| Snake Bytes: West Roxbury Transcript: 2007 The Boston Globe: 2006 Roslindale Transcript: 2007 The Boston Globe: 2008 BNN-TV "All About Arts": 2005 "Bottoms Up" with Ashley Bottoms: 2009 |
| Zehara Nachash (pronounced Zay-Ha-Rah Nah-Kah-Sh) a.k.a. The Snake Lady, is a Boston-based belly dancer, snake charmer and side show performer. Zehara has studied various forms of dance since childhood and in 2003 she began her study in more traditional styles of belly dance. A long time lover of old Side Shows, Circus’s and Vaudeville, Zehara began to learn the “old trades” of Circus Side Shows and added fire eating, fire dancing and glass walking to her belly dance performances- bringing her unique brand of “side show” belly dance to audiences across New England. Having owned reptiles most of her life, Zehara decided that adding some slithering dance partners into her routines would be a natural addition. She began performing with snakes in 2005 and now owns several beautiful legless dance partners! She has been mentored by Bahijha of the Studio of Dancing Serpents as well as Serpentessa of Temple Belly Dance in NY. Zehara makes an itty bitty appearance in Serpentessa's DVD, “Embody Your Inner Serpent.” In March of 2008 Zehara was invited by Scratch of The Boston Baby Dolls to perform as their variety act. Zehara was the organizer of the Belly Dance Benefit for Jane Doe Inc, (2005-2008), the Boston Belly Dance Meetup (2005-2007) and is currently the Troupe Director of The Daughters of Eden & Troupe Alankara. In June of 2008 she became the chairperson for the North East Belly Dance Association's Boston Chapter. Zehara is also the proprietor and hostess of "An Evening of Side Show Delights and Vaudeville Theatre" (2009), a show which brings together side show, circus and vaudeville acts from across the New England area. Zehara is currently a member of the duo, "The Girls of Magic," performing along side female escape artiste Alexanderia The Great. Zehara's performances have been labeled everything from mystical, mesmerizing and a cross between Fred and Ginger meet Belly Dance. She currently teaches belly dance and snake dance classes in West Roxbury and Needham. |
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| Leadership: Chairperson, North East Belly Dance Association-Boston Chapter: 2008-Present Troupe Director The Daughters of Eden: 2007-Present Troupe Director, Alankara: 2009-Present Organizer, Founder: Belly Dance Benefit for Jane Doe Inc. 2006-2008 Proprietess: An Evening of Side Show Delights & Vaudeville Theatre 2008-Present |
| "I saw you on Dec. 3rd at ZaBeth's hafli and loved it! You know very well how to work with snakes!"~Karina Khan, Lotus Moon World Fusion Belly Dance, ME "Zehara's love of dance is infectious," ~Liz Nania, MA "I saw you perform at the Middle East and was impressed with everything you did! The snakes, the music, the dance....everything! You really inspired me!"~Tayana, MA "Zehara is an awesome belly dancer. It was such a pleasure to watch her perform," ~Marina, MA "Its great my words and encouragment have inspired you! In my opinion, every neighborhood needs a resident snake dancer!" ~Serpentessa, NY "In her performances, Zehara does more than dance, she creates,"~Nepenthe, MA "I have enjoyed watching Zehara bloom into one of the most talented performers. She has the confidence, poise and her shows are never dull, always unique,"~Gypsy Fire, MA "This girls got a mission! Her eclectic spiit will shine and take her anywhere she desires,"~Ela, MA "You were a pleasure to watch girl! I have been wanting to catch one of your performances for sometime now, and I just loved your snakey! You sure do know how to work a crowd!"~Sayomi, MA "That was the coolest, neatest cane dance I have ever seen! Full of atitude, technique and excitment. You were amazing and I LOVED it!"~Miranda, MA |
