Olena Sinelnikova

Olena Sinelnikova is a Ukrainian dancer, choreographer and educator with a substantial competition and teaching career. She founded the Isfahan Dance School and created the Isfahan Bellydance Festival. Her own competitive achievements include major results at the Nile Group Festival in Cairo. Sinelnikova became especially recognised as a mentor whose students developed into successful competitive and professional dancers. Her career represents the highly structured Eastern European school-and-competition model that has become an important force in contemporary international Oriental dance.