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Ashtalea “Ashtalea’s performances are crisp, sensual, intelligent and Humorous. Her Choreographies show both traditional and modern influences in Mideastern dance.” --Kathryn FergusonAshtalea’s love for dance began at the age of four. She has studied ballet (both Russian and French methods), jazz, tap flamenco, Mexican folkloric, modern dance and Middle Eastern dance for a brief time during her preteens. Middle Eastern dance found its way back into her life in 1992. Thanks to pervious dance training, belly dance came very naturally to her. She has studied with many notable teachers such as, Raqia Hassan, Suzanna Del Vecchio, Elena Latini, Eva Cernick, Dalia Carella, Morocco, and the list goes on… however, the majority of Her training came from Kathryn Ferguson (Miss Ferguson still remains her favorite performer and teacher).  Not only did Kathryn train Ashtalea to be a performer but trained her to be a teacher too. Ashtalea was a member of Miss Ferguson’s Xanadu Middle Eastern Dance company from 1996-2003. During her years as a Xanadu dancer she had the honor of dancing with famed musicians, Georges & Elias Lammam, Souhail Kaspar and Naser Musa. She has performed in restaurants, night clubs and shows in AZ, CA, NM and NV. She has taught workshops all over the southwest including "Julianna's Winter Frolic" in Albuquerque.
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