joined on 06/20/06
last updated 01/04/08
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about me
My career is in clinical laboratory science and I work at UVA Med Center in the Molecular Diagnostics Lab.
Although my career is in science, I have always been involved in the arts...both music and dance. I play the piano and have studied ballet and jazz starting at age 13. About six years ago, I took my first bellydance class and have been hooked ever since.
Shareen El Safy
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At last...this weekend, for the first time, I actually "got it". What I mean is that I'm finally beginning to understand what it means to immerse yourself in the true classic Egyptian style. Shareen El Safy was an incredible teacher and a powerful...
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Raqia Hassan
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I stand in awe of Raqia's dedication and commitment to preserving and teaching Raq Sharqi. She gives tirelessly and with such patience, and sometimes even while recovering from an injury as she was this weekend. This weekend's workshop in MD was ...
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Workshop review...Virginia!
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Wow!...Virginia (of Miami) is awesome! If you ever get the chance to take a class with her, I highly recommend it. Sometimes you come away from a workshop feeling like you maybe got one or two things out of it that you would actually use or practi...
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Merry Christmas
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Wishing all my friends on tribe peace and love at Christmas and always!
Jaylah
Jillina workshop
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I've always admired Jillina's beautiful dancing. Her style and personality really bring the music to life. And her workshop yesterday did not disappoint. She was warm and friendly, very supportive and encouraging to all of us. We learned lots of c...
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At last...this weekend, for the first time, I actually "got it". What I mean is that I'm finally beginning to understand what it means to immerse yourself in the true classic Egyptian style. Shareen El Safy was an incredible teacher and a powerful woman. Just when I thought there can't be that many more ways of moving, boy did she prove me wrong with three pages of material. We started with the basics of how Egyptian dancers execute certain movements, which muscles they use and how they rele...
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I stand in awe of Raqia's dedication and commitment to preserving and teaching Raq Sharqi. She gives tirelessly and with such patience, and sometimes even while recovering from an injury as she was this weekend. This weekend's workshop in MD was her first after her recovery from a foot/ankle injury and you could see that it still bothers her at times. She didn't make us work quite as hard as she did last year, and we took more frequent breaks. But despite that, we still covered three short c...
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Wow!...Virginia (of Miami) is awesome! If you ever get the chance to take a class with her, I highly recommend it. Sometimes you come away from a workshop feeling like you maybe got one or two things out of it that you would actually use or practice. But Virginia's class was chock-full of new moves, combinations, traveling steps and transitions. She did teach a beautiful (and difficult) Egyptian Oriental choreography, but in the process we learned so many new combinations that I can use in my...
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Wishing all my friends on tribe peace and love at Christmas and always!
Jaylah
Sat, December 22, 2007 - 6:54 PM
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I've always admired Jillina's beautiful dancing. Her style and personality really bring the music to life. And her workshop yesterday did not disappoint. She was warm and friendly, very supportive and encouraging to all of us. We learned lots of combinations to use in our own choreographies and she encouraged us to "make it your own" by adding to it or changing the arms, the expression, etc. I really loved her attitude that each dancer has something unique to offer and to really put thought i...
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