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PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE (partial list)

Film

Sex and the City 2 - Dancer - New Line Cinema

Sensual Bellydance DVD - Dancer / Choreographer / Dance Instructor - World Dance New York
Tarot - Fantasy Bellydance DVD - Dancer / Choreographer- World Dance New York

Gothic Bellydance: Revelations DVD - Dancer / Choreographer- World Dance New York

Fantasy Bellydance - Desire DVD - Dancer / Choreographer / Dance Instructor - World Dance New York

Fantasy Bellydance Performance DVD - Dancer / Choreographer - World Dance New York
The Golden Apple: Stars of New York Bellydance DVD - Dancer - World Dance New York

Love Potion - The Bellydance Workout DVD - Dancer - World Dance New York

Luscious - The Bellydance Workout DVD - Dancer - World Dance New York
Bellydance for Core Fitness DVD - Dancer - World Dance New York
Gothic Bellydance DVD - Dancer - World Dance New York
Ultimate Bellydance Fitness DVD - Dancer - World Dance New York
Love - Dancer - Film by Vladan Nikolik

Stage

Theatrical Bellydance Conference - Principal Dancer / Choreographer - DNA Theater, NYC

Metamorphosis - Fantasy Bellydance Concert - Principal Dancer / Choreographer - Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC

Tarot - Fantasy Bellydance Concert - Principal Dancer / Choreographer / Co-Director - Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC

Zodiac Bellydance - Featured Dancer / Choreographer - Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC

Zodiac Dance - Featured Dancer / Choreographer - Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC

Rakkasah East - Guest Performer / Instructor - Somerset, NJ

Spring Caravan - Guest Performer - Somerset, NJ

Shades of Babylon Concert by the Brooklyn Philharmonic - guest dancer - Cantor Auditorium at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Cult of Myth - Fantasy Bellydance Concert - Principal Dancer / Choreographer / Co-Director - DNA, NYC

Facetas de una Danza Milenaria - Noche de Bellydance - Principal Dancer / Director / Choreographer - Teatro Maria Grever, León, Mexico
Fantasy Bellydance Concert - Principal Dancer / Choreographer / Co-Director - Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC
Discordia - Principal Dancer/ Choreographer / Co-Director - Merce Cunningham Studio, NYC
Following the Silk Road and Beyond - Principal Dancer / Choreographer - Harkness Dance Center, NYC
Zodiac Bellydance - Dancer (Soloist and Ensemble) - Dance Forum NYC
Dances in Moonlight - Featured Dancer - Zenergy Skyloft NYC
Keeping the Channels Open - Principal Dancer / Choreographer / Co-Director - / Zenergy Skyloft NYC
Goddessdance - Principal Dancer / Ensemble -The Directors Company, NYC; American Theater of Actors, NYC; Connelly Theatre, NYC
Turkish Memories - Dancer - Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC
Bollywood Music Awards - Dancer - Taj Mahal, Atlantic City
Alabina Concerts - Dancer - Concerts in New York, Atlantic City and México City.
Portals: The Floating Cinema Dance Films Association - Principal Dancer, Prospect Park, NY
Tales of Sheherazade - Principal Dancer, Theatre East, NYC

Teaching Experience

Bellydance Teacher since 1999

Schools and Studios (Ongoing classes): Harkness Dance Center / 92 St Y NYC, Steps on Broadway NYC, Serena Studios NYC, Temple of Jehan NYC, The Breathing Project NYC, Djoniba Studio NYC

Workshops: Theatrical Bellydance Conference, Rakkasah East in NJ, NYC, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Long Island; Morelia, México; León, México; Guadalajara, México, San Miguel de Allende, México)

On DVD: Sensual Bellydance, Fantasy Bellydance - Desire, Luscious - The Bellydance Workout, Love Potion - The Bellydance Workout, Bellydance for Core Fitness, Ultimate Bellydance Fitness.

Dance Education

Bellydance, Folk and Modern Middle Eastern Dance.

Mentors:
Jehan Kamal (NYC)

Ayshe (NYC)
Serena Wilson (NYC)
Lupita Garcidueñas (DAE, Morelia, México)
Workshops with: Raquia Hassan (Egypt), Mahmoud Reda (Egypt), Ghassan Fadlalah (Lebanon), Yousri Sharif (Egypt), Morocco (NYC), Elsa Leandros (NYC), Amir Thaleb (Argentina), Tamalyn Dhalal (Miami, Florida) and many more.

Acting: HB Studio - Rasa Allan Kazlas
Voice: Tom Burke, BDC - Bettina Sheppard; Circle in the Square - Andrea Haring, Judith Taylor
Ballet: Gabriela Darvash, Kat Wildish.

Jazz, Modern Dance: Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Arts, Steps on Broadway, New Dance Group, DanceSpace
Kathak (Indian dance): Amrapali Ambegaokar

Aerial Dance: NY Circus Arts Academy

CLIENTS (partial list)

Altria
Barnard College (Persian dance performance for the Iranian Society)
Borders Books
Brooklyn Museum (Gala for the opening of the "Egypt Reborn" exhibit)
Brooklyn Philharmonic
Capitale
Columbia University
Dance on Camera Film Festival
Disney (launch of Aladdin DVD)
EMI - Event for the release of Sara Brightman's album "Harem"
Humane Society ("Paws for Style" Fashion show)
Makor

McGraw Hill
MoMA
MTV
Rolling Stone Magazine
The Friars Club
United Nations
Universal Pictures
University of Hartford
Wagner College