Princess Jasmina’s family origins bear an appealing
blend of Mediterranean, Balkan, Middle Eastern & European nationalities
which have permitted her to discover invigorating influences that have
led her to true passion and commitment toward the art of belly dancing.
On hearing the playing of the tabla/tarabukka , as a young girl she would
surrender her body totally to its entrancing sounds and rhythms abandoning
her movements freely to its beat. Her love and experience of traditional
Indian, Turkish and Arabic cinema ignited in her a nostalgic wish to belly
dance and to act like the actresses in the films she saw throughout her
life. She started taking acting classes at a ‘Youth Academy for Acting’
while never losing focus and passion for the gypsy drum.
Always passionate to be a performer Princess Jasmina began belly dancing
gypsy style at every family event. So much so that for her fourteenth
birthday her aunties purchased her her very first tailor-made belly dance
costume. It was around this time that Princess Jasmina decided that she
wanted to learn more. She began having her first lessons with a Lebanese
woman who taught her the basics. From then on her passion and determination
had led her to learn from various teachers in the Turkish, Lebanese, Arabic
and Greek communities.