Tribal fusion &
Traditional style bellydance
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Mixed-level format - progress at your own rate. Beginners focus on Level 1 movements and advance to Level 2 as you improve.
Tribal Bellydance fast moves get your heart pumping to exotic world-beat grooves. Lucious Tribal slow moves, undulations, and stretches increase core strength and flexibility.
Supportive, friendly atmosphere. All skill levels welcome from beginner to performer.
about the classes
Natasya's
classes combine the best of the west (musical count and movement break-downs)
with the soul of the east (improvisation and music interpretation). Natasya's students learn Traditional
Near Eastern Style, American Tribal Style, Modern Tribal Fusion, and some "old school Cabaret".
Beginner
/ Level 1: Learn basic universal bellydance movement and traditional Near Eastern rhythms, combinations for tribal style group dance. Focus on correct posture and body alignment. Basic Zills (finger cymbals). |
Intermediate
/ Level 2: Focus on perfecting traditional zill rhythms and deepening your understanding of near eastern music. Layered and complex movements. Group improvisation. |
Advanced
/ Level 3: Musical interpretation for solo and group improvisation. Polish performance skills and develop poise. Advanced movement combinations. Advanced Zills (finger cymbals). |
natasya katsikaris
performance & teaching credits
Las Vegas Bellydance Intensive
Portland Community College
City of Ventura
Ojai Department of Recreation
Ventura Community College
Loma Vista Middle School
Kajira Djoumahna's Tribal Fest
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Ojai Day
Ventura Art Walk
City of Ventura 4th of July Street Fair
Ventura Bellydance Festival (founder & producer 1999-2004)
Equinox Tribal Bellydance Festival (founder & producer 2002-2004)
Vesselo Festival (Eugene Oregon folk dance festival)
Various Multi-cultural events at Ventura and Oxnard schools
University of California, Santa Barbara
(UCSB)
Middle Eastern Music Ensemble
Ojai Pirate Festival
Santa Barbara Renaissance Fair
Olivas Adobe Music Under the Stars
about natasya
A second generation Greek-American, Natasya grew up learning the
music and dances of Asia Minor Greeks. She first studied bellydance
with Alexandra King and performed with the U.C.S.B. Middle
Eastern Music Ensemble (1991-93). After two years with the Ensemble,
Ms. Katsikaris began her professional career dancing in Greek and Arabic
restaurants. She was a featured dancer at Ventura's Greek at the Harbor
for 7 years (1996-2003).
In 1999, Natasya opened fusion studio, Ventura's first and only bellydance
studio. She sponsored the first American Tribal Style workshops in Southern California with Kajira Djoumahna in 1999. She produced the first Bellydance Festivals in Ojai and Ventura (Ventura Bellydance Festival 1999-2004 and Equinox Tribal Bellydance Festival in Ojai 2002-2003). She has taught hundreds of bellydance students. Natasya
lived in Portland OR from 2004-2007. She and her husband, Daniel currently live in Ojai, CA and perform at events throughout Southern and Central California.