Aksana Danilava

Aksana Danilava was born in Minsk and lives in Portland. She trained from childhood as a diver, with gymnastics and trampoline acrobatics, then studied flamenco and Indian classical and folk dance. In recent years she has focused on belly dance, including regional and folkloric Middle Eastern styles, and spent three years under the mentorship of Ruby Beh. She dances in Jillina’s BellyDance Evolution productions and performs across the Pacific Northwest, including fire-tray dance. In 2024 she took first place at BellyDancer USA in the live-music improvisation category with the band House of Tarab.