Thank you all for your support. With your help we raised £100 for this month's charity. One girl can now attend school for 1 year!
Everything Egyptian
Penny will be joining us with her souk of belly dance goodies!! She offers payments by installments.
All of the stock is sourced from Egypt, and is of the best quality. Buying directly from Egypt helps their economy. Most of the stock is on the website, via the online shop, but we can source other items/ sizes according to your needs.
Performers this month are:
Amalura
Amalura is a professional Belly Dance Artist who has been dancing since an early age and has over ten years of training in Belly Dance. Amalura particularly enjoys the Classical Egyptian dance style and for the past several years has been mastering this beautiful dance style with performances and training internationally. She frequently performs at various private and special events around London.
Bellydance Belles- Michelle's Dancebuzz Students
Bellydance Belles are students of Rosy and Michelle. Anjou, Boudicca and Pilar are Michelle's students from her Dancebuzz bellydance course. If you are interested in learning how to bellydance, you can join her next course starting on 24th April. This is their first time performing together so please be sure to cheer them on!
Behiye
Behiye is of Turkish Cypriot origins and has been dancing since an early age. 3 1/2 years ago she decided to learn Egyptian style dance and other Middle Eastern styles. She regularly performs at Haflas, corporate and culteral events and also takes part in charity work. Behiye believes everyone's feet can dance but not everyone's soul can dance.
Sameerah
Sameerah is the student troupe of Laura Viander from Sabihah Stars. Sameerah have performed at various local events in Hertfordshire. Sameerah first ever performance was at Hafla on the Hill back in April 2011 and they are delighted to return. At full strength the troupe consists of 14 dancers who have been belly dancing between 3 months to 2 years. Tonight Morna, Victoria, Elizabeth, Sally, Kirstie and Kate will be performing a medley of fusion belly dance.
Ariana
Ariana has been dancing from an early age, and after graduating with a drama degree where she also studied contemporary dance and choreography, she moved to London and found bellydance, specialising now in tribal fusion. She has studied with Fleur Estelle and Arina from Fleur Estelle's bellydance school, Anna Kemper and Hannah Mi, and has performed at London's tribal bellydance event, Firewater. Ariana is fascinated with how movement can be explored by the body and its relationship to sound and music, and draws on a variety of different dance and other performance experience to influence her bellydance.
Urban Drift Bellydance
After years of dance experience and training including
Ballet, Hip Hop and African dance Michelle found herself in awe of the oriental
art of Bellydance. She explores elements of traditional and fusion Bellydance and
uses it to compliment an array of music and dance styles. Urban Drift Bellydance is dance choreography
inspired by big city culture and world music fused with sounds of rock, hip
hop, electronic and dance music.
Julie Robins
Based in Reading, Berkshire, I have been belly dancing for over 5 years, mostly Egyptian styles of dance including Baladi, Saidi, Classical, Shaabi & fusion. I have been to numerous workshops with teachers such as Yasmina of Cairo, Serena Ramzy, Hossam Ramzy, Emma Chapman (JWAAD), Usha Oseye (FCBD sister studio), Katie Holland, Sorcha Rogers, and many more. I have performed at haflas and events across Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire & London and as well as being a solo artist I am a member of the 'Desert Diamonds' performance troupe.
Aqila Farashah
Trained in drama and theatre, I have studied many forms of dance and earned my Equity card in an acting/singing role at the English National Opera. Since I took up Middle-Eastern dance in 2004 I have little passion for anything else and have studied extensively with diverse teachers: have attended regular classes with Josephine Wise, Anne White, and Ozgen, and workshops with Ozgen, Serena and Hossam Ramzy, Melanie Norman, Vashti, Nesrin Topkapi, Rachel Brice, Carolena Nericcio, Princess Farhana, Jillina, Sadie, Razia and many others. I am constantly learning and am excited by how many new things there are to learn in this range of dance styles!
Vanessa
With a strong passion for belly dance, Vanessa has extensively trained in Egyptian cabaret style both in London and abroad. She has performed in many of London's top venues and at numerous major dance events such as MoveIt, LiveVibe at Sadler's Wells and Pineapple’s annual show at the Mermaid Theatre. She is a certified belly dance instructor and enjoys teaching people of all levels and from all walks of life. Vanessa’s performances display a deep respect for traditional belly dance, but may be influenced by her training in Classical Indian, Bollywood, classical and jazz ballet, Tribal Fusion and street dance, resulting in a fresh and innovative style with a strong grounding in tradition.
Setsuna
Setsuna is a USA trained professional belly dancer. Her studies and repertoire cover many dance styles and extends from Brazil to China and many places in between. She specializes in props such as silk fan veils, and cane. A former London belly dance teacher and performer, she is now based in Singapore and hopes to invigorate the burgeoning belly dance scene over there.
Tina Shaw
This will be Tina's third appearance at Hafla on the Hill. Tina Shaw is the founder of ‘Belly Dance Aerobics’. As a qualified gym instructor and traditional Belly Dancer, Tina has combined the two genres to create an exercise class, which combines familiar aerobic routines with belly dance moves to create a dynamic workout.
Tina has performed at Claridges, Café Royal and The Ritz in London. The Casino San Remo in Italy, El Divinos & The Ku Club (Privilege) in Ibiza, “The Leading Hotels of the World” in Delhi & Calcutta as well as numerous venues around Europe.
Tina has performed at Claridges, Café Royal and The Ritz in London. The Casino San Remo in Italy, El Divinos & The Ku Club (Privilege) in Ibiza, “The Leading Hotels of the World” in Delhi & Calcutta as well as numerous venues around Europe.
Chrissie
Chrissie has been dancing with Heather Burby for the past 6 years. She is a great lover of Egyptian style dance.