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Jillanna Babb-Cheshul

Belly Dancing

Jillanna enjoys belly dance as a teacher, choreographer, troupe director, event organizer, performer, and art historian. Her training includes Egyptian and Turkish cabaret styles and folk dances of the Middle East and North Africa. She also specializes in henna body art (mendhi). She earned her masters degree in art history at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, specializing in Modern Art and African/Islamic Art, and graduated from Amherst College summa cum laude with a BA in Fine Arts. Her painting thesis recieved highest honors. Her performance, visual, and verbal arts career spans nearly two decades, with numerous exhibitions and exciting opportunities to share her vision and creativity. Jillanna began studying belly dance in 1999, the same year her husband bought her first 100 grams of henna powder. Before teaching belly dance, she taught art history, writing, and studio art. She has been teaching women the art of belly dance for more than five years.

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