Aliya - Bellydanceperformances
dance vita

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.

the fascination I see in oriental dancing is the combination of two opposing forces: the feeling of isolated control over every single part of my body and the apparently opposing feeling of absolute relaxation and ease.

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.