Jayna Kouzouyan has enjoyed a lifetime of dance experience.  From jazz and ballet classes beginning at the age of nine to captain of the high school dance team, performing has been a constant focus in Jayna’s life.  Because of her Lebanese Armenian heritage, she grew up surrounded by Middle Eastern culture and dance.  It wasn’t until she was twenty, however, that she decided to follow in her mother’s footsteps and indulge herself in the art of Bellydance.

The lightening bolt of inspiration hit when she first saw the innovative and original L.A. based dance troupe, the Flowers of the Desert perform a Bellydance fusion routine to the classic song Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. The oozing emotion and snakelike seduction lured Jayna in like an incredible kiss on a first date. There was no turning back!  She had to have more. After pursuing her newfound love affair with Bellydance, Jayna was pleased to soon join the well known and highly respected dance troupe, Jillina and the Sahlala Dancers.  Performing at multiple nightclub and theatre venues throughout the years has showed Jayna that one of the most important elements of Bellydance is the intimate connection that can be made between the dancer and the audience.

Jayna has performed at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre with the Bellydance Superstars and Desert Roses, belly rolled with snakes at Universal Studio’s premiere of “Mummy:  The Ride,” and celebrated the glorious union of marriage for Tori Spelling, while having a shimmy-off at her wedding shower in Beverly Hills.

Jayna is currently touring with the Bellydance Superstars and Desert Roses; just having returned from a four-month tour of Europe, culminating in three months performing in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

She has recently starred in a DVD (see below) of playful bellydance instruction.