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SEYYIDE has performed at the most prestigious MA area Middle Eastern clubs (Byblos, Layaleena, Awtar, Sahara, Athenian Corner, most recently Black Olive, among others) since 1999. She has also appeared at numerous fundraisers and cultural events. Former member of the Arabian Dance Company in Buenos Aires (2000), she performed with them at the staged show "Infinito". Former member of "Collage International Dance Ensemble" (folk dance with emphasis on Turkish folk dance, 2001), she performed at the staged show "Eastern Tides", at NEFFA, and many, many more events SEYYIDE has been teaching regular group and private oriental dance (belly dance) classes since 2001, always in the Boston area. She was faculty Belly Dance teacher at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education between 2001 and 2007, and has been teacher of regular group and private oriental dance (belly dance) classes since 2001. She has also produced, directed, choreographed and danced at oriental dance staged shows: “Eastern Journey” (2004), "Dancing Fire" (2003) and "An Oasis in your Eyes" (2002). She has participated in other theatrical productions such as the play “ReOrientalism”
produced by the Center for Cultural Exchange in Maine (2003), as well
as in shows produced by other dancers and a brief appearance together
with Karim Nagi Mohammed as guest artists at the “Bellydance Superstars” Boston show (2003). In 1999, SEYYIDE founded an e-mail discussion and calendar e-mail group for the oriental dancers information, pleasure and the well being of the local bellydance community: bellydanceMA. She has since then been the list moderator. The list currently has about 600 members. SEYYIDE studied other disciplines that add some deeper layers to her performance skills. She studied Drama between 1980 and 1983 and pursued a formal education in piano and music theory between 1974 and 1981. She is also knowledgeable and quite adept to the practice of yoga. Her passion and interest in dance come from much earlier. In her childhood and teens, she was a Ballet student and finished her studies to obtain a Professor diploma. She practiced ballet and performed in her town dance ensemble for about ten years. She also studied Argentine tango at home and here in Boston, since 1995, and she was a tango teacher at the Brookline Center for Adult Education between 1998 and 2000. |
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