Who is Nataj??
Nataj will be teaching Double Veil at Cairo in Columbus. I think she's just breathtaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRUDLz2phbM
NATAJ began her study of Middle Eastern Dance with Habeeba in Columbus, Ohio back in 1974, and owns Belly Dancing by Habeeba’s in Cincinnati. She is passing on Habeeba’s exclusive technique and her own dance interpretations collected through years of performing, private study and travels in the Middle East. Nataj has studied intensively or privately with Dahlena, Ibrahim Farrah, Phaedra, Leyla “Ellie” Amir, Suzanna Del Vecchio and Aisha Ali. Nataj studied in Cairo, Egypt at the Ahlan Wa Sahlan Festival in 2007. Nataj has taught seminars in San Jose, Denver, Rapid City, Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington, Anderson, IN, and Seattle, WA. She has performed in clubs nationwide, including Fazil’s and The Beirut in New York; The Sultan, San Jose; Sevon, Chicago; Casablanca & Uncle Sam’s in Detroit; Kismet, West Palm Beach; Playboy Club, Giorgio’s, Corinthian, Parthenon & Rombes in Cincinnati; Khybur Pass in Denver; and the Bel Air Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Nataj is one of Hossam Ramzy’s favorite U.S. dancers. She is the director of the Mirage Mid East Dance Ensemble, a professional troupe since 1983, and together with Conchi, sponsors the Island of Isis Dance retreat at Grailville in Cincinnati every May. In 2008, she produced and wrote the bellydance theatre project, “Behind the Veil”, a narrated historical retrospective of belly dance. Nataj mesmerizes audiences with her fluid undulations, intricate hip movements, and the love of the dance she exudes.
Praise for Nataj:
“Nataj is an impressive artist. Her movements are purposeful and distinct…She is stately and polished.”
- Farrashah of Shiloh, GA
“You really dance to the music, your expression is perfect, your time keeping is excellent and your artistic and aesthetic wave-length is more than pleasant. It’s downright beautiful.”
- Hossam Ramzy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRUDLz2phbM
NATAJ began her study of Middle Eastern Dance with Habeeba in Columbus, Ohio back in 1974, and owns Belly Dancing by Habeeba’s in Cincinnati. She is passing on Habeeba’s exclusive technique and her own dance interpretations collected through years of performing, private study and travels in the Middle East. Nataj has studied intensively or privately with Dahlena, Ibrahim Farrah, Phaedra, Leyla “Ellie” Amir, Suzanna Del Vecchio and Aisha Ali. Nataj studied in Cairo, Egypt at the Ahlan Wa Sahlan Festival in 2007. Nataj has taught seminars in San Jose, Denver, Rapid City, Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington, Anderson, IN, and Seattle, WA. She has performed in clubs nationwide, including Fazil’s and The Beirut in New York; The Sultan, San Jose; Sevon, Chicago; Casablanca & Uncle Sam’s in Detroit; Kismet, West Palm Beach; Playboy Club, Giorgio’s, Corinthian, Parthenon & Rombes in Cincinnati; Khybur Pass in Denver; and the Bel Air Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. Nataj is one of Hossam Ramzy’s favorite U.S. dancers. She is the director of the Mirage Mid East Dance Ensemble, a professional troupe since 1983, and together with Conchi, sponsors the Island of Isis Dance retreat at Grailville in Cincinnati every May. In 2008, she produced and wrote the bellydance theatre project, “Behind the Veil”, a narrated historical retrospective of belly dance. Nataj mesmerizes audiences with her fluid undulations, intricate hip movements, and the love of the dance she exudes.
Praise for Nataj:
“Nataj is an impressive artist. Her movements are purposeful and distinct…She is stately and polished.”
- Farrashah of Shiloh, GA
“You really dance to the music, your expression is perfect, your time keeping is excellent and your artistic and aesthetic wave-length is more than pleasant. It’s downright beautiful.”
- Hossam Ramzy