Curriculum Vitae
Education
For a full list of my teachers, click here
Artistic experience
Restaurants
1997-1998 Several performances at restaurants and clubs in New York, USA
1996-1999 Resident dancer at Habibi Kafe, Oslo, Norway
1994-1996 Stand in dancer at Al Amir Restaurant, Al Chouf, Oliven Cafe and Avanos in Oslo, Norway
Festivals
2019 Performed and taught at Adelaide Middle Eastern Dance Festival
2018 Performed at WAMED, Perth
2016 Invited to perform and teach at Oslo Oriental Dance Festival
2013-2015 Invited yearly to teach, perform and judge at Danish Open Bellydance, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2012-2015 Invited to teach, perform and judge at Oslo Oriental Dance Festival
2011 Invited as guest dancer with Divas of Bellydance at Al Farah Orientalske Danseforenings 15-year anniversary show.
2011 Invited to perform at Oslo Oriental Dance festival
2010 Invited to teach and perform at Oslo Oriental Dance Festival
2007 Invited as the guest dancer at Al Farah Orientalske Danseforenings show
2006-2008 Invited to teach and perform at Oslo Oriental Dance Festival
2002-2003 Invited to perform at Internasjonalt Marked, Arendal, Norway, with a full evening show
2000&2004 Invited to perform at Stockholm Bellydance Festival, Sweden
1999 Invited to perform at Fredrikstad folk music festival, Norway.
1998 Invited to perform at The Oriental Dance Festival, Turku, Finland
1996-2006 Performed at every single show hosted by Al Farah Orientalske Danseforening in Oslo, Norway
1996-2001 Invited yearly to teach and perform at Internasjonalt Marked, Arendal, Norway
Full scale shows
2019 Moods of Egypt, full scale evening show with Dively at the Jade, Adelaide.
2013 Moods of Egypt, full scale evening show with Divas of Bellydance, performed for sold out houses in Trondheim and Oslo, Norway.
2012 Layali Raqs, full evening show with Helene Skaugen.
2008 Leilat Hilde, full evening show featuring oriental and folklore, 4 sold out houses
2007 En arabisk drøm, (An Arabic Dream) with Divas of Bellydance, performed for sold out houses in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheima and Tromsø, Norway
2006 Layali Raqs, show with Lee Figenschow
2002-2004 En reise langs Nilen (A Journey Along the Nile) with 4 sold out houses in Oslo, and sold out houses in Arendal, Trondheim, Bergen and Inderøya, Norway. Excerpts of the show were also performed in Stockholm, Sweden.
2002 Choreographed and staged the show En reise langs Nilen (A Journey Along the Nile) with my own troupe Navleballetten, and Lee Figenschow and Michelle Galdo.
2000 Performed in the show Oran-Alicante, produced by Corinne Campos
2000 Layali Raqs, 4 full evening shows with Michelle Galdo, Siw Øksnes, Yasmin and Lee Figenschow
Solo performances
Hundreds of performances in private parties, corporate events and launches, bachelor parties, weddings, Christmas parties, cultural events and at various occasions.
Founded and led following groups
Nilens Juveler (1997-2000)
Navleballetten (2001-2004)
I was part of founding Norway's only professional belly dance troupe, Divas of Bellydance, from the beginning, and remained a member until I moved to Australia in 2017.
Event coordination
I have a wide and long experience producing shows and events.
2008-2009 Leilat Hilde, 6 full scale dinner shows at a restaurant, a la Cairo
2008 Åpen Scene, monthly shows where young, aspiring dancers get the chance to perform and develop their stage skills.
2004-2008 Layali Raqs, full scale evening shows with the best belly dancers in Norway.
2004 Al Houceima, charity show to raise money for earthquake victims in Al Houceima, Morocco.
2003 Diwan, with Phil Kaldi and Mounira Yagoubi. Charity show to raise money for earthquake victims in Algiers, Algeria
2000-2001 Layali Raqs. Monthly shows featuring Norway's best belly dancers at Cafe Sor, Oslo, Norway
1997-2000 Al Farah. I hosted the Norwegian belly dance organisation's haflas twice a year. 20-40 dancers on stage, and around 400 spectators each time.
Media coverage
TV
Portrait by Fritz Nilsen at Dagsrevyen, NRK (Norwegian State Broadcasting)
News report by Kari Jaquesson on breakfast TV, NRK and TV2
Performance at Absolutt at NRK
Performance with Divas of Bellydance at 'So you think you can dance', TVNORGE
Danced and was interviewed in Syrian state TV's popular show, An-Nass
Film
Featured in a documentary about belly dance by Norwegian film maker Ellen Kristine Heltzen, 2003
Acted as belly dancer in Norwegian movie 'Maria's Men', 2006
Newspapers and magazines
Interviewd and featured in several articles in Aftenposten, Norway's biggest news paper
Feature article in Asker og Bærums Budstikke
Featured in several local papers around Norway
Featured and interviewd in Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, German and American belly dance magazines
Interviewed in Egypt's largest news paper, Al Ahram
Various
Fun Coms game "Age of Conan":
Participated in the game 'Age of Conan' as a dance model for the avatars
Al Farah Orientalske Danseforening (Al Farah Oriental Dance Organisation)
For 3 years I was a member of the board of the Norwegian belly dance organisation. I was resposible for arranging the biannual shows, and I wrote a series of articles for the organisation's magazine. In 1999 I arranged a study trip to Cairo for the members of the organisation, with 17 participants.
Navlenytt
From 2001 to 2010 I wrote and published the magazine Navlenytt 4 times a year. I wrote about belly dance, culture and traditions in Arab countries.
Al Raqassa
In 2010 I started Al Raqassa, Norway's first scientific journal about belly dance. I have subscribers all over Norway, and in Europe and the USA.
Other education
1995 Ulpan (Hebrew Language school) in kibbutz Ein Hashofet, Israel.
1994 Basic course in Arabic, Universitety of Oslo.
1991-1992 Music at Seljord FHS. Harp as main instrument.