Faye

Faye has always enjoyed dancing, commencing tap dancing at age four when she performed for the
first time and won first prize in a talent quest, tap dancing and singing. She started figure skating at age
twelve and progressed quickly, showing great promise after coming fourth in her first competition and
quickly moving through the first six levels towards bronze medal but started too late to take skating seriously.

In the early 1990's, Faye regained her passion for dance when unexpectedly getting a job as an
extra/dancer in a major Italian production of the Opera Tourondot at the Sydney Football Stadium.
The experience of being on stage with a cast of a few hundred and an audience of a few thousand
rekindled her passion to perform. She started dance classes at the Sydney Dance Company Studios,
doing Free and Wild with Janice Claxton and Urban Tribal with Annetta Luce and joined Annetta's
performance troupe performing at festivals and events throughout Sydney.

In 2002, Faye commenced bellydancing with Terezka Drnzik where she was introduced to the beauty,
spiritual and emotional aspects of the dance which Terezka imparted to her students. Faye gave her
first performance with a trio four months later at the opening of her painting studio. She also did classes
for some time with Shiva and Sureya and loved their dynamic style.

Faye has also performed in Essan Laurent 'Industry Nights' at Paddington RSL in 2003.
Being asked to choreograph dances for the first time as well as teach the dances
to the models and dancers for his extravagant fashion shows and film evenings pushed her to develop
her skills further. She has also danced in some of his music video clips.

For the last few years, Faye has been learning with Jrisi Jusakos, enjoying her dance style and classes
and learning from Jrisi's experience in many styles of dance and fusion, regurlarly performing with
Hathor Dance Studio and Ensemble One at haflas and events.

Faye is a qualified teacher and teaches bellydance at Hurstville and Mortdale.
Click here for class times.