Nadine

Drum Solo, Melaya and Shaabi Techniques, Saidi Folklore with other different Egyptian Folklores

and Baladi Improvisation.

Upcoming Performances

* La Fontana, www.lafontanareading.com,

full show with live music (Egyptian Band) every first Saturday of the month, Reading

*Majma Festival www.majmadance.co.uk,

Nadine will be teaching workshops and performing, March 2009

About Nadine

Nadine has been dancing since the age of 7 copying dancers from Egyptian black & white movies on TV. She found it easy to dance to Arabic songs on the radio, TV and at family weddings when she was still living with her parents. She began formal Middle Eastern Dance classes in 1995 at the renowned "Centre de Danse du Marais" in Paris, France. She has also been taught by top Egyptian Choreographers, Dancers and Tutors in Egypt, Europe and other Arabian countries.

Nadine has performed with Hossam Ramzy ensemble in concerts in London when invited by Planet Egypt (Anne White) and Cardiff and also the Dance Queens of the Nile show at the Bloomsbury Theatre in 2007. She was studying with Hossam and Serena Ramzy until March 2008 then joined the master Egyptian percusionist Farouk El Safi and his Egyptian band based in London. Nadine has been working regularly with Emad Shaker, the Egyptian Bandleader and Fsrouk El Safi in la Fontana every month for over a year.

Nadine works with Madame Soraya, one of the top dancers in Egypt, London and Paris in the 80s and 90s. Madame Soraya performed around the world with famous musicians of Egypt.

N. has been dancing professionally for the last few years in Arabic Restaurants, Birthday and Hen parties, Weddings, Corporate Events and when invited to perform in shows in UK and elsewhere. She teaches weekly class and workshops all year focusing mainly on technique, posture and correct Arabic mannerisms and gestures which are the decoration of Middle Eastern Dance.

She teaches weekly classes in Rivermead Leisure Centre in Reading every Wednesday evening.

Her Dance specialties are Middle Eastern Dance, particularly Egyptian style, North African and Khaleejy. She also travels abroad and around the UK to teach workshops and perform.

Instructional Themes: Oriental dance, Egyptian Shaabi and Baladi, Berber shimmies and Super shimmies, hip articulation, flexible belly and Bellyrobics. Nadine has also a passion for understanding Arabic rhythm & melodies, feeling the music and letting it vibrate within the body. 'Dance to the music' is Nadine's main subject, she uses her prolific knowledge of Arabic culture and Dance to inspire dancers to naturalize their own DANCE STYLE.