Ep 243. Oleksandra Kovalova: Healing Wounds With Dancing
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:
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