Events are the best!
There’s nothing like dressing up and making an audience smile. Building community through public and private events is what we’re here for! My dancers and I are happy to consider your event, especially those that help foster appreciation for the cultures we’ve learned to love.
Below is an improvisational silk veil dance, from the MEDANZ Festival in Wellington. This piece showcased the skills I taught in my workshop, which encourage dancers to reawaken their sense of play and treating their veil like a dance partner. My character was meant to be the earth and water (as symbolized by my costume) interacting joyfully with the wind.
The music is “I Talk to the Wind” by King Crimson, a nod to my enjoyment of progressive rock.
Africa Day - May 30th
We are returning to Africa Day, one of our favorite annual events! Enjoy entertainment, open floor dancing, informational stalls and shopping. Authentic African foods are always a highlight as well! Juniper and the Gems will be showing their best representation of authentic Egyptian “assaya” (stick) dance, as well as finger cymbal percussion.
Visit Sisonke Taranaki’s page for more information:
Worldbeat - October 17th
Our main event of the year! Join the Performing Arts Collective for another fantastic display of local multicultural talent in singing, dancing, modeling, and playing instruments.
The special theme this year is instruments from around the world, many of which you may never have heard before in person. Juniper and the Gems will be contributing our finger cymbal choreography.
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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!
The art of dance
Veil solo “I Talk to the Wind” in Wellington, sword balancing act, and “Inta Omri” political solidarity dance about motherhood, in Christchurch.
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