Red Raks!

On January 10, 2004 I performed a red hot
"Techno Shamadan" at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Orlando at
the Winter Babylon Breeze customer appreciation event.





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Spinning Madly!!

At the Orlando Regional Gathering of MENSA (of which I am a member),
otherwise known as "SmartiGras 2004" I performed a  1 hour set,
yes 1 hour! of a wide variety of belly dance.  Here I am spinning
madly with wings and double veils alike.
Can you tell which is which??


 




More collages of SmartiGras pics coming soon!!! Double sword, cane, shamadan!!!

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A Night of Middle Eastern and Greek Belly Dance

At the December meeting of the Gainesville-area MENSA (of which I am a member)
I demonstrated the art of Middle Eastern and Greek Bellydance at
Sandy's Place -Greek American restaurant in Gainesville.

  

 

Please click here for a video clips of my dance:
Dinata opening dance
Chiftitelli
Drum Solo
Sword Dance


AAt the 6th Annual MEDEA Holiday Recital, I debuted my own choreography
to the classic song, "Aziza". This piece was inspired by Kathryn Ferguson, of whom
I studied with privately for a week in Tucson, AZ in August of 2003. Thank you Kathryn!!
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My Troupe

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Amira and Cathleen Halloween Night 2003

aUniversal Studios City Walk, Orlando

Cathleen and I made quite a sensation at City Walk on Halloween night
with our gold and silver wings. Check out the video clips from that night:

Splendid Spins
Our grand descent


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Sultan's Stars performed at the Fall Arts Festival in downtown Gainesville.
We opened with "Raks Mona", then followed with our cane dance and
ended with "Awazal".











I did a hot drum solo (literally) choreography by Jillina.

        



Zarifa Sa'id rolled out the rug for my sword dance and what did she find?
My goodness.....a magic genie lamp!!!!






   



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On Oct 18, Sultan's Stars had their debut opening for 2012 at the Shamrock.
We did a 45 minute show. I opened with "Techno Shamadan", the group did Raks Leyla,
Soraya's cane dance, and our newest number, Soraya's  "Awazal". Cathleen and
Felicia did a beautiful veil duet to Rum Tum Bi Salama and I did a rockin' drum solo
choreographed by Jillina. I closed the show with my signature sword dance.













  Pemella and I regularly open for the very talented band 2012. Recent appearances have been
at Alligator Rocks and the Shamrock in downtown Gainesville.

Other Events

On June 13, 2003, I attended the Atlanta workshop and show featuring Yasmina Ramzy.
 I danced to a choreography by Raqia Hassan in the Egyptian style.



Click on the picture to see a video clip of my number.



In Tallahassee, on June 28, 2003 I performed for the first time,
the Spanish Arabic fusion dance I have been working on for many months.
The choreography was by my Spanish dance teacher Gitana de la Luna.
I also performed a fiery performance of this dance at Raks Adunya 2003 this
July.