Meet Team SharQui
Oreet
Founder of SharQuí - The Bellydance Workout
Oreet’s roots are from Israel and Yemen and has been bellydancing and doing folk dance since the age of 6. She took her knowledge from her contemporary dance training, her fitness expertise with her indigenous dance, and created SharQui – The bellydance workout in 1998 – and has been doing it ever since. For past the 25 years, Oreet has been teaching students to love moving their bodies again as well as mentoring instructors in the SharQui format.
Her new passion is educating the world about Jewish Mizrahi dance and its relevance in Arabic Culture. She truly feels blessed that she does what she loves – being an instructor, a mentor, and a source teacher.
Marisa
Director of Professional Development
Marisa has 20+ years of programs and operations development in the health and wellness industry combined with coaching behavior change and somatic interventions. She holds multiple fitness certifications, is a private health coach and patient advocate, as well as a hired consultant for small business development. She started belly dancing at 260 pounds and transformed her life with a natural 110 pound weight loss. She holds a B.S. in Music Performance, is a Mom of 2, and is a loving witness to the pure magic and potential people hold inside of them. Every time shame shifts away to make space for authentic expression, she celebrates! She is on FB and IG as dancewithmarisa.
Jill
Master SharQui Instructor
In 2021, Jill became the Artistic Director of Sahlala Dancers, a professional international dance styles company founded by bellydance Superstar Jillina. She produces shows for Sahlala Dancers in nightclubs, festivals, pageants, music videos, industry parties, concerts and private events.
Not only is Jill a master instructor for SharQui but haas also created a new class called SharQui Styles, a format that blends the SharQui workout with the different dance styles she’s studied over the years. She also directs the Sahlala Student Troupe, an online training program for intermediate-pre professional dancers that focuses on learning choreography to perform in live events.
Marisa
Master SharQui Instructor
Marisa is a practice & endorphin junkie and worships the metronome. Is it any wonder that SharQuí is a match made in Heaven for her? She has a classical music background, lost a small person in the amount of pounds she lives without now, studies process work psychology and spends a lot of time writing about mastery not being the destination. She says mastery is a path, one that anyone can get on…