Artistic Studio Oriental Expression

Anna is an Actress, Oriental and Bollywood dances instructor, pilates trainer, founder and artistic director of “Artistic Studio Oriental Expression”, “1st Bollywood Academy in Greece” and “Oriental Expression Awards”, an institution for International Bellydance Competitions. She is also the organizer and artistic director of “Bollywood and Multicultural Dance Festival” which is taking place every year with huge success. “Bellydance Athens Greece” is also one of her kids! Anna was born in Athens, Greece. She got involved in theater since she was 14 and finished her Bachelor’s in “Iasmos Drama School” (2000 – 2003). She has performed in several performances in the theater and has participated in short films and Tv-series. At the same time she was involved with dance. For many years she has been taught contemporary, classical and modern dance as well as Oriental dances (Oriental, Bollywood, Bharatanatyam, Kathak). She also has a degree in pilates and is a pilates trainer. She has choreographed and presented Bollywood and Oriental, for performances, theater and TV shows. She has been taught Oriental in Egypt and mainly at the great Nile Group Festival. She studied traditional and modern Arabic dances, such as Saidi, Khalijee, Raqs Sharki, Balladi, Nubian, Ghawazee, Shaaby but also modern Oriental dance styles (including Tribal Fusion), with teachers such as Mahmoud Reda, Farida Fahmy, Osama Emam, Lubna Emam, Tito Seif, Ahmed Fekry, Randa Camel, Mohamed Shahin, Camelia of Cairo, Sadie Marquardt and Pricne Kayammer. In 2007 she became a member of the International Dance Council (CID -UNESCO) and founded the "Artistic Studio Oriental Expression" in Athens, where she began teaching Oriental dance and performing in Greece and abroad. Through her collaboration with the International Dance Council she is pleased to grant International Dance Diplomas every year. She competed in various competitions in Greece and Egypt, and her team won the first prize at the "The Nile Group Oriental Dance Competition" held in Cairo in 2009. In 2013, Anna established the “1st Bollywood Dance Academy Greece”. Since then she has invited many Indian teachers and choreographers to train the students of the Academy. Ιn April 2013 she organised the 1st Bollywood Flash mob in Greece, at Kerameikos Square, on the occasion of the celebration of the World Dance Day. She formed a professional Bollywood team and has been presenting Bollywood dance since 2013 in various festivals and on famous Greek TV shows and has featured in “People” and “Lifo” magazines. Anna has traveled several times to India where she has taught Bellydance and Bollywood Dance in Universities, Colleges, Dance Schools and Groups. She has also been traveling every year all over Europe to teach and perform. She has also created the "Magnunas” and “Bellydance Queens" oriental groups that have won medals and awards at International Oriental Competitions. In addition, she has created and manages on social media the accounts "Bellydance Athens Greece" and "Bollywood Greece" which are constantly updated with all her dancing activities. In 2016 she created another Institution, the Oriental Expression Awards, which organizes the International Oriental Competition “Spring International Bellydance Competition” which takes place every spring, as well as the “International Bollywood Dance Competition”, held annually in the context of “Bollywood and Multicultural Dance Festival”. Famous Bellydance and Bollywood teachers and judges are invited to these great events from all over the globe. President of these Competitions is Anna Dimitratou. Anna continues her journey to Oriental Dances, by traveling and teaching in many cities in Greece, Europe and India.