Birmingham's First ever Belly Dancing Festival        Booking Form

With guest teachers internationally acclaimed Turkish dancer Ozgen and Fereshteh winning of Miss Stockholm Belly Dance Festival and the Nile Group Festival Belly Dancing competition 2010

BAMBA are bringing together a fantastic line up of international stars alongside teachers & performers from across the Midlands together this year for Birmingham’s first ever international bellydance festival. The programme highlights include:

* Open Level Workshops* Souk* Spectacular Evening Performance*
An exhilarating day where you can learn, dance, shop then sit back and watch the show.

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Taster Workshops

Ever wanted to try belly dancing? Why not come along to our taster workshop and give it a go, everyone welcome! Try one for just £5 for a lesson with renowned highly skilled teacher's. Booking Form

Open Level Workshops

Souk

Spectacular Gala Show email for ticket info, Special deals and discounts

An Evening showcase performance with Midlands based teachers & dancers and our international stars displaying their spectacular talents.

Further information

Fereshteh

Fereshteh Hosseini is Persian, living and teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. After discovering bellydance 12years ago, she has become both a much sought after dancer throughout the world of bellydance and an award winning belly dancer. Winning the Stockholm Bellydance Festival 2007, and gaining 3rd place winner of the Stockholm Bellydance Festival 2008.

Fereshteh is a powerful dancer, with grace and elegance. Her tuition and main inspiration has been from one of Egypt's biggest stars Randa Kamel of Cairo. She has worked alongside many choreographers such as Lubna Eman choreographer to Nagwa Fouad and Hassan Affifi in Sharm El Sheikh.

Fereshteh is in great demand throughout the UK and Europe, performing at festivals, weddings and New Year parties. She has been invited to teach in Sweden, Finland, Spain, Denmark, England, Ireland, America and Egypt. She has taught at the Miami Bellydance Convention and the London Bellydance Congress and worked with ATL Live with a televised Shimmy-a-Thon in 2005, and has performed in a Persian pop video in the UK in 2008 Even though Fereshteh has a busy schedule she also finds time to organise monthly haflas in Edinburgh, teach weekly classes, and is the host of the one and only Belllydance Competition in Scotland, The Pyramid Awards.

Fereshteh is teaching 2 workshops Oriental technique (open Level) and Oriental technique (advanced Level) and performing in the Gala show

For details, special early bird discounts and to book onto workshops email us

Ozgen

Ozgen is an internationally acclaimed Turkish dancer, teacher, choreographer and director.

Born in North Cyprus (TRNC), Ozgen’s introduction to dance came during primary school, where he was taught Turkish folk dancing. Quickly getting the dance bug, he practiced weekly and soon joined his local amateur group, which led to performances across the TRNC and in Turkey. Showing natural talent from an early age, he was courted by other local dance groups.

After taking up a Media Studies degree at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in Famagusta, TRNC. A popular student, Ozgen went on to become President of EMU’s Dance Club, choreographing and performing in various amateur student shows. When he graduated, Ozgen knew he had found his vocation in life.

Ozgen went on to dance in a number of dance troupes and was selected for many leading roles allowing him to study and perform modern ballet and other forms of Turkish classical and modern dance, including Oriental. His freestyle dance routines and celebrity contacts helped propel Ozgen into the Turkish mainstream – he was asked to choreograph and perform in music videos for Turkish pop stars, as well as appear on popular Turkish TV programmes.

Soon after settling in the UK Ozgen was invited to perform at Planet Egypt, an important monthly London belly dance showcase featuring the UK’s leading performers. Having wowed the audience that night, news about this hot new talent quickly spread through the dance scene propelling Ozgen to instant Belly dancing fame.

Ozgen is keen to promote the Turkish form of Belly dancing to global audiences, and to further establish himself as one of the best Oriental performers in the world. He is regularly invited to give workshops in Britain and abroad, and to perform at international dance events and Belly dance festivals across Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Ozgen also offers private tuition to people of all levels, from beginners to professional dancers, as well as choreographing dance routines for events and music videos.

Ozgen is teaching 2 workshops Drum solo Techniques (open level) and Drum solo Choreography ( intermediate Level as it builds on first workshop)

For details, special early bird discounts and to book onto workshops email us

Dawn

A lifelong dancer, Dawn discovered Arabic dance in 1996 and began teaching and performing professionally in 1998. Director and choreographer of Khalgani, the UKs first Tribal Bellydance troupe, she specialises in Cabaret and Tribal styles of bellydance and has pioneered the development of Cyber style.

A sought after performer and instructor, Dawn dances and teaches at many UK festivals and corporate events and is a fully insured member of Equity. She has also been involved in many radio and TV projects. She is available for solo performances throughout the Midlands and as part of Khalgani. Check out this brilliant bellydance troupe at www.myspace.com/khalgani.

Dawn will be teaching 2 workshops Tribal basics (open to all ) those who've always wanted to try tribal and those who wish to brush up on their technique. The second workshop is technique for Tribal and Cyber Fusion by the creator of cyber style belly dance and Bamba Founder Dawn Obrien.  

For details, special early bird discounts and to book onto workshops email us

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