My story in brief ...
I started my training at the age of 4 with the ballet teacher Alida Pellegrini. Thanks to the tender age, from that moment the dance became part of my body and my way of expressing myself and relating to the world.
At 6 years old I approached artistic and rhythmic gymnastics that I practiced with passion for 9 years at a competitive level to then move on to modern and jazz dance, until I discovered belly dance in 2005.
The fervent feminist faith cultivated at the time of university had kept me up to that moment from that dance that I initially considered linked to a vision of woman-object, but by studying it further I learned to appreciate the strong sisterhood that is created among the dancers and the pure pleasure of dancing for herself in harmony with the other dancers. At the same time I resumed classical dance for two years with the teacher Lorenza Balsarini.
In 2008 I discover tribal fusion. That was the form of expression that suited me, sensual and strong,in some ways mathematical but transgressive, totally eclectic. In July 2010 I followed Suhaila Salimpour's Fusion training and a further chasm opened up under my feet… pure study and research on your body, awareness of your limits and continuous search for new goals, sometimes frustration.
Since then, tribal fusion has revealed itself to me as a spiritual and psychological path to rediscovering the self and the "if", it has completely overturned all my perception and belief much more than all the years of studies in language, sociology and psychology. A world has opened up to me and I have joined this cohesive and supportive world community.
I started teaching just to be able to return at least a small part of the immense heritage that I continue to have the good fortune to seize and learn from the best teachers, as well as to convey enthusiasm, joy, respect for dance, discipline, sharing and mutual support.
... And the official version
Alice Shantala began her education at the age of 4, studying classical, modern, contemporary, jazz dance over the years and practicing artistic and rhythmic gymnastics at a competitive level up to the age of 15. Shee approached Middle Eastern dance in 2005, training for 5 years with Oriana Ferrante at the Accademia delle Almee, learning the use of veil, single and double, sword, fans, isis wings, cymbals and fan veils. She deepens the technique with internationally renowned masters such as Jillina, Zadiel, Shereen, Sandi D'Ali, Aziza Abdul Ridha.
In 2008 she approached Tribal (both fusion and American Tribal Style®) studying with Valeria Manfredda, Olivia Mancino, Lilybeth Giamminola and Cristina Piccoli. From that moment she began her intensive training with many teachers on the national and international scene traveling through Europe and the United States acquiring more than 3000h of training. Her main influences are Zoe Jakes, Mira Betz, Ariellah Aflalo, Rachel Brice, Mardi Love, Morgana, Amy Sigil, Sharon Kihara, Manca Pavli, Illan Rivière as well as the FatChanceBellyDance.
In 2010 she certified level 1 in the Suhaila Salimpour format and worked on the second level with Olivia Mancino.
In 2012 she was selected for the pro-track of the Tribal Umrah and she performed for the first time on an internationally renowned stage.
In 2013 she won the selection for the first edition of La Divina Commedia, designed by Francesca Pedretti and Alice Giampieri.
In the same year she participated in the intensive "Soul Food" organized by Mira Betz and Zoe Jakes in Berkeley.
In 2014 she was invited by Zoe Jakes to participate in the "August Advanced Intensive", dedicated to 15 professional dancers.
In 2014 and 2015 she won the casting and joined the international company Bellydance Evolution, performing in the show "Alice in Wonderland" on the European tour (Milan, Rome, Berlin, Hanover, Bern, Dornbirn)
In 2015 it is certified in the Zoe Jakes Dancecraft: Key of Diamonds format .
And in 2016 he obtained the certification to become an official American Tribal Style® teacher with Carolena and Megha and in the same year he became Sister Studio.
In 2017 she is certified in the second level of Zoe Jakes Dancecraft: Key of Spades and positively passes the first level exam of the training course of Rachel Brice 8 Elements: Initiation
In 2019 she participates in the third level of Zoe Jakes Dancecraft: Key of Clubs Teacher Training , is one of the 12 dancers selected to participate in the Key of Clubs Performance intensive. She is now a Dancecraft certified Teacher.
On the same year she passed the second level of the Rachel Brice 8 Elements: Cultivation
Over the years she has collaborated with numerous dancers such as Cristina Piccoli, Alice Giampieri, Alice Sodi and Giulio Dilemmi, Alexis Southall, Eliana Hoffman, Anji. Since 2012 she has worked with Irene Ritorto on the artistic project "IrreAli" and in 2015 she joined the international "Tribal Collective" project with Elizabeth Zohar (Israel).
She teaches Tribal Fusion and American Tribal Style for profession and passion, she loves being able to share this dance with particular attention to body awareness and well-being of the body, taking care of all the training and educational aspects with professionalism, without neglecting the playful-artistic component.
Founder, artistic director and choreographer of the Tribal Fuse group since 2015 and Les Filles d'Argan since 2018. She is the Founder of the there dance approaches Tribal Roots, Tribal Tree and Tribal Blossom.
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