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Tonantzin has been performing all her life and though dance has always been her first love, she spent most of her school years acting and singing with national award-winning groups. This disciplined environment laid the ground work for her future artistic exploration and expression. Tonantzin took her first dance classes, ballet and jazz, at Moorpark College. It was here that she was recruited by Jan Straka to join a campus club that focused on bellydance. While with NEMA she learned from various prestigious teachers who exposed her to many styles of bellydance including Egyptian cabaret, American cabaret, Greek gypsy, Tunisian, Persian and Turkish folk, veil, swordand cane. While in San Diego volunteering with AmeriCorps she began taking classes with Heather Stanz of Urban Tribal Dance Company. This was her first exposure to American Tribal Style. Later, after returning to the Los Angeles area she joined IAMED's Dangerous Curves in several stage performances including “This is Bellydance!” at the Ford Amphitheater with other talented dancers Rahana, Kali and Celeste. She currently dances with her close friends in the collaborative and eclectic troupe Dunya Sol. Tonantzin is still awed and grateful that the
sisters of She'Enedra have welcomed her with open arms!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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