Zoe Jakes

Jakes began belly dancing around 2000, and her first teacher was Rosa Rohas, who encouraged her to study with Katarina Burda in San Anselmo, where she truly began her dance training. Zoe started in dance with Ballet, Tap and Jazz as a little girl, but quit in her teenage years as she was more drawn to drawing and sculpting, and her rebellious nature disconnected her from dance until her early twenties. She is known for her own particular style of fusion bellydance which includes heavy theatricality and fantasy elements. She was a member of the Suhaila Dance Company in the early 2000's, created by Suhalia Salimpour, and to this day her technicality and dedication to training reflect this. [1] In 2005, she began dancing and touring with Bellydance Superstars, and in 2007, she was nominated for Best Interpretive Artist by Zaghareets Magazine.[2] She has performed at Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Bonnaroo festivals, and has toured with Yard Dogs Road Show and the Extra Action Marching Band[3]

She is extremely focused on dance and between training on her own, taking classes from other dancers and teaching classes herself, dances anywhere from 2-7 hours a day.[4]

Zoe created a dance format called DanceCraft in 2014, a highly technical training format that helps students become strong dancers and artists, and hundreds of dancers around the world are now part of this program.

Jakes was born on January 4, 1979. She Lives in Oakland, California but is often on the road touring in one of her many projects. Zoe and her ex-husband, fellow Beats Antique band member David Satori, met in 2004 and married in 2007.[5] In 2019 Zoe had a daughter with her partner, Chase, and all 3 currently live in Oakland.

• Cat Skillz (2012)
• 30 Days to Vegas (2009)[6]

• Official website
• Dance Training with Zoe
• DanceCraft