My dance process
I teach dance since 1998. I dance since my childhood, but my path brought me also to the studies of Tai Chi and Shiatsu which deepened my understanding about the inner world of the body. My dance is going through ongoing progress thanks to my interrests about different dance cultures as well as Contemporary dance technics.
I begann with modern dance in Prague at VUS UK in 1986. After the revolution in 1989 I have moved to the USA where I begann to explore the Eastern dance cultures and martial arts. Returning back to Prague, opening a dance studio Zambra in 2002, I felt the need to explore the East and Romani roots more authenticaly - in the places of origin. That desire brought me to a research in Morocco, Turkey, Balkans, Hungary, Slovakia,Japan, India, Uzbekistan and Iran.
In the present time, I feel the need to resolve all the informations in my intuitive dance - a fusion of all those wonderfull dance steps, which are now my inspiration. I also have a need to integrate my visual art and music passion into my dance process. I have finished my studies at Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in New York which deeply progressed my teaching method and understanding of the Body-Mind and other relationships. Currently I am taking part in the Dance Therapy program in Prague.
Years of collaboration with a master percussionist Hearn Gadbois , choreographer Sashar Zarif, dancer Niki Constantinidu as well as my love for a Sufi poetry has shifted my dance work into a several integrated areas: artistic, ritualistic and therapeutic.