Events are the best!
There’s nothing like dressing up and making an audience smile. Even through the pandemic, dancers found a way to shine. Here is one of my favorite online performances, about resilience, forgiveness, and recognizing our common humanity.
Whether in person or online, I could make an impact at your next event.
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MEDANZ Festival 2025
I am once again teaching and performing at our national festival of Middle Eastern dance - this year in driving distance! Palmerston North 25th-27th of April, with a diverse program from New Zealand’s top teachers.
Africa Day is back!
I’m so happy to be invited back to perform a new North African choreography - together with my students this time! We will present saidi style stick dance from Upper Egypt.
Africa Day is a fantastic way to experience authentic food and a range of entertainment - everyone is very welcome.
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Whether your event is corporate, charitable, or private, dance entertainment will impress your guests with elegance and sparkle. Packages start at a flat rate 20 minute appearance. A range of color themes and song playlists are available for you to customize. Whether you’re interested in a performance, a lesson, or both - let’s talk!
Parties, weddings, and more
Tell me what you need, and I’ll see what I can do for you! Check out my FAQs about events, then email me the specifics of your next function. I’ll respond with availability and get you a quote ASAP.
Dance festivals
These are one of my favorite places to perform, because I also get to learn from others! I have a range of workshops I can teach, in addition to various styles of performance.
This is an improvised “Oriental Metal” piece, from the MEDANZ Festival 2022. It’s a different take on the sub-genre, certainly metal but purely raqs sharqi in its instrumentation and aesthetic. The music is “Nothing Else Matters,” by Metallica, as covered by kanun artist Farah Fersi.
Community shows
I have some availability for low cost educational performances to benefit the public. My solos are polished and specialized, or you can ask to book me with my group of student dancers to fill the stage with color and motion.
Keen to perform?
Whether or not you have prior experience, many students like to show what they’ve learned to their friends and family, or perhaps even prepare for larger events.
New Plymouth has a few “belly dance” groups, and we sometimes get together for a private “hafla” (Arabic word meaning “party”) just for us.
Some of us also like dancing at public events like the Multi Ethnic Extravaganza, the Christmas Parade, or whatever else is on!
Dancing for joy
Veil solo “I Talk to the Wind” in Wellington, Easter party at Cafe Green Door, and fusion sword balancing with the Performing Arts Collective
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