LisaMarie started her dance career at the age of 18 as a professional ballroom dancer and instructor. She then went on to study the business side of the arts and earned a B.A. from Columbia College Chicago in Arts, Entertainment and Media Management focusing on Talent Management. In 2005 she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a professional career in the entertainment industry. Shortly after, she decided to get involved in dance again and took a belly dance class. She fell in love with the art and started her journey in learning the art bellydance. LisaMarie considers herself a dance collector and is continually broadening her repertoire, she has studied ballroom dance, Egyptian belly dance, American cabaret belly dance, ATS belly dance, ITS belly dance, Tribal Fusion belly dance, Latin Fusion belly dance, Brazilian samba, Uzbek, Persian, country western, Bollywood, and hip hop. LisaMarie currently teaches and choreographs dances for weddings, and teaches a group belly dance and latin fusion class at Pacific Studio for Dance in Glendale, CA. Thursdays at 8PM.