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Zafia ~
Barb Ferrill Van Hoy
Barb began
studying Middle Eastern dance in 1998 and immediately fell in love with
this joyously expressive dance form and its cultural and
historical roots. She has primarily studied Egyptian Raqs Sharqi
style and learned American Tribal Style belly dance from FatChanceBellyDance
in San Francisco in 2003. She has studied with a dozen different
teachers including Carolina
Varga Dinicu, aka Morocco
(New York), Carolena
Nericcio, director of
FatChanceBellyDance (San
Francisco), Souhail Kaspar
(Los Angeles), Eva Cernik
(Denver), Joynan (Denver), Isidora (Pueblo) and Mahisha (Colorado
Springs).
Her dance
education includes seminars in Persian and
Kurdish folk dances and
classical Indian dance (Bharata Natyam). Her interest in the context of
this dance form has led to her independent study of the history and
culture surrounding dance in Spain, North Africa, the Middle East, and
Central Asia. She has danced professionally at Moroccan restaurants in
Colorado Springs and professional stage shows.
Her dance repertoire
includes sword, cane and veil dances,
and she is a skilled finger cymbal
player. She began teaching in 2001 and currently teaches American Tribal
Style and Egyptian Raqs Sharqi belly dance in Colorado Springs.
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