Atheena! International Belly Dancer

Atheena's Performance Schedule

*** Atheena performs at John The Greek Restaurant at least 4 times a month. Located at 16602 San Pedro in San Antonio, TX. Check out her Performance Schedule at http://profiles.yahoo.com/arabicdancer

YOU CAN WATCH THE ATHEENA SHOW EVERY SATURDAY & TUESDAY @ 3PM ON TIME WARNER DIGITAL CABLE CHANNEL 20 & GRANDE CHANNEL 19

For more information about her TV show go to www.myspace.com/AtheenaShow

****ABOUT ATHEENA****

She's been entertaining audiences for most of her life since around the age of 5. Nothing brings her more joy than to bring smiles to people's faces through her dancing. She was a professional "Showgirl" in Las Vegas for 11 years, and returns occasionally for special performances still today. Some more "well known places" she Belly Danced in Las Vegas include casinos such as the Landmark, Hilton & Caesars Palace for Royal Balls and a High Roller parties, Marrakesh Restaurant, The Jocky Club & Convention Center. If you'd like to see some photos of Atheena when she was dancing in Vegas check out her Belly Dance Photo Gallery at http://Atheena.winkflash.com.

Atheena loves to dance to high energy music she can play her zills to while she dances. She's been compared by Egyptian fans to "Fefe Abdu with her effortless shimmies and addictive smile" when she performs. Fefe is also coinsidently her idol whom she was fortunate to study and see perform when she was dancing in Cairo. So this is truly a compliment to her as Egyptian style is her favorite to dance, although she has also performed tribal in her earlier years and dabbles in Turkish.

Besides having her own TV Show called "The Atheena Show" that has been on the air on PATV since June 12, 2005. Her television experiences include having been in 13 episodes of a TV show called "Beginning Middle Eastern Dance," 5 episodes of "San Antonio Living," an episode of "The Morning Show" in San Antonio, "The Uncle Bob Show" in Oklahoma and in a performance that aired on an Arabic TV show in Houston. She's been in 4 TV commercials and in the local news too many times to count in Las Vegas, Nebraska and Texas. She's also had her photo in, or been mentioned in, hundreds of newspapers and in 21 international magazines. She's also been in several performance & instructional Belly Dance videos and in major stage productions in Las Vegas.

Other forms of Dance she has studied include Sevillana, Lombada, Polynesian, Hawaiin, Tehesian, Flamenco, Tap, Jazz, Square, Korean, several forms of Ballroom including Salsa, Tango, Swing, Rumba, Two Step, Mambo, Macarena and Fox Trot. She's also done Modern Dance, Macarena, The Hustle, Disco, Cheerleading, Drill Team & has awards in gymnastics.

She was offered a dance part in the Las Vegas production "Splash," but refused the part because it required topless dancing and she does not do nudity.

She took rock drum lessons from "Splash's" drummer in college & sat in to play with rock & jazz bands a few times. She does not play drums anymore except for the dumbek.

She's also taken singing, bass guitar, recorder & triangle lessons, ride motorcycles and has a Bachelor degree in Physical Education with dual minor in Spanish & Education K-12. So her whole life and degree has evolved around personal fitness and entertaining people.

She has choreographed & taught dance classes.

She designs & sews some of her own costumes.

Props she has used include snakes, candles, veils, swords, firebrands, canes, trays and tambourine.

In Egypt Atheena performed in Aswan & Luxor, on two Nile Cruise Ships (The Cleopatra and The Caesar) & at a 3 Star Hotel. She also studied bellydancing in Morrocco.

She used to also do some modeling in Las Vegas, Nevada and San Antonio, Texas.

She has also been considered an excellent voice as a narrator for books on cd.

ATHEENA'S TROUPE HISTORY

Atheena started dancing Professionally with the Al As Har Egyptian Belly Dancers based in North Las Vegas, Nevada, under the direction of Jasmine Gamal.

After she returned to America, from performing in Egypt, she then joined Marliza's Magic Carpet Dancers based in Las Vegas, Nevada, under the direction of Marliza Ponz.

After moving back to America from Spain, she joined the Lotus Dancers based in Omaha, Nebraska, under the direction of Della Gushen.

Then she moved to Seguin, Texas and joined the Karavan Middle Eastern Dance Company, based in San Antonio under the direction of Karen Barbee.

After returning from Mexico, she became a member of Desert Wind, based in Austin, Texas, under the direction of Lucila Velez.

Atheena and another dancer had their own troupe called Alaura & Atheena Dance Arts.

Then Atheena joined Midnight Breeze Dance Company, and also a sub group of theirs' known as the Zephyr Dancers. They are based in San Marcos, Texas under the direction of Nirmala and Zehira.

After moving to San Antonio, Texas, Atheena started her own TV Show in 2005 called "The Atheena Show" which is still on the air. That same year she also joined the Little Egypt Dance Company lead by Brenda McFarlane and is still with them today.