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Deeanna
Daka
Bijou
Nokomis
Daka, also known as Mark in his everyday life, has a
fascination with culture, language, spirituality, and
folklore. Always driven by an inherent desire to
wonder, and seeking a method of uniting the body
and mind. With his passion for music, dance,
theater, and costume, he discovered ATS and
fulfilled this wish. He has experience in fire fan
choreography, ATS with tambourine, as well as
tribal drumming and musicality. He developed such
a passion for tribal drumming that he founded a
new DFW drum group, the Temple of Doum. He also
takes great joy in inviting other men to join the ATS
siblinghood, representing an art form that
empowers both men and women to embrace their
higher selves and to have confidence in all they do.
Nokomis has been dancing ATS for the better part
of a decade, and her love of Tribal style has never
stopped growing. She has found a community
brimming with love, acceptance, body positivity and
creative expression that feeds her soul. She is
excited to expand her vocabulary of movement with
Tribal Evolution, and add to her family of tribal
sisters and brothers.
In her everyday life, she is a multifaceted creative
professional, specializing in photo/film/digital arts
and floral design. Her hobbies include playing the
bass and guitar, singing, writing, reading, and
whatever new craft she's into at the moment.
Bijou began dancing with Tribal Evolution in
2020. She has been dancing FCBD style belly
dance since 2012 and instructed for Opus Arts
Collaborative and Four Moons Tribal for 5 years
prior to joining TE. She has wanted to be a belly
dancer since she was 12 years old and enjoys
not only the dance but the siblinghood that
comes along with it.
You might notice some similarities between
Bijou and Nocomis, that's because they are
identical twins! They have also been
dancing/instructing together along with Daka
since the beginning of their dancing careers.