Jennifer

Jenn began dancing at a very young age of 5.  Like most little girls, she had dreams of becoming a ballerina.  Studying at Etkin-Atkinson, and doing long summers at the Dallas Ballet Summer Ballet program, she developed a love and respect for music, fluidity of movement, and body positioning.  Quickly realizing that her "female" assets were going to keep her in the teaching realm of ballet, she decided to focus on other dance forms she was in the process of learning: Jazz and Drill Team. Over the years Jenn has explored Yoga, Karate, and Tai Chi on top of her continued persual of dance.  Finally, realizing she needed a dance form that gave her more freedom to explore her feminity, her emotions, her stories...she turned to Belly Dance.  Inspired by the Star Dancers at Scarborough Faire, she began lessons at Isis and the Star Dancers Studio.  From there she was exposed to many teachers (Ashera, Margo Abo O'dell, Shareen El Safy, Jill Parker, John Compton, Heather Stants and many others)  and exposed to many new ideas, including the idea of Tribal, and Tribal fusion.  Eventually her love of non traditional music, non traditional ideas and body positions lead her to seek out Tribal Feat for instruction in Urban Fusion dance.  It was not long before she found three other like minded girls, and went on to create Visions In Dance to fulfill the gap she felt between traditional dance styles, and the dancing in her heart and visions.  We are uniquely American, a blend of all that we have been exposed to all that has touched our lives.  We dance with honor and respect for those that have instructed us, for the cultures that have inspired us, and for the people that support and believe in us.   May we create a space in time to explore all that surrounds us, with love and honesty.

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