Professional Skills:

Middle Eastern Dancer/Choreographer

• Arabic Style Raks Sharqi (Egyptian, Lebanese)

• Oriental/Folklore

• Saidi

• Gypsy Fusion (Flamenco Gypsy)

• Turkish Oriental

• Rom Turkish Gypsy

• Cane

• Double Veil

• Isis Wings

• Candle Tray

• Tambourine

• Sword

• Fans and Shawl for

(Spanish Gypsy Flamenco style)

Awards/Recognitions:

2009 Belly Dancer of the Universe, Universal Category Champion

2009 Wiggles of the West Finalist

2008 Belly Dancer of the Universe, Taksim Category Champion

2008 Belly Dancer of the Universe, Universal Category

2007 Arabesque Belly Dance Competition

2007 Hawaii NATCMED Belly Dance Competiton

2007 International Belly Dance Convention, Las Vegas Folkloric Category

2006 Mahmoud Reda Choreography Project

2007 Zaghareet Best Kept Secret People’s Choice

First Place

First Place

Second Place

First Place Winner in Veil Category

Second Place Winner in Soloist Cabaret Category

First Place Winner

Second Runner Up

Favorite Dancer

 Second Runner Up

Work Experience

 (alphabetically ordered)

Alborz Persian Restaurant

2006-Present

Restaurants/Clubs/Monthly Shows:

Bird House Grill Turkish Restaurant

2006-Present

Claire De Lune

Occasional shows as guest artist

With Middle Earth

Darband (Orange County)

2005 (guest artist)

Greek Palace

Occasional shows as guest artist

Crystal Ballroom

Occasional Private Parties

Greek Town

2004-Present

Greek Village

2003-2007

Luxor

2005-2006 (currently no dancing)

Med Café

2003-Present

Med Grill

2003-until closed

Marrakesh Morrocan Restaurant

2003-2004

Nagi’s Bar Grill (closed)

2003-2004 (guest artist)

Oasis Café

2003-2004

Ranoosh Lebanese Restaurant

2006-until closed

Sadaf Persian Restaurant

2004-Present (2006-Present occasional performances)

Scheduler 

Troy’s Greek Restaurant

2005-Present

Turquoise Europa

Occasional shows as guest artist

With Middle Earth

Zodiak Hookah Lounge

2003-Present

 occasional shows

Zorba’s Greek Restaurant

2009 the Best Greek Restaurant in San Diego by 10NEWS

2003-Present

 Scheduler/House Dancer

Special Events Highlights:

Geena Davis’ husband birthday party

Coca Cola Corporate Event

Buick International Event

Qualcomm 25^th Year Anniversary

Marika Active Wear Corporate Event

Suhaila Salimpour Show (Invited Guest Artist)

Camp Pendleton Events

Navy shows detailed by Carol Nance Events

UCSD, USD, SDSU, UCLA Various High School Shows

Various Local Haflas, Festivals, Art FairsLocal San Diego Fairs (Del Mar Fair, North Park Fair, Balboa Park Fairs…), Vaudeville shows, Local Stage Shows

Zorba’s TV Commercial (invited as guest dancer)

Greek Town TV Commercial, KUSI

Belly Dancing Divas TV Commercial (invited as guest dancer), KUSI

Tijuana Workshop and Show

Various Ethnic Parties such as Iraqi, Afghani, Turkish, Armenian, Lebanese, Egyptian, Pilipino, American, Persian, Chinese, Thai (and other ethnic groups) weddings, engagement, baby showers, quinceneras, bachelorette, retirement birthday parties

Dance Education:

Local Teachers:

Ana, Cyrena, Lucia, Jim Boz, Meleah, Morwenna Assaf, Vilia

Workshops:

2004-Present

Continuing Training with Suhaila and Jamila Salimpour

Mahmoud Reda Workshop 2005, 2006, 2007

Angelica Nemeth, Fahtiem, Kamaal, Rachel Brice, Alexandra King, Mesmera, Leyla Jovana of Germany, Marquerite, Rachel George of Portland, OR

WORKSHOPS with

Mahmoud Reda (Ohau), Suhaila Salimpour, Amer Thaleb, Mohammed Kazafy (past Reda Troupe lead dancer), Tito of Egypt, Aida Nour, Sahra Saeda, Saida, Yamil Annum, Ava Fleming, Amaya, Aubre

Education:

B.A Accounting

MBA Finance

M.S Computer Science

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Yoga Teaching Certification

Istanbul, Turkey

San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

DivX Corporation 2006-Present

Kathy Lee Teaching Program

Dance Instruction:

Middle Eastern Dance Instruction

Currently Teaching at

Stage 7

Past Teaching: JCC, Alondra’s Studio, International Dance Studio, Bally’s (three different locations)

Workshops:

Tijuana, Mex

Taiwan

Mexico City

Guadalajara

Texas

San Diego, CA

 Late 2005-Present