Discover more about the artists who will participate in the
third BellyFusions festival.
And find out more about the artists of the previous editions
in the archives section (2010 -
2009 ).
Cie AMIRA ART COMPANY
Amira is one of the first professional oriental dancers of Hungary, performing
and teaching for 15 years. She is well known internationally and had performed
in New York, London, Paris, Barcelona, Alicante, Vienna, Cairo, Romania…She
formed her group - Amira Art Company - in 1998. aiming to focus on the
roots of this dance and wishing to embody the femininity in an artistic
form. As a company, they take part in many national and international festivals.
As an artist, Amira is always looking for new perspectives in order to
give oriental dance its place among the contemporary arts.
- Site web : http://www.amirahastanc.hu
Hilde CANNOODT
Originally from belgium, Hilde Cannoodt moved to UK to
pursue her career as a dancer. Fusion dancer at heart,
she has studied in many styles from Egyptian Dance to
Tribal. Street Dance to Flamenco
and is currently studying at Laban in London where her
focus lies in Contemporary Dance, Ballet and Jazz. Hilde
is Fat Chance Belly
Dance certified (GS 2007) and received certificate of
Achievement for the JWAAD teacher training foundation
course. In 2007 she founded
Masmoudi DC , combining tribal and fusion belly dance
together with various other dance styles, from contemporary
dance to street dance.
- Site web : http://www.hildebellydance.co.uk
Cie CAROVANA TRIBALE
Carovana Tribale is the first troupe teaching and performing American
Tribal Style in Italy. Its work is completely based on ATS created by Carolena
Nericcio and FatChance Belly dance from San Francisco (USA), but it is
presented with the peculiar flavour of Mediterranean music, especially
from Southern Italy traditions. Carovana Tribale's performances celebrate
the joy of dancing together.
- Site web : http://www.myspace.com/carovanatribale /
Drummer Simone Pulvano: http://www.simonepulvano.com
Gwen BOOTH
Gwen Booth has been performing and teaching Egyptian
bellydance and fusions for over a decade, teaching at UK, national,
and international events. She is a trainer of bellydance teachers
on the JWAAD Diploma and Foundation courses in the UK. She specializes
in Egyptian and theatrical fusion bellydance, in which she incorporates
balletic and theatrical elements and sometimes the fun of burlesque
dance with arabic dance. She is known for her elegant and dramatic
choreography and performance, and for her use of props including
veils and feather fans.
- Site web : http://www.elegantbellydance.co.uk/
Gwenael LaSirène
Travelling the sea and the world since her childhood,
Gwenaël explored many art forms before deciding to dedicate
herself to dance. Firstly to Tribal Bellydance, the fluidity of
which reminds her of her beloved sea, then to Indian dances such
as Bollywood, Kalbelya, Kathak & Odissi, which have become
a source of endless inspiration. Gwenaël divides her time
between developing her own style, mixing all of her eclectic influences
together, and working among the Urban Shamans Dance troupe.
Susan FRANKOVICH
American born and trained, Susan Frankovich is an International
Fusion belly dance artist living in Zagreb, Croatia. She is known
for her strong stage presence, dramatic pauses, fluid movements, and a
teaching
style which speaks to many.
Susan was always interested in communication through movement
and body language. She acted and and danced her way through tap,
ballet, jazz, hip hop also studied martial arts. While studying
at college in
Santa Fe, she discovered Belly dance and more particularly the
American Tribal Style. During her three years spent in New York,
Susan was a dancer
in the original PURE (Public Urban Ritual Experiment) branch
and co-founded Alchemy Dance Theater with Sarah J. Locke. In
2005, she joined Bellyqueen
and toured with them.
- Site web : http://www.susanfrankovich.com
ELISHEVA
Elisheva is an internationally acclaimed Tribal Fusion dancer
from New York city, sought after for her signature fusion of
aesthetics Belly Dance fused with trained classical dance, jazz
forms, and hip hop's
pop & lock. Her dedication to the art form has allowed her to tour
around the globe, author published articles, teach at international
festivals, and currently performing in NYC's Bellyqueen as dance
captain. She is
also a collaborator in the NYC collective production team "Venus
Uprising", co-founder of fusion troupe "Uyum Dans" and
director of "The Serpent's Secret" and "Raks Sheva".
- Site web : http://www.elishevadance.com
LEI THENIGHT
Lei TheNight is a fully trained dancer and has been mixing styles
from an early age : modern jazz, contemporary dance, oriental
dance, African dance, salsa, hip hop... Thanks to her teachers
and the emerging leaders
of Wacking in Europe, Japan and New York, she has developed
her own style, Belly'Wacking which is rich, unique and explosive.
She has a strong interest in blend dances, especially the so
called " freestyle" she discovered through
the atmosphere of clubs in Paris, New York, Tokyo, London, Stockholm
and Osaka.
- Site web : http://www.myspace.com/leithenight
Cie DE NOVA LUCE
Francesca Pedretti is an Italian choreographer and soloist.
She was the leader of Les Soeurs Tribales Company for
several years. Originality and innovation are Francesca’s
marks. She created various
combinations for her company which turned out to be the
first Italian tribal style company. Her work and contribution
to the Tribal Belly
Dance style has been spotted and recognized across Europe
but also in the US. Francesca was invited by Paulette
Rees-Denis (Gypsy Caravan)
to teach and perform at the Tribal Quest North West,
in Portland. Francesca has taken workshops and classes
with and by many talented artists such as Ada Went, Jamila
Zaki and Aziza Abdul
Ridha, but also Carolina Nericcio (FCBD), Rachel Brice,
Geneva Bybee, Darshan, Urban Tribal for tribal fusion
style. In October 2009, Francesca created a new vocabulary
of movements through “ De Nova Luce – emotional tribal
belly dance “ which offers a mix of oriental modern dance,
recent tribal fusion
and spectacular improvisations. Their work focuses on
emotions, imagination and interpretation. Choreographic
sequences alternate with improvisations…
and Emotions turn into forms and gestures.
- Site web : http://www.francescapedretti.it
MIHRIMAH GHAZIYA
Born in France but living in Germany, Mihrimah Ghaziya
remains an unclassifiable dancer. Her formation in classical
and contemporary dance, as well as in different Rroma
(Gypsy) and Asian
dance forms give a very own soul to her creations, unique
blend of Ancient and New, Tradition and Innovation.
- Site web : http://www.mihrimah-ghaziya.de
Mirjam SUTTER
Mirjam was born in Zurich. After receiving ballet training in Zurich,
she moved to Italy to study modern jazz dance and became a member of Kaleidodanse
Company directed by Giovanna la Vecchia and Dario Greco.
Back in Switzerland, she began to work Oriental dancing and was a member
and soloist of Khaled Seif's Company for seven years, where she also developped
her own solo choreographies. In the mean time, Mirjam started developing
her own projects and began focusing exclusively on the fusion and cross-fertilization
of Oriental dance and modern / contemporary dance. In a broad range of
different types of professional performances (including dance theater),
Mirjam has always been striving to build bridges between Oriental and Occidental
worlds. This is clearly expressed in her movement vocabulary, the thematic
focus of her work and her collaborations with other artists. These days,
she successfully dances, choreographs and teaches this exciting fusion
style both in Switzerland and abroad.
- Site web : http://www.acces-a-la-danse.com
Cie SHIR O SHAKAR
Shir O Shakar is a well known component of the German
Tribal scene. They are passionate about dance as an improvisation
and love the use of Fusion styles such as Indian Fusion, Flamenco
flavoured Fusion and Balkan Fusion.
- Site web : http://www.shiroshakar.de