Belly Dance, Zumba®, Stay at Home Striptease

Karen Gerken is proprietor and instructor at the The Evocative Woman Dance and Fitness Studio.

She has been studying Middleastern Dance for several years.  She has studied locally with teachers in Rochester including Katrina Scott and Pamela Allen.  She has taken workshops with Sahra Saeeda, Naheda, Laila Haddad, Suhaila Salimpour, Aisha Ali, Rhonda Kamal, Mohamed Shaheen, Yasmina Ramzy, Jim Boz, Princess Farhana, Elena Lentini, Oreet, Ranya Renee and many others

In addition, Karen has instructed classes and workshops in "Stay at Home Striptease", a fun and sexy style of dance mostly meant for that someone special.

Karen's newset endeavour is Zumba®.  Once she tried is she had to teach it.  In October 2009, Karen was certified as a Zumba Instructor in Zumba Basic.  Starting the first of the year 2010, Karen will be teaching day time classes at The Evocative Woman Dance and Fitness Studio.
 

Pole Dance

Christina DiGuardi is the newest member of Team Evocative Woman.  Christina is our Intermediate Pole Class instructor.  Her experience in pole dancing is apparent.   

More instructors coming soon.