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Ep 243. Oleksandra Kovalova: Healing Wounds With Dancing
Manage episode 361645199 series 2092128
Oleksandra Kovalova is a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer, and certified judge. She is a director of oriental dance school Amberly based in Zhytomyr (Ukraine), and an organizer of the big international festival Yalla Bina. Oleksandra is a winner of Nile Group competition, as well as a mentor for her award-winning students. After living and teaching classes in Germany during past year, she is currently back to Ukraine, and just managed to run a very success edition of her dance festival, gathering dancers from all over Ukraine.
In this episode you will learn about:
- How war in Ukraine influenced Oleksandra’s life and dance activities
- Teaching belly dance classes in Germany
- Why continuing dance activities in Ukraine is so important
- The nuances of festival organization considering the current situation in Ukraine
- How dancers’ approach to belly dance is changing
Show Notes to this episode:
Find Oleksandra Kovalova on Instagram and Facebook.
You can find details about Joana Saahirah online school and available courses at www.joanasaahirah.com
Join SharQui - The Bellydance Workout at sharqui.com/online
Follow Iana on Instagram, FB, and Youtube . Check out her online classes and intensives at the Iana Dance Club.
Find information on how you can support Ukraine and Ukrainian belly dancers HERE.
Podcast: www.ianadance.com/podcast
294 episodes
Manage episode 361645199 series 2092128
Oleksandra Kovalova is a professional dancer, teacher, choreographer, and certified judge. She is a director of oriental dance school Amberly based in Zhytomyr (Ukraine), and an organizer of the big international festival Yalla Bina. Oleksandra is a winner of Nile Group competition, as well as a mentor for her award-winning students. After living and teaching classes in Germany during past year, she is currently back to Ukraine, and just managed to run a very success edition of her dance festival, gathering dancers from all over Ukraine.
In this episode you will learn about:
- How war in Ukraine influenced Oleksandra’s life and dance activities
- Teaching belly dance classes in Germany
- Why continuing dance activities in Ukraine is so important
- The nuances of festival organization considering the current situation in Ukraine
- How dancers’ approach to belly dance is changing
Show Notes to this episode:
Find Oleksandra Kovalova on Instagram and Facebook.
You can find details about Joana Saahirah online school and available courses at www.joanasaahirah.com
Join SharQui - The Bellydance Workout at sharqui.com/online
Follow Iana on Instagram, FB, and Youtube . Check out her online classes and intensives at the Iana Dance Club.
Find information on how you can support Ukraine and Ukrainian belly dancers HERE.
Podcast: www.ianadance.com/podcast
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