The Dancers
The members of Cold Fusion have various dance backgrounds, which include cabaret bellydance, Bollywood, hip hop, Bhangra, African, ballet, jazz, burlesque, tap and Odissi. Their years of experience show in the innovative choreographies.
 |
Mary founded Cold Fusion Tribal Dance in the fall of 2006. Prior to Cold Fusion, she danced with Tundra Caravan and also performed Bollywood. In the fall of 2005, she joined Fleurs du Mal, a Fairbanks area burlesque troupe, and continues her involvement with them to this day. Mary has been dancing in one form or another for more than 25 years. She recalls some cringe-worthy moments captured on videotape as a young dancer. Mary is the director and chief choreographer for Cold Fusion. She will begin offering dance classes in the fall of 2007, focusing on tribal fusion style. |
 |
Originally from the East Coast, Elizabeth’s entire dance experience before
moving to Alaska consisted of exactly one semester of ballet in college;
she got a B. Once she got to Fairbanks, she has attempted to make up for
lost time by throwing herself into the Fairbanks Middle Eastern dance
community. She originally studied traditional cabaret dance. Since then,
she has added Tribal Fusion and ballroom dance (both standard and Latin).
Her backbend makes everyone jealous and she still thinks “crew” is a legitimate dance background. |
 |
Jessenia has lived here in Fairbanks her whole life; she is 97 and looks great for her age. She confesses to even less ballet experience than Liz, having dropped out of Ballet I after accidentally kicking her instructor in the face. Jessenia danced jazz and hip hop for several years, took a break to go to college and get some knowledge, and then took up Middle Eastern dance — an entirely new concept for her. She must not be too bad, because she dances with Cold Fusion and Tundra Caravan, and still finds time for ballroom dancing and losing her car keys. She has done some theater work, and enjoys costumes and stage makeup. She looks like this every day. |
 |
Caeli started bellydancing in 2001 in Denver, Colorado. She has studied
under Joynan, Eva Chernik and Phoenix. She moved to Fairbanks in 2006 and
joined Cold Fusion as well as the cabaret troupe Tundra Caravan. She
currently studies cabaret dancing under both Souzana and Chandani and also
studies Odissi under Meg Hunt. |
| Jennie has been very bad and has not submitted a picture or a biography. Bad Jennie! |
| Check back soon for a biography and pictures of our newest dancer, Rachel! |