Dancer...Artist...

Born from a line of skilled musicians, Zattana has always felt the undeniable allure of music. To her, dance is a natural extension of that art.

Thanks to her musical background, Zattana took to belly dance with ease when she began studying in 2001 with Ray-Anne, founder of Egyptian Breeze, and she hasn’t slowed down since! In 2009, she co-founded the award-winning belly dance fusion troupe, Roja, and began teaching and choreographing for both troupes. She regularly performs at events all over the Miami Valley area with Troupe Roja, Kira's Oasis Dancers, and also dances solo at private parties.

A self-proclaimed “prop-aholic”, she enjoys dancing with (a real!) sword, hoop, poi, veil, fans, Isis wings, and finger cymbals. Zattana also studies Middle Eastern percussion and can be found playing tabla at local haflas and drum circles.

A strong advocate of continuing education, she strives to deepen her knowledge of dance by attending workshops and seminars with such well-known performers as Ava Fleming, John Compton,Dahlia Carella, Artemis Mourat, Faten Munger, Deniz Miller, Amira Moor, and others. In addition to belly dance, Zattana pursues other ethnic dance styles, like folkloric, Bollywood, and Carella's Dunyavi Gypsy.

When she is not performing, she enriches the dance scene by lending over twelve years of experience and extensive henna body art talents to Middle Eastern events as well as non-dance events like the Ohio Renassiance Festival.