Aksana Danilava
Aksana Danilava– An international professional dancer, teacher, and choreographer. Born in Minsk, Belarus, currently lives in Portland, Oregon, USA.
A great and upbeat entertainer, she can be found dancing in Middle Eastern restaurants and parties throughout the Pacific Northwest and sometimes traveling with Jillina's Bellydance Evolution productions.
As a professional diver from childhood, she was trained in gymnastics and trampoline acrobatics. Later she studied different dance forms including Flamenco and Indian classical and folk dance. Currently, she is a personal trainer, coach, and fitness instructor. Her focus is on Barre, flexibility, and strength formats. This lends a strong athletic quality to her energetic and expressive performance style.
For the last couple of years, Aksana has been intensely studying a variety of Modern Belly dance styles -including regional and folkloric dance styles of the Middle East and was mentored and working privately for 3 years with Ruby Beh in developing her unique dance style. Auditioning and becoming a Dancer for multiple Jillinas BellyDance Evolution theatrical productions! Aksana developed a love for theatrical Belly dance style and props. Her current addiction is working and dancing with veil poi and glow poi.
Her passion for the dance has made her a lifelong student continuing to pursue new styles, music, and modes of expression.
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