Contact: Andrea@andreabellydance.com | 510-290-6627
© 2007 Andrea belly dance. All rights reserved. Design by Dinzign
© 2007 Andrea belly dance. All rights reserved. Design by Dinzign
Belly Dance-it's not really about the belly. The graceful and fluid movement of arms, hips, torso, and head all create the elegant and enchanting art of raqs sharqi. Raqs sharqi is social and joyous; Andrea takes it to artistic heights with choreography and fantastic costumes!
Andrea has been dancing raqs sharqi since 1996, and has trained in Egypt with some of the top Egyptian teachers including Mona El Said, Freiz Said, Raqia Hassan, Nagwa Sultan, Aida Noor, and Mahmoud Reda. She dances classic Egyptian sharqi as well as Egyptian folkloric dances including the Sa'idi, and Ghawazee styles of upper Egypt. She also incorporates various props such as the shamedaan (candelabrum), assaya (cane), veil, finger cymbals, and sword into her performances.
Performing:
Andrea dances with passion, joy and oneness with the music to move the audience-make them smile, laugh, sigh, and tingle with goose bumps. Her inspirations are the elegant and powerful Egyptian dancers of raqs sharqi's heyday such as Mona El Said, Fifi Abdo, Lucy, Azza Sherif, and Taheyya Carioca. She has performed both as a soloist and in an ensemble in numerous festivals, openings, clubs, and private events in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Hawai'i, and in Egypt.
Andrea has been dancing raqs sharqi since 1996, and has trained in Egypt with some of the top Egyptian teachers including Mona El Said, Freiz Said, Raqia Hassan, Nagwa Sultan, Aida Noor, and Mahmoud Reda. She dances classic Egyptian sharqi as well as Egyptian folkloric dances including the Sa'idi, and Ghawazee styles of upper Egypt. She also incorporates various props such as the shamedaan (candelabrum), assaya (cane), veil, finger cymbals, and sword into her performances.
Performing:
Andrea dances with passion, joy and oneness with the music to move the audience-make them smile, laugh, sigh, and tingle with goose bumps. Her inspirations are the elegant and powerful Egyptian dancers of raqs sharqi's heyday such as Mona El Said, Fifi Abdo, Lucy, Azza Sherif, and Taheyya Carioca. She has performed both as a soloist and in an ensemble in numerous festivals, openings, clubs, and private events in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Hawai'i, and in Egypt.
Recent performance highlights include:
Acknowledgments:
Andrea wishes to express her thanks to the master teachers who have shared their expertise in Egyptian Dance, and given her inspiration and encouragement. She'd like to thank Amina of San Francisco for instilling a love and feeling for Arabic music; Alexandria of Berkeley, CA for her artistic eye for dance and performance; Dahlena for her excellent technique and powerful grace; and Sausan for teaching the finer details that make this dance captivating. Each of these talented and knowledgeable women have been a great influence on Andrea's dance.
- May 2007, San Jose, CA Special guest on CBS-5's Roberta at the Plaza
- March 2007, Santa Clara, CA Performing artist at Intel's "Diversity Day"
- March 2007, South San Francisco, CA Performer at The American Druize Society's annual dinner
- October 2006, San Francisco, CA Guest performer at The Arab Film Festival's "Meet the Directors" party
- April 2006, Palo Alto, CA Duet performance for "Hollywood on the Nile," a workshop from Stanford University's Continuing Education Program
- January 2006, San Francisco, CA Invited performer in "Dance on the Nile," the new De Young's first sponsored dance production
- November 2005, San Francisco, CA Special guest with Henry Tennenbaum on KRON-4's Morning News
- October 2005, Long Beach, CA and Ensenada, Mexico Performing artist on Xingolati Groove Cruise
- June 2004, Cairo, Egypt Solo performer at Raqia Hassan's Ahlan Wa Sahlan festival
- May 2004, Los Angeles, CA Performer in Dahlena's Habibi Dancers on IAMED's Belly Dance Revolution
- 2001-2004 Berkeley, CA Principal dancer of the Near Eastern Dance Company of Berkeley.
Acknowledgments:
Andrea wishes to express her thanks to the master teachers who have shared their expertise in Egyptian Dance, and given her inspiration and encouragement. She'd like to thank Amina of San Francisco for instilling a love and feeling for Arabic music; Alexandria of Berkeley, CA for her artistic eye for dance and performance; Dahlena for her excellent technique and powerful grace; and Sausan for teaching the finer details that make this dance captivating. Each of these talented and knowledgeable women have been a great influence on Andrea's dance.
