Sunday, March 18, 2007

belly dancing







Jasmin Mazloum (belly dance)

Dancer, choreographer and instructor, founder of the first belly dance revue in Poland. She was born in Syria, in the small town of Idlib. As a little girl, she started to learn Arabian dance in her home country Amina, where she got to know Syrian and Lebanese style. However, she enriched her dance skills with Egyptian and Moroccan elements during her stay in Homs in Libia, with a group of Egyptian and Moroccan women. She began performing at the age of 17. In 1996 year she moved to Poland and since then she has been propagating Arabian dance and culture. As an instructor, she runs both short-term workshops and long-term courses throughout Poland. During her courses she presents different dance techniques, types of Arabian music, traditional clothes and scarves, jewellery, make-up, etc. She performed during Arabian Culture Days in Toruń, Archaeological Festival in Biskupin as well as events organized by website arabia.pl. She is a co-founder of project "Arabski Pępek" and "Ostatnia Noc Shehrezady". She co-operates with Polska Akcja Humanitarna organising The Day of the Emigrant; with University of Social Psychology organizing Warsaw Multi-cultural Days and with Karan`s Foundation organizing action "Let the children live worthily". She performs regularly in Warsaw clubs: Sheesha and Kamala. She leads permanent courses covering all the levels at: Riviera Dance School, Studio Flamenco, Dance Studio "Nie tylko Flamenco" and Ballet School of Hanna Kosiewicz.
strona WWW Jasmin Mazloum

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