Education & Training
In addition to extensive periods of self-training and movement exploration:
Middle Eastern Dances
Long term mentoring 2000 -> (Raqs Sharki, Saiidi, Balady) Lee Figenschow 2002 -> Madame Aida Nour Private tutoring 1999 (Jamila Salimpour Technique) Stephanie Heuer (Safa) 2000 (Raqs Sharki, Saiidi) Lee Figenschow 2002 (Raqs Sharki, Shaabi, Folklore) Lena Helt 2004 (Raqs Sharki, Shaabi) Zahra Zuhair 2004 (Fahtiem Style) Fahtiem 2004 (Banat Mazin style) Aisha Ali 2004 (Persian Dances) Banafsheh Sayyad 2004 (Dahlena style) Angelina of Chicago 2005 (Raqs Sharki) Jillina 2006 (Raqs Sharki) Hadia 2006 (American Tribal Fusion) Rachel Lazarus Soto 2006 (Oriyantal Tanzi) Patrisha Gutierrez 2007 (Roman Havsi) Patrisha Gutierrez 2008 (Music Theory) Karim Nagi 2010 Mahmoud Reda 2011 (Music Theory) John Bilezikjian 2012 (Saiidi) Lee Figenschow 2012 (Expressive range) Lena Helt 2012 (Choreography & Musicality-branding) Aida Nour 2012 (Expressive range-branding) Khaled Mahmoud 2012 (Iraqi dances) Mohanned Hawaz 2012 (Stylistic development) Sahra Saeeda 2013 (Raqs Sharki, Classical, Saiidi, stylistic dev., branding) Lee Figenschow |
Workshops & Intensives
Mahmoud Reda, Yousry Sharif, Ahmed Fekry, Aida Nour, Raqia Hassan, Mona El Said, Randa Kamal, Dandash, Camelia, Dr. Mo Gedawi, Lubna Emam, Khaled Mahmoud, Magdy El-Leisy, Momo Kadous, Tito Seif, Nawal Benabdallah, Samasem, Beata & Horacio Cifuentes, Sibel Nefa, Vashty, Ulrika Hellqvist, Lena Helt, Suzanne Petrén Abou Shebika, Hilde Lund, Majken Wærdahl, Lee Figenschow, Fahtiem, Zahra Zuhair, Sahra Saeeda, Feyruz Aram, Virginia, Orit Maftsir, Zoe Anwar, Ranya Renee, Anasma, Elena Lentini, Kaeshi Chai, Autumn Ward, Wendy Buonaventura, Yael Becker. Classes Lena Helt, Suzanne Petren Abou Shebika Guidance and main sources of inspiration Lena Helt, Hilde Lund, Lee Figenschow, Majken Wærdahl, Mahmoud Reda, Aida Nour, Yousry Sharif, Dina, Lucy, Randa Kamel, Dandash, Camelia, Osama Emam, Tito, Khaled Mahmoud, Sahra Saeeda, Orit Maftsir. Indian dances
Long term tutoring
1984 - 1998 (Punjabi folk dances) Tarlochan Singh Private tutoring 2004 (Baratha Natyam) Barbara Dejung 2005 - 2008 (Punjabi folk dances) Tarlochan Singh 2010 (Kathak) Neha Patel 2012 (Jhoomar) Tarlochan Singh |
Dance theory, movement study & Ideokinesis
Private tutoring
2000 Lee Figenschow 2002 - 2004 Lena Helt 2005 -> Patrisha Gutierrez 2009 - 2012 John Diaz 2012 Sahra Saeeda 2013 Lee Figenschow |
Other dance styles
Ballroom & Latin
Tanzanian folk dances Polynesian dance Thai dance Kurdish Halay |
