Background

As a lifelong practitioner of belly dance and performance in its various forms, Russya has a vast reservoir of experience from which to draw. In choosing to focus on the beauty of Oriental Belly Dance she has followed a path, which has led her on an adventure throughout the shows, festivals and performances of Europe, The Middle East and Australia and allowed her to work with an amazing array of talented artists from all walks of life. Russyas passion for dance is probably best illustrated by the path of her various performances ranging from traditional belly dance to theatrical stage shows and cutting edge multi media performances, being a dancer as well as choreographer and director. A lifelong journey and the search continues... and led her to create the yearlong orient-dance-art stage performance training.

In successfully managing to combine a professional understanding of the anatomy of human movement with the elements of dance, which form such a big part of her life, Russya has developed a truly individual style of teaching and sharing knowledge. The essence of which is which is helping and guiding others on their own personal search for perfection.

Things such as contents and grandeur in the dance, discipline in training, clear teaching concepts, clean dance techniques, advancement of the dance in relation to modern functional concepts became important than just repeating traditions.

She is known for her articulate dance style, ranging from classical and theatrical performances to modern and traditional belly dance shows & looks back on years of experience of being on stage; she thrives for quality and professionalism in every aspect of dance As a teacher she is also well known for her ability to convey not only dance techniques, a feeling for music, and zest of life, but also personality and self-confidence. Russya is a hard taskmaster, but endowed with a great deal of empathy she always manages to challenge and bring out the best of all her students.