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Crescent Lotus Dance Studio 3143 Calhoun St., New Orleans, LA 504-382-5199 or 504-905-7213 |
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| Amae has been dancing since childhood. At the age of four, Amae's mother enrolled her in ballet, tap and jazz. Amae continued her dance studies throughout her early teenage years. Eager to move to a larger city, she then moved to New Orleans. |  |
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| Being out of the dance loop for a few years, Amae decided it was time to go back to the love of her life: dance. This time she decided she wanted to try something different. Love for all things Eastern and a fascination with Classical Indian and Belly dance led her to do some research, and she found there were a few teachers to take from in the New Orleans area. | |||||
| She started classes with Megha Gavin in 2001 learning American Tribal Style Bellydance. Studying with Betty Karam in 2002 learning Classical Egyptian forms, Amae did her first Belly dance performance with "Betty Karam and the Desert Dancers" at DramaRama in the Contemporary Arts Center of New Orleans. | |||||
Around the same time Amae was introduced to Sunanda Nair, and studied Mohini Attam - a style of Classical Indian dance. In 2002, she had her first Classical Indian performance at Tulane University performing the lassical Indian dance drama Dashavatar. She also performed a folkloric piece called Jogan at the House of Blues for a Tsunami relief benefit. Amae's highlights have been performing for the Syrian and Lebanese Convention in New Orleans with the Al-Layali band for an audience of over 500, performing for the Turkish American Association, and performing for the Arts for Arts Sake with Dances without Borders. During the past six years, Amae has continued to immerse herself in exploring belly dance. She has been taking workshops all over the United States with such well-known dancers as studied with Aisha Ali, Artemis, Amaya, Amel Tafsout, Sahrah Saeeda, Morrocco, and Ansuya. Amae will be receving her Teacher training certficate from Hadia in October 2006. |
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| Amae's Contact Info: You can contact Amae at (504) 905-7213 or email her at amaedance@gmail.com. To see her performance schedule, check out her website at www.amaedance.com. | |||||