Roza!

Roza trains yearly in Egypt with the top international performers and choreographers.  Her passion is authentic Raqs Sharqi or Egyptian Belly Dance. Why? Because She loves it! It's just a really fun and different way to work out. It the funest and most interesting workout around!  That's why whe stays with it and you can too.  If you choose to pursue it more deeply or professionally it becomes even more entrancing. It combines health and fitness with art and music, womens studies, history, travel, culture, Philosophy. I have done select stage performances such as venues like Arizona State University and others.  I train artists and have acces to restaurants and stages where I place my students when they are ready. Roza produces a weekly event called Egypt Night With the Stars at The Olive Branch Restaurant on the NE corner of Mill and Southern.  Taking place every Thursday at 7:30-9:30, there is a $5.00 cover, 25% of which goes to the charity www.weicreatechange.org.  There is a forum for announcements of upcoming events, and workshops, etc. Then on to the Opening Acts, Open Dance and Featured Artist. 

Roza studied Egyptian Raqs Sharqi (Which is the native name of what we call Belly Dance and means Dance of the East) or Oriental Style, Saidy, Nubian, Sufism and Moroccan Folk Dancing in Cairo.  Her greatest pleasure has been training with some of the greatest Egyptian Dancers in the world tody. Among them were Founders and Master Choreographers and Teachers from the world famous Mahmoud Reda Troupe (which has won comendations from Statemen, Kings, and UNESCO for being the first and foremost to elevate Egyptian Folkdance to the stage and International respect) and Principal Dancers to emerge from this troup, such as  Dr. Mo Gedawwi, Raqia Hassan, Mona El Said, Randa Kamal, Dina, Momo Kadous, Hamad HosamElDin and new on the horizen Doa Sallem and Mohamed ElSayed. She also studied with The Nile Group, including, Tito, Mohamed Kazafy, Lubna Emam. I must say, that it was like dancing in a halo of light, the phrasing was so perfect, the joy so real.

Roza was educated in Arabic History and Language, Music and Art at reputable universities,  and having lived and travelled extensively in the Middle East and Mediteranean for 11 years, she is sure to provide an informed and inimitable class. Her past fitness life includes being a certified Aerobics and Step Arobics Instructor, a Marathon Runner and finisher(!) in the Greek Marathon held in Greece, a Martial Artist and student of Ballet and Hip Hop.