2013 BEGINNING of BELLYDANCE STUDIES, member of the groups:
2013 GROUP MEMBER OF THE GROUP “BAHIRA”
2014-2018 GROUP MEMBER OF THE GROUP “LUXOR BELLYDANCE”
2016-2020 GROUP MEMBER OF THE GROUP “LEILADANCE”
2017-2018 GROUP MEMBER OF THE GROUP “MÜSTIKA STUUDIO”
2015-2019 Group and solo performances in the restaurants of Tallinn, Estonia (Caravan, Merlot, Kishmish, Armudu) and Salme Cultural Centre
2016
I started travelling a lot around the world and visited plenty of bellydance festivals.
My main motivation was to see bellydance stars, learn from them and to have experience to perform on big stages.
Here is the list of the main festivals where I participated in the workshops, competitions and shows:
2016 – FIRST FESTIVAL OUTSIDE ESTONIA IN GREECE! My first solo performances. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “VENUS ORIENTAL”
2016 – POLAND. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “AH YA ELBI”
2016 – GREECE. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “LDB”
2017 – ESTONIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “IDAMAISETANTSU FESTIVAL”
2017 – ESTONIA. FESTIVAL “BALT PRIX”
2018 – LITHUANIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “VENUS CUP”
2018 – LITHUANIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “NIGHT IN LUXOR VIII”
2018 – ESTONIA. ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “ISIS MYSTERY V”
2018 – ESTONIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “MAARDUFEESTIS”
2018 – MUSIC & DANCE FESTIVAL “BALTIC QUEEN”
2018 – POLAND. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “SHIMMY IN 3CITY”
2018 – ESTONIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “INANNA”
2018 – GERMANY. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “SPIRIT OF CAIRO”
2018 – ESTONIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “IDAMAISETANTSU FESTIVAL”
2018 – LITHUANIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “OAZE”
2018 – ESTONIA. CHRISTMAS SHOW IN MÜSTIKA STUDIO
2018 – ESTONIA. NEW YEAR PERFORMANCE in the restaurant Merlot
2018 – ESTONIA. NEW YEAR PERFORMANCE IN SALME CULTURAL CENTRE, TALLINN– participation with the solo khaleeje dance in the show of VEGA theatre.
BIG YEAR 2019
Do you know that in 2019 I visited 8 COUNTRIES and participated in 14 festivals?
For each festival I learnt and prepared 2-5 choreographies and I have had very intensive preparation for these festivals and hard work to make it possible financially. In total 25 choreographies were learnt and shown on stage during that year.
January 2019 – ESTONIA. “BIG RUSSIAN BALL” 5 solo dances.
February 2019 – NORWAY. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “OODF”
March 2019 – POLAND. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “PREMIUM CUP WARSAW”
April 2019 – ESTONIA. Müstika Studio Show
April 2019 – ESTONIA. Participation in the concert of singer Albert Stepanjan in the Merlot restaurant
April 2019– LITHUANIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “NIGHT IN LUXOR”
April 2019 – ESTONIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “IDAMAISE TANTSU FESTIVAL”
May 2019 – CYPRUS. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL. “APHRODITE ORIENTAL FESTIVAL”
May 2019 – LATVIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “AZURE”
June 2019 – ESTONIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “RAKS TALLINN”
August 2019 – POLAND. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “RAKS GLAM”
September 2019 – ESTONIA. FESTVAL “SHINING QUEEN”
October 2019 – ESTONIA. FESTIVAL “BALTIC WAVE”
October 2019 – GREECE. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “LDB”
October 2019 – LATVIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE HAFLA “RIGA HAFLA”
November 2019 – ESTONIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “IDAMAISE TANTSU FESTIVAL”
November 2019 – RUSSIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “MIRAMAR”
December 2019 – POLAND. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “FOLLOW THE STARS”
2019 – FIRST PERFORMANCES WITH LIVE BAND
During this time I danced several times
LIVE TABLA with AL AZDEKAA BAND, tabla player Orhan Ismail
LIVE BALADY with AL AZDEKAA BAND
LIVE ORCHESTRA CLASSICAL SONG WITH AL AZDEKAA BAND
2020
2020 February – RUSSIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “NASIM EL FAN”
2020 August – POLAND. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE FESTIVAL “STARS ORIENTAL DANCE CUP”
2020 September - November – my first group lessons
2020 October – ESTONIA. Participation in the concert with singer Veronika Knaub
STUDIES
2020-2021 I have learnt 18 new bellydance choreographies online from bellystreamtv.com
(mejances, balady, saidi, popsongs, tablas)
and 2 russian style gipsy choreogrpahies.
I also participated in online regular bellydance classes during the year and had a lot of improvisation practice.
2021 – ballroom private classes with professional ballroom dancer, performance with slow foxtrot and Vienne waltz in Lindakivi Cultural Centre.
WORK
2021 – Choreographer in Vega theatre. 4 choreographies for the group, performances in the Lindakivi Cultural Centre and Tartu Theatre.
2022 – choreographer and private belly dance lessons – solo choreographies for myself and other dancers.
November 2022 – LATVIA. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTAL DANCE HAFLA “DARBUKA HAFLA RIGA“.
Solo performances with the live band Oriental Express – oriental and folkloore
2023 – performing as a soloist, learning choreographies, creating choreographies, collaboration with other trainers, experience and knowledge exchange
April 2023 – LITHUANIA, KAUNAS – PARTICIPATION IN LIVE TABLA SHOW WITH MUSICIAN, COMPOSER AND TABLA PLAYER CHRONIS TAXIDIS AND GALA SHOW.
Later I will add here the names of my teachers and bellydance stars. To be continued...