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Meet our dancers...

DEB (Lulu), Director
FCBD^® General Skills & Teacher Certification, September 2011.
FatChanceBellyDance^® Sister Studio, March 2012.
American Red Cross CPR Certified.

Deb's love of dance was sparked in 2006 after seeing a performance of the Bellydance Superstars. Initially trained in Egyptian Cabaret, Deb found herself most drawn to the earthy style and engaging group dynamic of American Tribal Style^®. She received her FatChanceBellyDance General Skills and Teacher certifications from Carolena Nericcio and Megha Gavin in September 2011, and was honored to become a FatChanceBellyDance Sister Studio in March of 2012.

MELANTHIA, Assistant Director

Melanthia began studying bellydance in order to properly be in-character for a Halloween costume, fell in love, and immediately decided to continue learning the dance. Having studied Cabaret and Tribal Fusion with teachers across the U.S. since 2006, she began learning ATS in 2011. The subtle communication between dancers and strong, feminine movements of ATS drew her in and she loves belonging to this tribe of women. She also researches, performs and teaches the vintage American bellydance of the 1960's and 1970's. Visit her website MelanthiaBellydance.com for more information.

ANGELA

Angela took her mother-in-law’s advice and gave bellydancing classes a try in 2006, and is so glad she did. She found this dance form to be a wonderful form of expression and exercise. She danced her way through an entire pregnancy and jumped back into it to get into shape soon after her son was born. Angela discovered American Tribal Style in 2009, when she saw TerraNova Tribal perform at the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market and was immediately smitten with the grace, strength, and elegance of the ATS vocabulary. She began taking classes with Datura as soon as she could and has been dancing with TerraNova since 2010. Angela continues to study and enjoy bellydance in its many forms by reading, watching, and learning from other dancers whenever she can.

JASMINE SHEA
FCBD^® General Skills & Teacher Certification, September 2011.
FatChanceBellyDance^® Sister Studio, September 2012.

Jasmine has enjoyed a diverse dance background since childhood, participating in many musical theatre productions in and around her hometown. It wasn't until 2003 during her junior year of high school that Jasmine was exposed to bellydance, and she was hooked from the very beginning. She began her training in cabaret style bellydance through Amira Dance Productions in Wichita, KS, which continued until 2006. Upon her relocation to the Fayetteville area in 2009, Jasmine felt a strong pull to resume her dance studies. She found American Tribal Style bellydance and was totally transfixed with the poise, power and presence of the dancers. She began learning the style from TerraNova Tribal and fell irrevocably in love with improvisational bellydance. The themes of unified movement, elegance, groundedness, strength and spontaneous artistry resonate deeply with her. In September 2011, Jasmine reached a long-held goal by receiving both General Skills and Teacher certification in American Tribal Style bellydance from the style's originator, Carolena Nericcio, and in September 2012 became an FCBD Sister Studio.

SASHA

Sasha's mother started her in ballet at age 7 because of her propensity to fall down, hoping it would help her find some grace. She's still clumsy off the dance floor, but dancing has become one her life's passions. She's studied ballet, tap, jazz, modern, ballroom, Latin, and bellydance. Recently she's fallen in love with competitive ballroom and American Tribal Style bellydance and is ecstatic to have joined the sisterhood of TerraNova Tribal.

ANSLEY

Ansley saw her first bellydance performance as a freshman in college and was instantly mesmerized by the dancers' movements. It took her another four years before she built up the courage to begin studying the dance form. She took her first class in the summer of 2010 and instantly fell in love with the strength, beauty, and earthiness that makes up American Tribal Style. She continually seeks out further information to learn and grow as a dancer.

TERRANOVA ALUMNI

DIANA
2009-2011
FCBD^® General Skills & Teacher Certification, September 2011. FatChanceBellyDance^® Sister Studio, December 2011.

JESSICA
2011

DATURA (Director Emeritus)
2009-2011

AMETHYST MOON
2009-2010

KEVANA
2009-2010

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