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2008 Festival Workshop Instructors:
Nadira has become one of the most passionate, elegant and dynamic Middle Eastern performers in the U.S. Having graced many audiences throughout the U.S., Canada and abroad, her dance is graceful, seamless and multi-faceted. - 2007 Belly Dancer USA Nadira is featured in IAMED’s “Bellydance-O-Rama 2” DVD, filmed in Hollywood as well as the new performance DVD “By Dancers for Dancers, Volume II”. Nadira has been a featured performer on Persian television and recently toured Turkey, performing and teaching in Istanbul and Antalya. One can see how much Nadira truly respects, enjoys and understands Middle Eastern music in her dance. Her ability to capture the crowd with her skilled grace and playfulness has earned her the respect of the local Persian and Arabic communities. She has the ability to intrigue the audience, yet keeps them at ease with her playfulness. Nadira is an outstanding entertainer, a sought after performer and instructor. “Nadira is the most beautifully graceful dancer I have ever seen! Her stage presence is enough to take your breath away! Her unique ability to combine technique and style, on top of layering isolations is absolutely amazing. She is unforgettably timeless in this dance community!” Rachel George –Oregon and San Diego performer and instructor
Heather Stants is a lifelong artist and dancer with a degree in photography and fine arts. Her explorations in tribal bellydance began over eleven years ago when she became the assistant director of Read My Hips* (readmyhips.com) in Chicago, Illinois. In 1999 Heather moved to San Diego, California and launched the southern california tribal movement through her classes and the formation of Urban Tribal Dance Company. Heather Stants is widely respected as one of the first and most influential innovators of the tribal fusion style. Heather's diverse movement and arts background feeds her creativity and her groundbreaking approach to choreography. Urban Tribal Dance Company is known for it's contemporary approach to belly dance, a pared down costume emphasizing body movements over ornamentation, athleticism and the use of the dance form as a means of personal expression and interpretation. Their creativity has twice earned them the title of "Troupe of the Year" in Zaghareet! Magazine's Golden Belly Awards. In addition to teaching several weekly classes in San Diego since 1999, Heather Stants and Urban Tribal Dance Company have been touring extensively since 2004 sharing their love of modern tribal bellydance with dancers in the U.S. and abroad.
Shoshanna is from Arcata where she keeps busy as dance faculty at Humboldt State University, teaching local classes in Arcata & Eureka, directing two troupes: The Ya Habibi Dance Company and the Raks Amar Dancers, and produces a variety of events and concerts through her own business and through Mosaic Productions, which she began in 2005. Shoshanna has danced throughout her life in Ballet, Jazz, and Modern Dance, but has found her art in the dances styles of the Middle East. She is very interested in the thoughtful fusion of diverse styles of dance, and the power of dance as a vehicle of expression and personal interpretation of music for an audience. Shoshanna is a dedicated improvisational dancer who values any opportunity to perform to live music. She strives to express the joy of dancing and the emotional quality of the music. As an instructor, she works to balance artistic and personal interpretation of the music with excellent technical skills and to instill a passion for this beautiful dance form. Shoshanna earned the title of Belly Dancer of the Year 2004 and appears on IAMED's 4th Awards of Bellydance DVD, the performance DVD By Dancers for Dancers vol. II (along with Nadira) and the upcoming volume 3 (along with Crystal & Nadira).
Crystal Silmi is a belly dance fusion instructor from Santa Cruz, California. She fell in love with Middle Eastern dance in 2000 and has since become known for her unique style of hip hop infused movements and has performed for audiences around the world. Skilled in both the art of classical Middle Eastern dance and modern fusion, Crystal puts her Arab American roots to the stage with a deep sense of rhythm and powerful athleticism. As a long time student of master instructor Suhaila Salimpour, Crystal performs in periodic productions with the both Suhaila Dance Company and Bal Anat and is director of her own Santa Cruz based fusion troupe RaksArabi. Crystal will be a featured dancer in the upcoming BDTV Volume 3 DVD. For more information visit www.crystalsilmi.com RAY DOWLER Ray Dowler is a fantastic drummer and co-owner of the wonderful business Masala Imports of Santa Cruz (who has been at our Redwood Coast Belly Dance Festival since the first year). He hasn't sent an offical Bio with all of his marvelous accomplishments, but I know first hand that he is an encouraging, challenging, fun teacher and that students of all levels will get so much out of his classes. He has studied extensively with master drummer Souhail Kaspar and has excellent Arabic technique that will dazzle all.
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NADIRA
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