INSTRUCTORS 2018
Z-Helene
Photo Credit: Rick Fink Photography
Photo Credit: Franko Aquirre
Biography:
A master of zills, Z-Helene has been belly dancing and playing finger cymbals for 40 years. Known for her zill solos, she has wowed audiences internationally with her power and finesse. She has developed her own method that allows the hands to be responsive to the individual's creativity and passion. Z-Helene continues, for 29 years now, to be an instructor of an accredited course in Middle Eastern Dance at Austin Community College. Commercial videos include Beginning to Intermediate Belly Dance 4 -Discs and her acclaimed Zills- Intermediate to Advanced.
Visit her at zhelene.com
Z-Helene also is the producer of Kick Butt Live Drumming and Improv Bellydance Show.
"Orientalis: The Legacy of Bellydance" -American Casbah District (1960s-1980s)- 1970s American Cabaret dancer in a US Casbah District restaurant, playing finger cymbals & rolling quarters Performed by Z-Helene www.zhelene.com Drum by Lauren Checchio Rose Movement Studio annual show 2015 www.rosemovement.com Produced by April Rose & Jamie Lynn www.aprilrosedance.com Script & Sets by Jamie Lynn www.jamielynnbellydance.com Lights by Stephen Pruitt www.fluxiondesigns.com Thumbnail image by The Goff Experiment www.thegoffexperiment.com Poster Design by Cory Marie Podielski www.podielski.com Video by Douglas De Young Emcee: Ginger Gossman