Marjan (Belly Dance)

Marjan is a performer, choreographer, and instructor who found her love of dancing at age three in her birthplace of Venezuela. Her experience with ballet, jazz, modern dance, and a variety of Latin music styles led to regular performances on popular Spanish-language televisions shows such as Sábado Gigante, El Show de Cristina, y Premios Lo Nuestro a la Música Latina while she lived in Miami, Florida. Her talent and love of belly dancing was showcased when she won second place in the prestigious Queen of Raks Sharqi competition (Dallas, 2006) which draws Middle-Eastern dancers, judges, and celebrities from New York to Hawaii and more than a dozen foreign countries including Egypt, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Korea. This rich history has significantly influenced the traditional Middle-Eastern dance that Marjan studies, teaches, and performs.