She has been featured on national British television, graced the cover of the Bellydance magazine MADN, as well as various regional and local newspapers. Ishtar holds the only nationally recognised Belly Dance teaching qualification (JWAAD), but is also a trained educationalist and performer with a Honours Degree and Masters from University of the Arts, London. She is renowned for her excellent teaching skills and high standards of dance, stage and performance technique. Originally from Denmark, Ishtar has performed, taught and trained all over the world. She’s lived and performed in Egypt, but since 2004 been based in the UK. She runs regular classes and workshops throughout the South East, and is also a much sought after speaker on all things dance, including the history and culture surrounding Oriental Dance and Bollywood. Ishtar specialises in Egyptian and postnatal Belly Dance, but also masters Turkish, folkloric and fusion variations of the dance, as well as Bollywood, Ballroom and Latin. She is a member of the celebrated performance group Johara, a former member of the Company of Dreams, and the creative director of the dance troupe Karisimi.
