own company with her husband, “Bellydancers for Birthdays” where she performed daily for 20+ years. Noura was the featured performer with the Kakias Family Band, Performing at nightly supper clubs such as “The Agean”, “Fisherman’s wharf” and “The Brown Derby”. As well as festivals and private events.
. She has taught many various workshops over the years, including teaching for The Ohio State University and Ohio University. She has also earned the Governors award for Artistic Endeavors.
Anastasia
Anastasia grew up surrounded by the Bellydance world. Her father played Greek and Mediterranean music nightly for bellydancers and party goers, and she was right there with him. Mother, Noura, is a professional bellydancer, as well as godmother Zingualla and Uncle, Ergallis.
The Beautiful Grecian Bellydancer took the stage professionally at age 18, dancing four shows every weekend at Mykonos Taverna as their featured performer for 8 years, performing to a live band.Immediately following the closing of Mykonos, Anastasia was hired for bi-weekly performances at Kan-Zaman supper club in Cleveland OH, where she performed for 5 years, until the pandemic. She continues to perform annual festivals and events.
She grew her family during the following pandemic years, and began teaching weekly classes. She has grown to become an event producer and teaches many workshops each year. With 10 years of tap and jazz dance training in a classic dance school, She also took private lessons with her mother regularly in the house. Since becoming a professional bellydancer, Anastasia travels for workshops every year in order to expand her dance knowledge and explore the Bellydance universe.
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