A lifelong student of dance and movement, JoY has trained extensively in ballet, modern, jazz and hip hop; but it wasn't until she was a Dance performance major at Western Michigan University that she discovered West African and Indian Odissi dance, Pilates and yoga that opened her eyes to a greater scope of dance. Oh, the possibilities!!

 In 2002 she discovered tribal belly dance and became immersed in obsessive study, traveling to workshops across the country, through dvd's, books and online. Some of the workshops have included multiple classes with Unmata, Rachel Brice, Aisha Ali, Dalia Carella (Joy has been a guest dancer for the Collective), Megha and Devyani, Mira Betz, Cammi Vance/ Darshan, Kami Liddle, Jill Parker, Zafira Dance Company.

Joy is dually certified by Fat Chance Belly Dance's creatrix, Carolena Nericcio,in General Skills  and  a certified Teacher in American Tribal Style belly dance.  She is also very proud  to be a Sister Studio of Fat Chance Belly Dance.  Recently Joy received her Basic 1 Zumba teacher certification as well! 

Joy has  danced as a member of folkloric dance troupe Kadira Noor, led by Nerine Avital, and went on to direct her own troupe of rascally dancers in Melange Gitan, a dark cabaret theatrical fusion troupe.   She is the director and founder of  CT's only American Tribal Style belly dance troupe, Celadon Tribal.

Joy has danced locally : Cafe Mediterranea, Caffe Bottega (where she hosted monthly Fusion Dance Salons), Hartford's Charter Oak Cultural Center, the Dragon's Egg, Sound Mind and Body Studio's Hafla, Bottega Lounge and Back Room, Ballroom Elegance Studio, the Connecticut Renaissance Festival, Revive Wellness Center, Caffe Bottega & Tranquility Wellness Spa with Live music by Raquy and the Cavemen, the New Haven Lawn Club, the Norwalk Inn, Black Rock Art Center, Cafe Nine,  the Northampton (MA) Center for the Arts, Redwoods (CA) Tribal Cafe Dance Festival,  Rakkassah East in Somerset NJ, Green Street Studios in Cambridge MA, Winslow Farm Animal Sanctuary's Renaissance Faire, Grwoing Greem Co-op at the delicious Alchemy Juice bar cafe in Hartford, and performed and taught a workshops at Tribal Bonfire Dance Festival in New Paltz, NY, Hartford, CT, and in Portland, Maine....She currently hosts monthly events at the Kasbah Garden Cafe in New Haven, CT in the warm months.

and in New York City at the Sage Theater, Dance New Amsterdam, the Lafayette Grill, HUGS, Galapagos Art Dance New Amsterdam, the Lafayette Grill, Galapagos Art Space, the Union Pool, JeBon, Taj Lounge and in the prestigious dance festival, LaMama! with the Dalia Carella Dance Collective.

Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health - it rusts your spirit and your hips. 

~Adabella Radici