Jasmine
Jasmine first opened her dance studio in Las Vegas in 1975. After 33 years, she still finds teaching a joy and a challenge. She started my dance training at the age of 3 and still continues to learn by attending dance seminars throughout the United States. Jasmine teaches tap, jazz, ballet, and, of course, belly dancing. She has performed on both East and West Coasts and in Las Vegas, on Broadway, in Europe and the Middle East. She has choreographed productions such as "Jesus Christ Superstar", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Keepers of the Golden Chalice", and many belly dancing shows and dance recitals.
Jasmine has been a advocate and organizer in the Las Vegas community. She has sponsored many well known artists including Horacio Fuentes, Bert Balladine, Zahra Zuhair, Fatima Al Wahid Sonia, Jillina and so many more artists.
Her love for belly dancing started with her love for Ancient Egypt. She is enchanted by old scrolls and hieroglyphics. As dance is her first love, it was so natural to look at ancient drawings and visualize their movements and intent. The sounds of ancient instruments filling the air at festivals and special events for the performers can be intoxicating for her soul.
Jasmine's first tour of Egypt was in 1980 where she danced, studied and took in the energy of the landscape and ancient dwellings. She has been back to Egypt many times and she comments that she is "still awestruck at the power yet simplicity of the ancient peoples of Egypt."
For Jasmine, belly dancing is the freedom to be at one with movement, space and music as well as to illicit feelings of joy and excitement from the audience. Belly dancing gives Jasmine the opportunity to be creative and share that creativity with others. Jasmine feels that belly dancing is a very personal experience and uniquely your own, and that each each performer has their own unique gift to share through movement. There is no right or wrong way to belly dance, ONLY YOUR WAY.
Jasmine formally closed the doors to her studio in 2008, but is still teaching at local venues like the Reed Whipple Cultural Arts Center. Her class schedule can be found at http://www.atozdance.com/. She can be reached at (702)285-9531 (cell) for A-Z Dance.