Female

Margaret Dees
Founding & Emeritas Member of Khalila Ahlaam

Marjana began taking instruction in the American Tribal Style of dance in 2004 in Jacksonville, Florida. In 2005, she performed with a student troupe regularly at regularly at local venues. In 2006, Marjana joined the ATS troupe, Khalila Ahlaam. Khalila Ahlaam is dedicated to understanding and performing the ATS style as originally conceived and as evolved by Carolena Nericcio of Fat Chance Bellydance and Megha of Devyani. She and her troupe members have all been General Skills certified in ATS with Carolena Nericcio in 2007. Recently, Khalila Ahlaam members have branched out in to new opportunities. Marjana is now dedicated to ATS and bringing this wonderful community of dance to others.

Marjana is an accomplished violinist and is currently learning arabic and middle eastern string technique to enhance the performace capabilities of her troupe. In addition, she is a student of the doumbek. She currently teaches a children’s tribal dance class to K-5 girls at the Riverside Children’s Arts Center in Jacksonville, Florida. Her teaching philosophy centers on a holistic approach to learning tribal dance including the simultaneous instruction in doumbek, finger cymbals and dance moves/improvisation in order to create a more well-rounded dancer from the earliest instruction