Oriental Fever Zagreb Festival 06 - 08.10.2017.
ROMINA MALUF grandson of Lebanese. She was professional model, fisical education professor and beauty queen. She is one of the famous stars in Argentina. An International teacher and Belly Dancer, she has 17 years of experience teaching and dancing with knowledge in different kind of dance from early years.
Owner of Oiwn Schooll of Midle Eastern Dance, with more than 200 studients each year and thousands since she open her own studio in 2001, first one in her state and renowned in the northeast argentine area. Student from diferent citys and countries next Argentina come to have professional degree with her. Lives in Posadas City, in border line between Paraguay and Brasil. She is Creator of Luces de Arabia (Arabic lights) Magazine with more than 11 years edicions and the TV Show with the same name in 2009. She formed more than 100 profesional teachers in midle eastern dance, a lot of them has own schoolls.
Romina is the Organicer of one of the biggest Bellydance events in Argentina BellyNea International Festival and Contest Miss Bellydance Argentina; with Master teachers for all over the word. She traveled for all Latin America, teaching and dancing like (Brasil, Paraguay, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Perú, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica); in Europe France, Austria, Italy, and in Asia China, Korea, this year she arrives to Australia¸ Switzerland¸ France¸ Colombia, Paraguay and Croatia. In all Argentina as one the renowned teachers in her country traveling for almost al cities.
Her unique style combination of soft hands, passion, elegance, hi level tecnic, aislations, fusions, hability in elements (veils, wings, sticks, fanveils, cimbals skirts ), her degree in Fisical Education and love for teach, make her a complete professional artist and master teacher. Romina has a unique program for develop the dance that use in her own Schooll and with a lot of succes in the creation of amazing dancers.
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LIA VERRA is a International Oriental Dancer, Choreographer , Instructor & Producer living in Greece. She was born in Greece but grew up in Germany . She is the producer with Nikolas Kazakos of the Official Oriental Dance Festival of Greece, LdB Greece Festival in Thessaloniki .
Lia Verra has created two instructional DVD's . The first was "Hypnosis show" and the second DVD is called "Raksa". At this point it is important to mention that Lia Verra is in close cooperation with the Arab Emirates UAE.
She is a Master Teacher of the International Nile Group Festival in Cairo . Lia Verra is known as one of the most talented and accomplished Oriental dancers in Europe and earned her place among other Belly Dance Supestas.
Since 2004 GORDANA found herself in the world of oriental dance.
She attended school at Aleksandra Gruden. She perfected her knowledge by attending many festivals and workshops at master teachers such as: Sandra from Nice, Tito, Mercedes, Aida Nour, Freiz, Ahmed Fekry, Ousana Emoni, Magdy, Yael, Princ Khaled, Bina, Randa Kamel, Sara, Majody, Jilina, Soraya, Mohamed Shanin, Rakia Hasan, Marta Korzun, Katarina Idrizova, Jamilah, Nikolas, Omaris, Chronis Tahidis and taking classes from Aruene , Aziza, Jamilah, Munikue, Evelina Papazova , Aida Bogomolova, Leonardo and many more.
Attending many seminars she perfected herself continuously so that in 2010. with strenght given by her love towards dancing, she founded her own school. School of oriental dance Anahata successfully exists on stage of oriental dance in Serbia for 6 years, through many performances, oriental nights, concerts and workshops.
In december 2013. Goca brought in Serbia one of the world famous dancers Sandra Khaloun from Nice and famous singer Jamal, who hosted two exquisite workshops and attendet unforgettable oriental night in Vizantija club. As a result of that cooperation, a seven-day seminar for instructors of oriental dance by Sandra's method, came to be. Goca received international certificate for instructor.
In 2016.and 2017. she successfully organised a festival with an orchestra named ENTA Omri. Full of emotional influences, Gordana's expressional and already hugely recognizable style was shown on international festivals. She held dance workshops in Japan, Morocco, Nice, Ukraine, Belgrade, Novi Sad, Banja Luka, Sombor and International festival Cairo by Night .
ANJELA is a creator of the Orient Fest Black sea Bulgaria – East Europe. Director of the biggest oriental art project 40 days & 1001 nights Bulgaria and of the First Academy Raqs Sharki in Bulgaria.
She is a teacher at different international festivals some of its as Magic bellydance festival Oradea Romania, Oriental Fairytales Serbia, Royal edition with Randa Kamel. Anjela is invite as teacher at Zaghareet festival Naples, Al Dunya festival Amsterdam and others.
She is invite in Egypt to be part of the gala show of the popular festival Lelah Masriya in Egypt 2016, at Yalla Raqs Festival Italy and Al Hayat Festival Ucraine 2017 and will be a guest performer at Festival Luxor Vegas 2017 Nevada USA, Orient el hob and others.
In Bulgaria she is the first organizer and creator of Oriental gala concerts at opera and theater stages, workshops with Egyptian and European teachers of Raqs Sharki and percussionists. Her master Mahdy Emara (director of the festival From Cairo with Love)is main teacher in Bulgaria since 2012 until now. Anjela has opened First Academy of Raqs Sharki Bulgaria and prepare dancers for the famouse TV shows and International festivals the youngest students of Raqs Sharki in her classes in Sofia and Varna cities.
She is director and producer of first Egyptian – Indian concerts 40 days 1001 nights with over 40 artists and dancers on the stage.
First woman in Bulgaria teaching with Egyptian masters Sufi and Dervwish Dance philosophy for that they called her murshida.
Anjela is lecturer and dance therapists in rehabilitation centers in Sofia and in others big cities in Bulgaria she is using quantum medicine and works on projects with the Brazilian Embassy in Bulgaria.
KAROLINA SIČ is a Croatian Oriental dancer based in Zadar.
Dedicated to continuous learning of Oriental dances, Karolina is a co-leader and main choreographer of the Sheherezade dance troupe from Zagreb, Croatia. With her choreographies they have won several awards and acknowledgements at International dance festivals both in Croatia and abroad. As a soloist, Karolina has won prizes of international Oriental dance competitions in Spain, Mexico and Serbia.
Karolina had the privilege to be Jillina Carlano's workshop assistant during two international festivals in 2016; in Menorca, Spain and in Cancun, Mexico.
Within the never ending process of learning, Karolina has attended many workshops and seminars of Oriental dance with world renowned Oriental dance teachers and choreographers. Karolina's wish is to be educated both in technical and cultural aspect of Oriental dances.
In addition to Oriental dances, she has been learning tango in the Tango Zadar Club, and strives to stay educated in other dance forms attending ballet, modern dance and Latin dances’ workshops.
IRIS ŠOBER has been the artistic director, mentor and choreographer of adult and children groups Leyli for over 10 years now. In that time she choreographed numerous formation, group, duo and solo pieces for her students with witch they became national champions (5 years in a row) and also won quite a few international festivals. She has successfully built a strong dance community in her home town Tržič in Slovenia and has received many acknowledgments for all her cultural and artistic work.
Besides giving regular classes, themed workshops and lectures, she really enjoys directing, choreographing and performing different shows together with all her students. She argues: »I adore the process of creating, discovering the little things in music, listened to a thousand times, always finding new inspiration in everything and everyone around... it's that feeling, that keeps me going and makes my love and enthusiasm for oriental art even stronger!«
Iris visits festivals, workshops, master classes and lectures every chance she gets in different dance styles, but after all the years, oriental is still the one she favors the most. She is thankful to many teachers that have helped her on her oriental journey. Impossible to name them all, she emphasizes the most influential two, Manca and Irina. Manca Pavli, for showing her what is the true meaning of hard training and self discipline and for giving her the opportunity to tour with her last two shows (Bellydance Unveiled and Bellydance Infusion) and to Irina Stankovič, for being part of her wonderful Eastern Fairytale Dance Company and for all the precious advice, teaching methods and dance technique, she has given her.
And as many educators do... in the end she recognizes that of course one of the best teachers she has are her dear students.
NINA is a professional Belly Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer from Croatia. Organizer of Oriental Fever Zagreb Festival. Currently, she lives in Cairo, Egypt where she performed daily on boats, hotels, big events etc.
As child she dance jazz dance and trough today she learned classical ballet, modern dance, jazz, flamenco, tango and latin dances. She is certificated Leader of dance technique.
2011. she opens her company and studio for oriental dance; „Ritam Plesa“ which every year represents students work at Love2BellyDance school production.
2012. she creates a dance troupe „Meral“ as their leader, teacher, choreogapher and organizer for performances.
From 2008 Nina started to host other dancers from abroad in Zagreb to hold dance workshops and Gala Show but, 2013. she creates Oriental Fever Zagreb Festival which is the biggest festival for oriental culture in Croatia. Till now she hosted; Tommy King (Egypt), Khaled Mahmoud (UK/Egypt), Anna Borisova (Russia), Aida Bogomolova (Russia), Azad Kaan (Germany/Turkey), Ahmed Fekry (Germany/Egypt), Yana Tsehotskaya (Ukraine), Chiara Saccomanno (Italy), Jelena Cicanović (Serbia), Silvia Brazzioli (Italy), Amira Perizad (Italy), Vesna Zorman (Slovenia), Katalin Breban (Hungary), Michelle Joyce (SAD), Yasmina Ramzy (Canada) and Paola Blanton (Brazil).
Nna herself is is also teaching abroad on festivals in Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia etc.
In her career she had opportunity to dance together with famous teachers and dancers in duet; Mohamed Salah, Ahmed Fekry, Bondok, Ramy Abdou etc.
Her style is energetic but yet elegant and fluid and like everybody else say like a „honey“; sweet.