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performance t a X i m
taXim is a bellydance showcase in Eagle Rock featuring live music and different dancers with special guest stars that happens on the first Friday of every other month. Jenna hosts this popular event with DanceGardenLA Bellydance studio co-owner Zahra, and usually performs, too!
More info on future taXim events and photos of past events here!

Friday June 11, 2010

SPECIAL GUEST ROXXANNE SHELABY!

with dancers Akire, Amar, Masa, Alexandra Samuel and more....

Live Bellydance Music by Saffron Parade Arabesque Band!

When: 7:30 pm doors, 8:00pm show PLEASE do not expect to come in before 7:30 - but do arrive on the early side if you want to be sure to get a seat.
Where: Studio Iqaat, 3515 Eagle Rock Blvd.;Los Angeles CA, 90065
Parking on street or dirt lot adjacent to studio
How Much: 15$ admission includes light refreshments & snacks - 1$ discount if you bring your own reusable cup or mug!

performance Belly Dance Party at the Jade Apple Yoga Studio
..Sizzling Summer Shimmies at Jennelah's bellydance party! Featuring live percussion & some very special guest dancers including Jenna! Casual & mellow!
When: June 19, 9 - 11pm
Where:THE JADE APPLE
10502 Magnolia Blvd.
North Hollywood, 91601
How Much: Music, dancing, wine & brownies...all for only $10!

workshop Classic Bellydance Choreography : Laylet Hob
Learn Jenna's original choreography to the Oum Kalthoum classic as rendered by the "Andelus Ensemble" on the CD compilation "10 Songs Every Bellydancer Should Know". Jenna will break down the complete choreography chock-full of steps and combinations in her lyrical signature style!

When: Sunday July 25, 1:30 - 3:30
Where:DanceGardenLA in Atwater Village, Los Angeles California
How Much: $35 by April 19, 2010, $40 thereafter.
Online registration is open at www.DanceGardenLA.com

Armenian American/ Generational Portraits of a Family :
Art Opening at SHOW gallery, New York
Artist Patrizia Vignola displayed her latest works produced with the JPMorganChase/COAHSI Arts in Our communities ReGrant, focusing on the Immigrant/Refugee experience. Alongside these newer portraits were her large-scale portraits of bellydancers, including one of Jenna (pictured below). Jenna's former bellydance student, Stefania, graced the opening with 2 bellydance performances.

Jenna's portrait by Patrizia Vignola hangs aside new works at SHOW Gallery

IN THE BOUTIQUE...

Bellydance: The Next Level Instructional DVD Trailer on YouTube
Check out Jenna's latest instructional DVD for bellydancers. This intermediate/advanced DVD is now available for purchase. You can see more information and order in our boutique!

Instructional Bellydance DVD for Beginners
"Bellydance Basics and Beyond" is now available for purchase! Visit the boutique for more details....

Instructional DVD for dancing with the drum solo
"The Heartbeat of Bellydance" is now available for purchase! Bellydancing for Fortune & Fame companion CD is also available now! Visit the boutique for more details.....
: : "I recently bought your video, The Heartbeat of Belly dancing. I LOVE IT!!!!. I have a lot of videos of famous dancers but yours is my favorite!!!
You explain everything so nicely, makes it soo easy to follow and you are an amazing dancer too!!! " -R.W., Texas

WEBSITE & MEDIA UPDATES
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Jenna on Tyra!
Jenna was recently invited on to the Tyra Banks show to teach a lovely mom some bellydancing moves to show off to her Palestinian husband! You can check it out here in Los Angeles on the MY13 channel at 5pm on April 10 2007. The episode runs 2 weeks later in Manhattan, please check your local listings. You can see the video clip on Jenna's MySpace site! (Thanks, Claudia!)

Jenna Reviewed in The Chronicles: A Belly Dancer's Oasis
Jenna received a lovely review of her second workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the July 2007 issue of The Chronicles Magazine. The article, authored by Celine, who maintains an informational website for NM belly dance, can be viewed here.

Jenna is interviewed for "The Hip Circle",
a new webzine for bellydance enthusiasts and professional bellydancers.
Jenna discusses her move to Los Angeles, and comments on her experience in the West Coast belly dance world thus far.

Jenna is cast in an episode of MadTV
For a comedy sketch, Jenna portrays one of Barker's bellydancing beauties on a middle-eastern themed spoof of 'The Price Is Right" (see photo to left) Aired 2/13/05.

Jenna Coaches "Salomé" Lead Jessica Chastain
(Theater run has finished, now in production of 'Salomaybe', the companion docu-drama)
Jenna has been intensively training actress Jessica Chastain for her climactic dance performance as Salomé,
opposite Al Pacino, opening mid-April at the Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles. The show,
directed by Estelle Parsons, is a reprise of Pacino's Broadway performance starring Marisa Tomei,
who, coincidentally, was coached by a mentor of Jenna's, Serena of New York!

"Jessica Chastain, who plays Salome with fervor and grace. She is as beautiful as the part calls for, with hands like
white butterflies and feet like little white doves, and her Dance of the Seven Veils (done with one veil, to preserve the austerity of the production) is lovely, sensual, and captivating." -Cynthia Citron

Goodbye, SERENA