She Likes to Move It, Move It...
![[As photographed by Alex Wilson]](../gallery/shan/alex/shan005_t.jpg "[As photographed by Alex Wilson]")
Based out of Kitchener, Ontario, Shantell Powell (aka The ShanMonster) is an improvisational world fusion dancer with a background in numerous movement styles.
Her performance repertoire includes tribal fusion belly dance, Egyptian raqs sharqi, American nightclub-style belly dance, fire dance (poi or staff), gothic belly dance, and experimental dance.
Shantell teaches introductory through intermediate-level dance technique, introductory poi, introductory through advanced-level floorwork, candle dance, stage presence, performance skills (including how to deal with unruly audiences), improvisational dance, balancing, and yoga/dance fusion fitness classes. She has mentored several up-and-coming dance instructors, and is available for group classes, private lessons, and workshops.
She is also an accomplished costume designer and jeweller, and makes most of her own dance costumes. She gives costuming workshops, is the author of a costuming booklet, and is in the process of writing another.
© 1996 - 2007 Shantell Powell