Award winning dancer & percussionist – organizers of Europes’s biggest dance festival

Leyla Jouvana (Bellydancer & Zumba-Instructor, Belgrad/Germany) & Roland (Germany), one of the most sought after artistic duos in the world - awards won include the Halima Award (Germany): „Shimmy Queen", " one of the best dancers in Europe running one of the biggest and most successful Oriental Dance studios in German and one of the top Oriental dance festivals in Europe" ( bi-annually. on 1./2nd week of. Advent - End of Nov./beginning December- in Duisburg -more than 4.500 visitors) .

- The Giza-Akademy in LA named Leyla Best Live Dancer and Drum Soloist
- Bellydancer of the world in 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 (Show Group and Ensemble Leyla Jouvana & Choreographie Leyla Jouvana)

Leyla and Roland Jouvana undertake year-round world tours - they have been guest stars in more than 40 countries and coached more than 75,000 students worldwide!. Their structured dance education and workshop system is sought after among dancers worldwide and their studio offers courses from beginner to master class level and the possibility to work towards the prestigious CODE certificate (Certified Oriental Dance Education). Leyla has also made several bestselling DVDs eg. „21 Shimmies & 1001 Variations", „More Shimmies" and „Layers with Leyla" (in conjunction with IAMED Hollywood Productions). Leyla and Roland can also count more than 500 appearances on national and international TV and magazine covers.

The are currently organizing the 22nd Dance Festival of Europe, Duisburg-Germany
www.leyla-jouvana.de