This belly dance workshop I attended was specifically on shimmies and Leyla Jouvana taught us every type of shimmy under the sun. Leyla Jouvana’s knowledge on shimmies ranges from classical hip shimmies that originate from the knees, to hip shimmies that start from the gluteus (in Suahila Salimpour’s style), to ¾ shimmies, layered shimmies, shoulder shimmies and also some unusual and funny shimmies, such as eyes shimmies and more….
What I like
d during Leyla Jouvana was not only her knowledge on shimmies, and the fact that this belly dance workshop was very energetic, but also Leyla Jouvana’s personality. She is a lovely person, very nice and you can tell that she really enjoys teaching belly dance and she has genuine fun during classes.Leyla Jouvana and her husband Rolando (a drummer who plays during her classes and performances) are based in Germany (although Leyla Jouvana is originally from Yugoslavia), where Leyla Jouvana teaches belly dance in her studio for oriental dance.
Leyla Jouvana and Rolando will also run workshops during the next International Belly Dance Congress in September 2009 in the UK.
