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Instructor Bios
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Ayse Cerami
grew up in a Turkish American family
that loved to dance. In high school Ayse was a member of the
color guard, little did she know that her education in playing
with props and marching around in formations would come in
handy. She started learning about American Tribal Style when
she moved to the forest in the deserts of Arizona in 1995.
Her first teacher and director was Andrea McShane-Radoccio.
Moving back to Southern
California in 2000 Ayse started her own classes in Thousand
Oaks after realizing their was no troupes in the area to dance
with. In 2001 Sundara Varna was formed. Later adding on a
student troupe, Kamala Varna. Ayse now is director of her
principal troupe, She'enedra and director of the Sisterhood
Dance Collective of Ventura County, which is an open membership
group.
Still studying dance
in multiple forms, ballet, jazz, hip hop, African, Dunham
technique, classical Indian, and various folk and belly dances.
She has many muses and teachers to be thankful for. She is
a massage therapist as well as a belly dance instructor. She
is also working on becoming a certified Permaculture consultant,
to help spread sustainable design and development in the world.
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