Almaz - Studio for middle eastern dancing-
teacher qualification

Even long time before my education as licensed gymnastics teacher I indulged in my passion for dancing and motion. During my education I also practised Ballet, Jazz- and modern dance aside from other sport courses and my main course gymnastics. And I discovered another passion: the teaching! I love „giving“ the joy I feel in rhythm and dancing to others.

Until I opened my Bellydanceschool a gave classes in:

gymnastics, aerobics, Latin/Salsa aerobics, tae bo, streetdance, go go-dancing and I teach oriental / belly dancing since may 1999.

I earned my working experience as dance teacher by giving a basics lesson of belly dancing for beginners in the Fitnesstudio Elan Woman Pur, in dance school Halensee(Beata & Horacio Cifuentes) where I did some medium and advanced classes, in the sportsclub „Turn und Sportgemeinde Steglitz“, during the semester program of the Technische Universität Berlin and in the studio „Akzent“ which I managed with a collegue from April 2002 until December 2005.
In January 2006 I started the classes in my own School for oriental dancing "Studio Almaz"

Aliyas dancevita

in my first memory about dancing I recall my love for Ravels Bolero, which I passionately put into motion by doing my very own indian dance at every possible occasion.
I must have been three or four years of age at that time.

• during my childhood I have attended Ballet lessons.
• Modern Dance had a great influence on me when I was performing in a musical project in school which also allowed me to be on stage for the first time
• Additional dancing education has been provided by jazzdance, streetdance, stepdance and historical dance, where I could live my enthusiasm for the fashion of the past. I joined the ensemble for historical dancing of the Hdk Berlin for two years.
• but my greatest love I finally found in oriental dancing. Performing these moves multiplied my joy in dancing by many times . I had never experienced my body and myself in this intensity before.

my belly dancing education:

• belly dancing-basics at Feruze in Berlin (August 1996 -1999)
• being shaped by Beata and Horacio Cifuentes (September 1998 -2005)
• Katharina Joumana Berlin (since August 2002)

Workshops by well-known national and international oriental dancers including M. Reda, Lauryl Grey, Diana (Egypt), Sahela (Wesel), Nabila (Berlin), Magdy El-Leisy (Kairo), Badr El Ramah, Belissia (Australia), Magdy Youns (Kairo), Jillina of the Bellydance-Superstars (USA), tribal by Anya Naima (Bremen), Gothik Tribal by Deva Matisa (Berlin), classic Oriental by Momo Kadous (Ägypten/Germany) etc.