Seminars

DANCE FESTIVALS

• ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL, SANTIAGO, CHILE.  2006
  Key Instructor.  Approximately 200 attendees.  Five workshops for Instructors and Performers on various subjects, including drum solo combinations, stage dynamics and choreography (Music used: ‘Leyla’ – Farid el Atrache)
• FIRST BALTIC ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL, VILNIUS, LITHUANIA. 2006
  Key Instructor.  Approximately 300 attendees.  Five workshops for Instructors and Performers.  Open seminar for all levels on the basics of drum solo techniques and combinations.

MASTER CLASSES

• OCTOBER 2005.  ATHENS, GREECE.
  Master Classes for professionals.
• DECEMBER 2005. ATHENS, GREECE.
  Master Classes for professionals; including cane solo to folkloric music.  Seminar for teachers on class structure.
• FEBRUARY 2006.  ATHENS, GREECE.
  Advanced and Intermediate sections – exciting entrances, using the veil.
• APRIL 2006.  WASHINGTON, D.C.
  Master Classes for performers.
• APRIL/MAY 2006.  SANTIAGO, CHILE.
  Foundation movements, combinations and short choreography.  Creativity in interpreting rhythms.
• MAY 2006.  VILNIUS, LITHUANIA.
  Workshops for Advanced and Intermediate levels.
• JULY 2006. ATHENS, SANTORINI, CRETE, GREECE.
  Intensive seminars.  Hand and arm techniques, drum solo combinations, raqs el assaya, floorwork for flexibility and strength training.
• AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2006.  UK AND PARIS.
  workshops cancelled, student gathering in Beirut also cancelled.
• OCTOBER 2006.  WASHINGTON, D.C., SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK.
  Various workshops for advanced students and professionals.
• NOVEMBER 2006.  SANTIAGO, CHILE.
  Intensive seminars for performers.
• NOVEMBER 2006.  HEREDIA, COSTA RICA.
  Intermediate seminars.  Foundation movements of Oriental Dance. Short combinations.

TELEVISION APPEARANCES

• CHILE – ‘RAICES ARABES’ (ARABIC ROOTS).
  Special guest, and judge, oriental dance competition.

• COSTA RICA – EL DIA MORNING SHOW.
  Interview and student presentation.

ACADEMIC COURSES AND SEMINARS

• USEK – KASLIK UNIVERSITY.
  TWO CREDIT COURSE ‘ORIENTAL DANCE’ (2004 – 2006)
  Students learned the basics of Oriental Dance.  They also learned three short choreographies and, for their final grade, had to present 1:30 minutes of original interpretation using the techniques they had learned.
• LAU – APRIL 2008
  Gave an open lecture/demonstration at LAU at the Gulbenkian theatre and a workshop series to the fine arts students.