About the Instructor
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Colleen first attended belly dance classes in 2000 and fell in love with it immediately. She remained with her first teacher, Karen Jasmine, for 4 years, until leaving her hometown of Nelson, British Columbia. She performed at several events and taught workshops to seniors and groups of all ages before moving. In 2003 Colleen also discovered Ballroom and Latin dance, and specifically became passionate about east-coast swing dance. She taught classes and did demonstrations with her dance partner Eli Bell for a several months before leaving Nelson, and has since taught private lessons on and off. Colleen moved to Alberta in 2004, married in 2006, and had children in 2007 and 2008. During these years she took a break from teaching dance but continued to enhance her skills (and have lots of dancing fun) independently. In April 2008 Colleen and family moved to Kentville. In April 2009 Colleen started up Belly Dance/Middle Eastern Dance Classes in Kentville. In August 2009 Colleen attended Oriental Dance Level 1 Teacher Training, with Hadia, a world renowned, master instructor and choreographer. Hadia has been doing oriental dance for over 30 years, and was also the first instructor to Karen Jasmine (Colleen's first belly dance teacher). |
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