Nerissa is a captivating and lively performer. Her stage presence and ability to involve audience participation always leaves her audiences enthralled.Accompanied with the most modern Arabic, Greek and Turkish music, Nerissa can be found dancing in Brisbane’s numerous local restaurants. Nerissa also performs at corporate functions, weddings, parties, festivals and is a member of the Oasis Dancers dance troupe in Brisbane.

Nerissa has grown up with Greek music and has been Greek dancing all of her life.
It was her love for the Greek belly dance that lead her to begin her training of Middle Eastern dance with the Academy of Middle Eastern dance in 1997. She has continued
her training with the Academy over the last 6 years under the instruction of both Maria
Massellos and Lorelle Hawes, and has also attended numerous workshops by both nationally and internationally accredited instructors which includes Dr Mo Geddawi, Aida Nour, Tanyeli, Nayima Hassan, Leonie Sukan, Amera Eid and Terezka Drznik.

Nerissa, being of Greek heritage, specializes and has a particular fondness of Greek music and the Greek style of Belly dance ‘Tsiftatelia’. She takes her natural feel for this dance and fuses it together with her formal training in Middle Eastern dance to bring something very unique and captivating to all of her performances.