Golden Sands Bellydance, Company

Princess Jasmina’s family origins bear an appealing blend of Mediterranean, Balkan, Middle Eastern & European nationalities which have permitted her to discover invigorating influences that have led her to true passion and commitment toward the art of belly dancing. On hearing the playing of the tabla/tarabukka , as a young girl she would surrender her body totally to its entrancing sounds and rhythms abandoning her movements freely to its beat. Her love and experience of traditional Indian, Turkish and Arabic cinema ignited in her a nostalgic wish to belly dance and to act like the actresses in the films she saw throughout her life. She started taking acting classes at a ‘Youth Academy for Acting’ while never losing focus and passion for the gypsy drum. Always passionate to be a performer Princess Jasmina began belly dancing gypsy style at every family event. So much so that for her fourteenth birthday her aunties purchased her her very first tailor-made belly dance costume. It was around this time that Princess Jasmina decided that she wanted to learn more. She began having her first lessons with a Lebanese woman who taught her the basics. From then on her passion and determination had led her to learn from various teachers in the Turkish, Lebanese, Arabic and Greek communities.