Irena Keller from Namibia, was born in Hannover, Germany .
Irena was involved at early age in Ballet and later training in different dancing styles like Oriental and African dance as well as Butoh dance. She learned dancing form very well known dance teachers like Momo Kadus, D.Karkutli from Cairo, Wendy Bounawentura from London, Lyla Haded from Tunesia. Butoh dance, Tadashi Endo, Goettingen, U.Gudian Freies Musikcent, Munich, Stefan M.Marb Tanztendenz.
I was always involved with physical activities of some sort. I trained different martial arts for 10 years until a physician said i wouldn't be able to fight anymore because of an anatomical dysfunction on my feet that was affecting my knees and my posture..jpg)
After my first travel to Egypt I joined oriental dance classes with teacher named Magdalena in Brno (Czech rep.). She captivated me with her feminine energy and I always enjoyed her dance classes. Untill now I am grateful to her for giving me love to oriental dance. Soon I attended Sara Abou Farhat workshops in arabian folklore dances. She influenced me a lot and thanks to her I started to study egyptian folklore dances. Another important moment in my dance improvement was visiting festival in Duisburg where I could meet Jillina and Amir Thaleb and join their classes.
