director & instructor
Niira Daniella is a Portland, Oregon based dancer. She performs a fusion- style belly dance and has also spent time in hip hop. jazz, fire dance, swing, salsa, blues, hula, and ballet. In addition to teaching and performing in the group, she often performs solo - from small community stages to large festivals up and down the West Coast. She has been featured with several electronic producers, hip hop artists, and alongside Thomas Dolby of "She Blinded Me With Science" fame, and has been featured in various music videos.
Inclusion Fusion Arts was created out of her desire to blend her love of dance with the joy she has found in working with her students in Special Education classes across the years. She holds a Bachelors of Psychology, with post-graduate work in Special Education and Early Intervention.
She is the current Teacher Representative for the Portland Belly Dance Guild, a recent initiate of Rachel Brice's 8 Elements of Dance Program, and regularly participates in continuing education for dance and special education to grow her practice.
She is available for private instruction and performance, along with her classroom teaching and stage performance schedule.
Inclusion Fusion Arts was created out of her desire to blend her love of dance with the joy she has found in working with her students in Special Education classes across the years. She holds a Bachelors of Psychology, with post-graduate work in Special Education and Early Intervention.
She is the current Teacher Representative for the Portland Belly Dance Guild, a recent initiate of Rachel Brice's 8 Elements of Dance Program, and regularly participates in continuing education for dance and special education to grow her practice.
She is available for private instruction and performance, along with her classroom teaching and stage performance schedule.