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Shafira was drawn into the art of belly dancing in December 1993. She was a founding member of the Jewels of the Desert and owes her love of the dance to her first teacher Eva Cass with whom she trained for 3 years. After Eva left Kalgoorlie in 1996, Shafira, along with two other members of the original troupe Maya and Kalila, kept the Jewels of the Desert performing and teaching classes in Kalgoorlie/Boulder & Kambalda until 2003.
Her performing experience includes stage direction and performance skills gleaned from being involved with the local Goldfields Theatre club, ranging from backstage, onstage, and directing of plays.
Belly Dance Hi-lights:
2010 - Cairo Cairo 2010 - participating in workshops in Singapore with Dina, Doaa Sallam and Ibrahim El Suezi
2009 - Created Belly Dance Diary.
2008 - Participated in the Nile Group Oriental Dance Festival workshops - in Cairo, Egypt
2008 - Participated in Weekend workshops in Perth with Jillina from America
2007 to 2008 - Performed with the Isis Dance Troupe.
2005 - Completed Keti Sharif's A-Z Original Belly Dance Routines and became an accredited Instructor.
2003 - Relocated to Perth WA.
1996 - Directed the stage production of "Scheherazade - Or Tales Told By Scheherazade during a Thousand Nights and One Night" at the Goldfields Repertory Theatre Kalgoorlie WA.
1995 to 2003 - Troupe Member of Jewels of the Desert.
1995 - Participated in a week long workshop with Ibrahim Farrah (Bobby) in Perth WA. |
