LENA ASTRID

As bollywood, salsa,
afro and oriental dance
model in the magasine
"Sund Nu" 
Marts 2009

"A-Music - etnic.dk (1) -
mavedans"
Program about
bellydance
w/ Lena Astrid
Kanal København

Nyhedsavisen 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-667yiboPA&feature=channel_page 

http://www.amanionline.com/fanclub/favovideo.asp?p=2&b=&id=&type=2

Lena Astrid
Oriental Dance Festival Copenhagen: Eshta! – an  oriental dance show with "the best" of Egypt

Lyngby kulturhus
Lyngby
18th of April 2004

Photo: Zascha Bohse

Lena Astrid,
7th Annual Gala Show,

Sal Antony´s,
New York City
27th of July 2004

www.egyptianacademy.com

Lena Astrid
[ Absolut Oriental ] >>Night<<
- A summer "club-night" with oriental dance in Copenhagen

Etnorama,
Kbh N
19th of August 2004

Drawing: Karina Bjerregaard

Article about om Lena Astrid
Ugebladet Søndag nr. 35 by Arne Sorgenfrei.

23 of August 2004

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Photo: Britt Lindemann

Dance education:

Lena has danced oriental dance for 20 years, and before that received training in classic and modern ballet (Helen Dohlmanns dance studio). She has been one of Louise Freverts professional dancers and with her performed in most of her professional dance shows, Tivoli, TV, theatre and more. Lena won the Danish Championship in bellydance in 1999, in 2005 she became3. at the Amani Oriental Competition in Libanon, and  in 2007 she got bronce again at Stockholm Bellydance Rewards.

Lena has received teaching  from dancers all over the Middle East:
Amani, Mounir Malaeb, Sami Khoury, Georgette Gebara, Gerard Avedissian, Francois Rahmeh (Libanon), Nesrine Topkapi, Prins Erkan, Fatima Serin (Turkey), Mahmoud Reda, Farida Fahme, Tito, Camelia, Freitz, Khaled, Aida Noor, Raqia Hassan, Nadia Hamdi,  Youshry Sharif, Lubna Emam, Faten Salama, Nermine Azzazy og Randa Kamel (Egypt), Lela Haddad (Tunis), Nawal Benabdallah (Marrocco), Amoura (Israel),
- and western dancers: Dalila of Cairo (Italy), Beata and Horacio Cifuentes, Sina (Germany), Scharazad (Netherlands), Nourhan Sharif, Sahra Saaida og Sherin (US), Maher Kiskson, Louise Frevert, Ninna Holbek (Denmark), Suzanne Abou Shebika and Ulrika Hellquist (Sweden), Fereshteh, Josephine Wise (UK)

She has studied folk dances from all over the Middle East: Dabkeh and Baalbeck Bedouin (Libanon), Guedra (Marroco), Zar, Fellahi, Saidi, Baladi, Meleya Lef, Al asaya (Egypt), Khaleege, Raks l'Emirat (Persian Golf).

She has taken classes in Gypsy dance and performance at Liz True, Drama at Peter Gantzler, Bollywood by Lucy Bannon, Natacha Devalia and Maria Brevits Bhardwaj, Khatak at Lucy Bannon, Bhangra at Maria Brewits Bhardwaj and Bharata Natyam by Natacha Devalia. Hula by Susanne Mortensen. Lena has also taken classes in oriental percussion and rhythms at Lars Bo Kujahn, and in Zillz/ zagat at Horacio Cifuentes.

Lena is continually educating herself and has taken classes in  yoga and poweryoga (Horacio Cifuentes, Helga Kristindottir), teaching by "personal trainers", and modern stretching and dance training (Ea Aalbæk -Nielsen).