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Melanie Lane, Bellydancer, Los Angeles, CA
323-316-0338 or bellytrance@hotmail.com

Melanie began dance classes at the age of four in Milwaukee, WI, studying the basics of ballet, tap, and jazz, and first appeared onstage as one of the Siamese Princesses in a production of the musical "The King and I" when she was six.

She continued in modern jazz through her 'teens. She attended the University Center for Performing Arts in Davie, FL for 5 years, studying the Eric Morris Method of Acting for the Theater and Modern Dance.

Melanie then moved to Gainesville, FL, where she began studying traditional Egyptian and Lebanese Raqs Sharqi with Karolinka of Sahnobar Dance Ensemble, a Bellydance Company that Melanie then began performing with.

She took workshops and private classes from many MidEastern dance artists, studying the Egyptian folk styles of Saiidi and Ghawazee, the Gulf Dance Khaleeji, and Turkish Raqs Sharqi and Romanian dance. Melanie also took Isadora Duncan and Lester Horton Modern Dance classes, studying with a second generation Duncan-trained teacher. She fused these styles with Raqs Sharqi.

In 2003 Melanie took 2 months of intensive classes, 6 days a week, with Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour, the Suhaila Dance Company, and Bal Anat in Berkeley, CA. In 2004 she moved to LA, where she trained with Jillina(of the Bellydance Superstars), Tamra Henna, and other Bellydance Artists.

Since living in LA, she has performed with three International Dance Companies, including Jillina's Sahlala Dancers and the Bellytwins. In January-March of 2007, she appeared as one of Venus's minions in the LA Opera production of Tannhauser.

She has appeared as a featured Bellydancer in several music videos, stage productions, for the t.v. show Drive, and in the newly released romantic comedy A Numbers Game, starring Steven Bauer.

Melanie recently formed her own modern Bellydance company: Co. Nouveau, and presented a show titled "Paintings," in which she was the Principal Dancer, Artistic Director, and Choreographer.

You can see Melanie perform most weekends, either Friday or Saturday, 9 or 10 pm show, at Seaside Palace in Torrance, CA. 310-791-3222

Classes:
Melanie teches Beginning/Mixed level Bellydance in Los Angeles, CA. This class focuses on traditional "cabaret" Bellydance technique. Combinations will be taught to learn the musicality of the movements.