Classes with Jumping Camel have been described as fun, educational, and a joy to take part in. Nico has been described as an enthusiastic teacher, willing to share knowledge and encourage students in their dance journey, whether it be as a beginner or advanced.

 

Student's Reviews

 "Nico makes the class fun and exciting to learn the steps and moves"

" It was great learning with an enthusiastic teacher who is well researched on the topic"

"Nico has been very encouraging. She has made it very easy to love the process of being a beginner dancer"

 

Nico began her dance journey in early 2011 after the birth of her first son. Looking for a way to reconnect with her body, she stumbled on the TV show 'Shimmy' and decided to follow along- and that was it; love at first step. After a year of dedicated home practice, Nico headed out to find her first dance teacher- enter Minya of Jumping Camel. Nico continued regular weekly classes with Minya (from 2012 until her retirement from teaching in early 2022) and quickly joined the performance troupe in 2013, and then started teaching in 2016. She has since continued to learn with teachers from all over including Amarna (Calgary), Rachel George (USA), Ashley Rhianne (Van, BC), Nourhan Sharif (USA), Karim Nagi (USA, Egypt), Dr George Sawa (Canada), Johara of Belly Up (Canada) and Shahrzad (USA, Egypt).

Nico took over Jumping Camel Belly Dance in  early 2022 as Artistic Director and owner and has been working on creating a place where people can go to learn about this rich dynamic dance and have fun.