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The Silk Road of A bellydancer

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Showtime

This issue is devoted to Samia Jamal,tahia Karioka and Naima Aakif .... and to all the stars of Bellydance all over the world hoping that my simple work will get their pleasure and support....

BellyDancers of the world.....

Happy 2014 new year

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Dear star...do you want to be famous and wealthy? like to be an icon in bellydance world?

There are only two solutions...... find a magic lamp or send yor biography and photos to me.

nariman_sanati@yahoo.com showtimemagazine1@gmail.com

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Katalin Schafer I was born as the third child of a Hungarian family. Surprising my parents right at the beginning, as they were expecting a boy. From a very young age I loved to be in the centre of attention, I liked acting, singing, dancing and being naughty.

That>s why my sister took me to a ballet school, hoping that they can provide me with a strong base for my ambitions.

As the years went by, my curious nature has not changed at all! I have studied different styles, such as: jazz and latin dances.

When I was eighteen, I have come across belly dancing in Hungary. Six months later I have accomplished Raquia Hassan and Dr. Mo>s masterclass, where I have fallen in love with this style. I have travelled a lot in Egypt and learnt more and more about belly dancing and arabic folklore dances.

At the same time I have accomplished a Costume Designer College for my dad urge, who reckoned I should have a ÂŤproper jobÂť too.

In 2004, three master teachers and I have established a dance company, called Art of Orient.

During this time, my experiences in regards of directing and choreography have deepened a lot and soon enough, I have established my own dance company with arab boys and hungarian girls.

In the same year, I have come second at the Ahlan Wa Sahlan World Competition in Egypt and our oriental dance company has won awards in the best group and choreography category.

In this year a long process, a meaningful journey has begun that has effected my life on both professional and spiritual levels. I wanted to discover why I have

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chosen this path for myself, this verfeminine style even though in my personal life, I was a bit of a tom boy. Perhaps my wide range of interest has motivated me to create my very unique, personal style. If I had to name the style I represent, I would call it Oriental Jazz, as it moves from classic music, through folklore to oriental cabaret. It took me a long time to accept that I didn>t need to be an arabic princess, for I am Katalin Schafer, my unique self!

I believe that movement has its own language, that is the most honest in the world. Often, the way we move, tells things about us that we, ourselves may not even be aware of. I am aiming to bring these hidden things to the surface when I dance, to make the act deeper and more meaningful. My goal is to share this perspective, self-awareness and spiritual growth with my students.

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Yana

Yana is a native of Russia. Her mother is a professional Ballet Dancer who still teaches and choreographs in Russia. Following her mother, Elena’s graceful footsteps, Yana began the study of Music and Dance at the age 4. As a little girl, Yana began performing at her mother’s annual recitals and also appeared on local television shows, becoming a celebrity in her hometown Vladivostok. While obtaining her Bachelor’s degree in English Linguistics, Yana organized a modern-experimental dance troupe called Stihiya, meaning “Element” in Russian. Stihiya performed ardently at college recitals, various art festivals, and other venues.

From 2000-2005, Yana taught professionally as a choreographer at Red Stars Model Agency as well as in various fitness clubs, bringing

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the ancient art of Belly Dance to her beloved students.As a brilliant soloist, Yana has performed at countless shows throughout the south east of Russia and central Florida and continues to choreograph and perform solo and group performances.

She continues to study World Music and Dance; her current passions being Latin American Dance, Flamenco, Romani and Belly Dance; Tribal style and Classic Oriental.

In 2005, Yana moved to Central Florida, bringing her passion and talent, as well as years of teach-

ing experience. Yana attributes all the love and passion in her heart for the art of dance to her mother, Elena.Locally, Yana has founded Daytona Beach Belly Dance, a community of women who celebrate the joy of Middle Eastern music and dance together. The Daytona Beach Belly Dance group gathers for classes during the week and performs during community cultural events such as the Daytona Beach Indian Festival, Earth Day, and at various private and public venues. Several “Haflas” are held every year for friends and family to attend and share in the groups’ love of Belly Dance. Yana also instructs Belly Dance and ZUMBA classes at many local fitness clubs, dance and yoga studios in the Volusia county area. She currently studies Salsa, Flamenco, Bollywood, and Polynesian dance as well as taking Samba classes and various workshops.

Yana is an instructor of Suspira’s Orlando Belly Dance Academy and currently performing with the “Orlando Dance Theater”.

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Elianae Stone

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Elianae Stone is not a stranger to belly dance, nor to the Northeast Ohio dance community. She has, though, recently relocated from Columbus to Cleveland and has immersed herself in the local dance community.

Elianae studied ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical, Afro-Caribbean, and other styles of dance as a kid. she was in the pre-professional program at Ballet Met Columbus, and studied as a dance major at Jacksonville University. In her early ٢٠’s, she took a break from dance to pursue other things, and during that break, she came across belly dance.

She later started taking classes from Habeeba’s Dance of the Arts in Columbus, and really fell in love with Classic Cabaret belly dance at that time. She studied there for about ٨ years, becoming an Instructor for ٤ years.

She also likes Egyptian greats like Fifi Abdo, Samia Gamal and Tahiya Karioka. She values any dancer with commitment to their craft.

Elianae is an American Cabaret Dancer, even though that term is ever-evolving. Many Cabaret dancers employ much more ballet/modern/fusion technique into their dancing than even ١٥ years ago, adding high kicks, arabesques, attitudes, and other more recent evolutions. She dabbed in Tribal and Egyptian, and still would like to broaden her horizons with folkloric.

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Anna Borisova Anna Borisova is a professional bellydancer from Russia. She started her career ٦ years ago.

During this time she was taking part in different competitions in Russia, participating in a great amount of festivals and championships, where she was winning the first prizes.

Anna has always studied by herself, making her own choreographies and creating her own special and unique style. She attended nu...merous workshops of such great masters of oriental dance as Randa Kamel, Soraya Zaied, Amir Thaleb, Asmahan,

Saida, Raqia Hassan, Aida Nur, Mahmoud Reda and many others, including Russian famous teachers.

Anna was the prize winner in Ahlan Wa Sahlan Festival ٢٠١٠. In January ٢٠١١ she won an International competition in OASIS-FESTIVAL among professionals in Saint-Petersburgh. In may ٢٠١١ Anna became the winner of «Randa Kamel of Course» competition in Cairo, dancing with a live band. Anna loves improvisation, because she thinks that only free dancing shows the true soul of a professional dancer and reveals her genuine skills!

Anna has her own special style, which can be described as strong and very powerful. Usually she combines strong hip movements with soft arms and powerful shimmies. Anna prefers emotional and impressive dancing using expressive hands and vast body movements which can convey the meaning of the dance best of all. Loving music and living in it while being on the stage - is her motto.

Anna is a designer of her own costumes. All of them are made with her own ideas and sketches. It>s hard to invent a new unique model, that>s why it takes a long time to create a new piece of art in order not to perform in the

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costumes, that are similar to other ones.

Anna has a great teaching experience, because she has been teaching bellydance to her students for ŮĽ years already. Now she has her own large school in her city.

Kids, juniors and adults attend her classes. She makes a lot of solo, duet and group choreographies for her students as well as for people from other cities and takes them to various competitions in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where they have been really successful. At present time she presents her experience to her students and is happy to share her knowledge with everyone at her workshops!

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Aida Aida Bogomolova was born in the city of Khabarovsk, in Far East. She has been going in for dancing since her childhood.

At the age of six she was impressed by Indian dancing and starting from the age of ten she has been taking part in different dancing contests and participated in the local TV programs.

At the age of seventeen Aida was invited to the theatre of “Scenic miniatures”, where she worked for a long time as a solo dancer and performed in many cities of the region: Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Tomsk, Omsk and the other cities of Russia. In her repertoire Aida performed Indian (bollywood style) and oriental dances, worked together with fakir.

At the age of nineteen Aida entered “Pacific National University”, where she founded her own School of the Oriental Dancing. Within the period beginning from 2000 to 2007 school “Aida” won a lot of prizes in the dancing contests in Khabarovsk region.

In 2006 the school “Aida” won the First prize in the nomination “Oriental” in the All-Russian Festival “Student’s Spring 2006”. Aida was a producer and a choreographer in her dancing school as well as a solo dancer and the designer of the costumes of her show group.

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From 2004 she regularly visited Moscow workshops of some famous Russian and Egyptian choreographers of Belly dance: Tito, Yousri Sharif, Aida Nour, Tatyana Fedyayeva (Nour), Marianna SmirnovaSeslavinskaya, Farida Fahmi, Saida, Zaina and some others.

She has been living in two cities (Khabarovsk and Moscow) for a long time.

Moscow has given her new opportunities to reveal and develop her talents, to learn more important information about dancing and to create her first fabulous projects.

Khabarovsk is her home-land where she has been interviewed very often by the local journalists and TV men.

In 2007 Aida took a decision to move to Moscow. She was involved in some show projects and performed with Turetsky Choir, Ishtar Alabina, Sergey Zhukov.

In October 2008 Aida participated in International Festival of Oriental Dancing Assembly, where she got the Second prize in the nomination “Professionals” In May 2009 she got the First prize in the contest organized by Irina Popova in the Center of the Oriental Dancing. The contest was held for the professionals and the world-known orchestra from Lebanon was invited there.

In October 2009 she won the First prize in the Fourth International Festival of Oriental Assembly in Moscow with the assistance of the International Associations of the Egyptian Actors in nomination “Professionals”.

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Farah Nasri

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Farah specialised in bellydance early on in her career and is now considered a consummate dancer, choreographer and instructor.

Known to accurately translate the soul, culture and rhythm of Middle -Eastern music ; Farah mesmerizes audiences of all ages with stunning costumes, beauty and charm.

Farah is a renowned talent, a sought after entertainer whose charisma surpasses frontiers, regularly showcasing her talent internationally.

She has recently performed for the Brunei Royal family and illustrious personalities including Leonardo Di Caprio!

Farah truly is entertaining the world, dancing from London to Marrakech, Firenze, Roma, Paris, Cairo, Monaco, Sharm el Sheikh and many more.

Bellydance being a passion Farah holds weekly classes in central London, monthly workshops in the UK and abroad, private tuitions as well as coaching sessions from beginner to advance pro levels.

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Alissa

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She likes to dance when Egyptian or Lebanese music is played. She likes to let the Arabic classics lead her steady steps on the stage.

As a specialist in terms of tabla solo, she is a brilliant belly dancer, talented with special gifts and a unique personality. Although she is not well known like other belly dancers, but she faces no difficulty in being booked or hired.

Alissa has been busy belly dancing for seven years.

She is planning for a great future in terms of making Cleveland another Cairo of the east .She performs at Arabic restaurants and nightclubs such as Kan Zaman restaurant in Cleveland and Club ٣٦٠ in North Royalton. Alissa can also be seen performing at parties and weddings throughout NE Ohio. She is not only a professional belly dancer but the angel of Akron city hospital. Charity has its own value for Alissa, however When she isn’t dancing, she works full time as a RN in the Coronary Critical Care Unit at Akron City Hospital. We hope that you will remember us when you are famous Alissa.

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Nanci Glendening Casandra

In 1972, I discovered Belly Dance in Miami Florida. I was in college, and working as a fashion model in Miami, Florida. I was a contestant in the Miss Miami Beach Pageant held at the Eden Roc Hotel. Another contestant, whose family was from Jordan, did the belly dance. I was hooked!

When I started dancing, cabaret was really the only style for stage performing and most private engagements. I still prefer it. Performances used to be much longer than they are today. I still prefer to dance to live music, though it is not so easy to ďŹ nd. I adore dancing with the veil, play the zills; and often dance with 2 -3 swords.

I have been teaching belly dance for the University of Cincinnati for about 8 years. Also I teach classes and private lessons in my own studio; and do a lot of special workshops, too.I just taught a Sword Workshop; have a double Sword Workshop coming up; additional specialty workshops starting in January.

Also, often, groups ask me to teach a course at their location. Most of students learn the dance to have fun as they get into shape. Some students have become performers.

I was so humbled to teach belly dancing to members of Ireland’s touring RIVERDANCE Ensemble.

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I host ‘Casandra’s Belly Dance Party’ at the Corinthian restaurant in Cincinnati. I perform plus showcase other dancers.

Feature dancer: Grecian Touch, PJ’s on the Square, Olde Hillcrest (where she was honored to perform for members of the Moscow Ballet Company),Candlewood Inn * Supper club engagements include: Caproni’s, Rombi’s, Hearth, Georgio’s, Fisherman’s Wharf * Performed with recording artist, Vince Sauma * Performance Videos * Cruise Lines [will attach photo] * Guest Performances: Uncle Sam’s (St

Augustine, Florida…several places there); Zorba’s, Golden Greek (Tarpon Springs)….Others—cannot even remember their names * She has been featured many times by the media and press. In the other half of my life…I am an image consultant, and provide presentations, seminars, and coaching for all types and sizes of businesses. My focus is on both professional and personal image. I teach finishing at the University of Cincinnati; and focus on the pillars of a polished image for both personal and professional objectives. These are Civility, communication, social graces, dining etiquette, what to wear and how to wear it, beauty basics, and visual poise (my favorite).

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Mariah

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Mariah - A true artist through her paintings and love of Middle Eastern Dance.Mariah is from Ohio, Greek and Italian heritage. Since childhood she always studied dance, including belly dance. Mariah discovered ™Habeeba’s Dance of the Arts belly dancing studios of Ohio in 1991 and realized she found her mentor and dance home. In addition to studying personally with Habeeba, a belly dancer since 1960, Mariah was chosen to assist teaching her exclusive technique and choreographies at Habeeba’s studio in Columbus from 1997 - 2007. Former member of Habeeba’s Danse Oriental Troupe. January 2010 Mariah opened her own school of dance, Belly Dance by Mariah Studio serving NE Ohio. Mariah is Director and sole Choreographer for her student troupe Yallah Mariah and is also founder and co-member of Troupe Pro-Ohio.Mariah performs, travels and teaches across the United States as a soloist, competitor, competition judge and workshop instructor. She was a featured performer with the late Ofra Haza, Original Bellydance Superstars and the Oojami band (UK) on their first U.S. tour.

Mariah is a Multi- Award-Winning Performer and Choreographer having won in Professional Bellydance Competition categories including: 2006 – East Coast Belly Dance Classic, VA – Personal Best Middle Eastern Dance Competition, OH – Za-Beth’s Annual Diva Pageant, MA – Jewel of the Nile, NJ. 2007 – East Coast Belly Dance Classic, VA – Za-Beth’s Diva Pageant, MA 2008 – Personal Best Middle Eastern Dance Competition, OH – The Midwest Bellydance Challenge, IL 2009 – Finalist in The Bellydancer of the Year Competition (BDOY), CA – Drum Solo MAQAM Challenge, IL – Northeast Belly Dance Competition, PA 2010 – Gypsy category Emerald Rain, WA – Pro Personal Best, OH – “Fire Diva” Drum Solo Diva Pageant, MA. – Finalist in 2010 BDOY CA. 2011 -Jewel of the Sierra, CA 1st Place in both Live Music & Diva 2012 -Belly Dancer of the Year 1st Runner-Up Grand Dancer 2013 -Midwest Dance Competition Overall Winner, 1st Place in Dance Oriental, AmCab, & Improvisation, IN -Grand Belly Dancer of the Year & 2nd Runner-Up Belly Dancer of the Year, CA -Cover Dancer on Pangia Vol. 7 Mystic Blue Caravan World Music CD -Brandons Oasis November 2013 Bellydancer of the Month Mariah considers herself an energetic, graceful dancer with a tremendous repertoire.In addition to dancing, Mariah is proud of her work as a Fine Artist.

She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts and is a candidate for her Master of Fine Arts. She has exhibited and sold her artwork in galleries, museums, and universities throughout the United States and abroad for 20 years. Her paintings can be viewed in both public and private collections.

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Jillinan

Whether Jillina is coaching dancers individually or teaching a group of 1,000 students, she has a special ability to connect with people on and off the dance floor.

Jillina has won numerous awards from International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance and the Giza Academy, including Best Modern Egyptian Dancer, Best Instructional Video, Best Dance Company and Dancer of the Year. Jillina has appeared on a number of television programs, including, “Dancing With The Stars” & “Tsukiri” a widely viewed show in Japan. She has co-produced 12 instructional DVDs, which, due to their success, are now offered in 5 different languages and distributed

by Universal Records. In the summer of 2009 and 2010, Jillina was the first American to be invited as a featured performer in the prestigious Closing Gala at Ahlan Wa Sahlan in Egypt.

Jillina is the owner of Evolution Dance Studios, located in Universal City, California, USA. The studio provides rehearsal space to some of Hollywood’s top artists- Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Choreographers from So You Think You Can Danceand serves as a focal point for the Los Angeles Dance Community.

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Performer, Master Instructor, Choreographer, Director and Producer, Jillina has devoted her life to dance. Currently Jillina is touring the world with her newest production: Bellydance Evolution. Created in 2009, Bellydance Evolution is a revolutionary approach to the art of bellydance; it is a theatrical show with a storyline, much like a ballet. Bellydance Evolution has already appeared in over 20 countries and was a featured performer at the Mawazine festival in Morocco, performing for the Queen of Morocco.

In 1999 Jillina established her own dance company, Jillina’s Sahlala Dancers, currently LA’s premier Middle Eastern and world fusion dance entertainment company. From 2003-09 she served as Artistic Director and Main Choreographer for the Bellydance Superstars and performed with them for over 700 shows in over a dozen countries. High-lights include performing on the main stage at Lolapaloza, The Follies Berger in Paris, The Queen’s Theater in London and Theatre Mohammed V in Rabaat, Morocco. Jillina continued in her position as principal choreographer until 2010.

Jillina pulls from a strong dance background in Middle Eastern, Folklore, Jazz, Ballet, and Hip Hop to create a colorful Middle Eastern fusion repertoire. She travels extensively, teaching seminars and performing in concerts. The “Michael Jordan of Bellydance”, Jillina’s talents have taken her to England, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Panama, Chile, Venezuela, Canada, France, Italy, Monaco, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Holland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Luxembourg, Russia, Slovenia, Peru, Greece, Turkey, Morocco, Dubai and Egypt.

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Shahrzad

Shahrzad starded her dance training at the age of 11. She quickly discovered her natural talent for movement and it has been her passion in life ever since. She has trained in many styles of dance including ballet, Indian folk and classical, Samba, Salsa, and, of course, belly dance.

Her training started in the Philadelphia with local star teachers Habiba and Najia. As her level and learning progressed she reached out for more and was led to belly dance star Faten Salama who would become her main teacher and inspiration.

Since then she has never stopped studying and searching for knowledge, she regularly travels to train with world renowned teachers from Egypt and abroad.

Although she trained in many different styles, the ďŹ rst moment Shahrzad was exposed to Egyptian music and dance she was in love. She has made it her mission to learn everything there is to know about the traditions of Egyptian dance and mu-

sic and how they relate to the culture. Her passion for the regional dances of Egypt have inspired her to not only train extensively in Egyptian folkloric dance but in many of the traditional dances of North Africa and the Middle East including Tunisian, Moroccan, Khaleegy, and Dabke.

Shahrzad is an award winning performer who currently travels to do shows up and down the east coast. She has performed for many celebrities and government ofďŹ cials including several Middle Eastern ambassadors and members of Morocco>s royal family. She has also been featured in concerts with famous Arabic singers from Tunisia, Morocco, Lebanon, and Iraq including Hatem Idar and Saad. She has

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worked extensively at night clubs and large private events in NYC, Philadelphia, and Washington DC. Over her many years of dance Shahrzad has developed a unique teaching style. Her deep and ever evolving understanding of movement, music, and performance enables her to effectively train beginner to professional level dancers. She enjoys sharing her passion and knowledge so that others can experience the joy of dance. She is currently one of the main teachers and choreographers at Sahara Dance in Washington, DC and frequently travels to teach workshops. She also trains several professional dancers for performance and competition.

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Izida

Born in Bulgaria Izida starts her first experiences with modern dance at the age of 11.

Since 10 years Izida commits herself to oriental dance, with regular performances and participating in oriental workshops.

Since 2002 Izida lives and dances in Germany, with numerous solo performances in different Gala Shows (Paris, Amsterdam, Cologne, Berlin, Augsburg, Madrid, Vienna, Valencia, Sofia) In 2008, Izida became vice champion in oriental dance in Germany and in 2009 she won the championship.Miss Summer Belydance 2011 in Netherlands.Main role in the dance theater «Aladdin and the Magic Lamp» by Dr.Gamal Seif.

Izida has had professional training in oriental dance with many different and famous dancers: Shahrazad, Raqia Hassan, Randa Kamel, Dina, Nagua Fouad, Gamal Seif, Khaled Seif, Aladin El Kholy, Amir Thaleb, Zaza Hassan, Amar Gamal, Lulu Sabongi, Mahmud Reda, Farida Fahmi, Rajaa, Momo Kadous.

Thanks to the many performances in Germany and abroad Izida has gained many valuable experiences in oriental dance.TV channels (RTL, RBB, WDR, BTV, ProBG, TV EVROPA) and various event and concert managers count among her long list of references.

Izida captures her audience with her unique grace and beauty.

This beautiful dancer expresses the feminine passion of classical oriental dance with joy and competence.

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Maria jimmy shimmy

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“I don’t wear a turban or play an instrument, and the snake does not dance out of a basket.

That’s not what I do. That’s mainly in India and ancient Egypt and the Middle East.”

Maria jimmy shimmy has studied with the top Middle Eastern Dance Artists and Instructors in the industry such as world famous Suhaila Salimpour, Sadie (Raks Sharki style), Rachel Brice (Tribal Fusion Style), Nourhan Sharif (Raks Sharki and Saedy styles), Nesma Al-Andalus (Oriental Style), Mohamed Kazafy (Saedy style), Dalia Carella (Gypsy/Roma style) , Jaya Vaswani (Bollywood), , 2011, 2012 and 2013 Bellydance Masters Intensive workshop with Nadia Nikishenko of Russia, Mia Sha>uri, Karen Barbee, Oud Master Naser Musa, and Master Percussionist Miguel Crespo.

She is continuously training in the Suhaila Salimpour and Jamila Salimpour programs, and achieved a Certification in Level 1 SSBD in April 2013. She is working towards the Jamila Salimpour Level 1 Certification in April of 2014.

Maria also has training in a variety of dance styles such as Polynesian, Flamenco, Brazilian Samba, Colombian, Salsa, Caribbean and more through years of instructor certifications and workshops.

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