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| Susanna is an experienced performer and teacher known for her exhuberance, energy, humour in performance, her connection to the audience, and for soulful interpretation of the different forms of Egyptian Dance. She specialises almost exclusively in traditional and contemporary forms of the Raqs Sharqi Society Style.
She founded Habiba Dance to promote performance and teaching in traditional, expressive and theatrical forms of Egyptian Dance and in 2009 was awarded Associate Membership of the Raqs Sharqi Society in recognition of this work.
Susanna is also a member of the Foundation for Community Dance, and completed their Certificate in Age Inclusive Practice in 2011. She is also a teacher member of Northern Arabic Dance Association.
Watch the videos on this site to see Susanna in action. You can read more about Susanna's dance, work, opinions and inspirations in her blog, Secret's from Habiba's Diary. For regular updates, follow @HabibaDance on Twitter.
Training
Susanna, has trained extensively in Egyptian Dance for 15 years. She was initially trained by local Edinburgh teacher Lorne
McCall, and other key influencers in her artistic
development include Juliana Brustik, Béatrice Grognard and Anne Ashcroft whose classes and workshops she has followed for a number of years across the UK, Belgium and Egypt. | | | |
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Susanna takes her continued development as a professional dancer and
teacher seriously and continues to train regularly with leading teachers in her field. Additionally, she also over 10 years experience of training in other dance and
movement forms including Scottish Country Dance, Ballet, Contemporary
Dance, Jazz and Cabaret and Pilates.
Teaching
Susanna is a popular Edinburgh based teacher, teaching regular classes and workshops around Scotland, and catering to different levels ranging from Absolute Beginners to Professional Dancers. Past teaching engagements include Glasgow Festival of Arabic Dance and the Fife Illuminate series of workshops. Her teaching style is patient and giving, combining a strong grounding in technique with musical expression, and always bringing a sense of fun to her classes and workshops. See the testimonials from Susanna's students to read more.
Performance
Susanna frequently performs at professional, private, charity and
community showcases and events throughout Scotland and beyond. Performance credits include: guest star in Gaslight Faeries at Glasgow's Britannia Panopticon music hall and Glasgow University; the Raqs Sharqi Society showcase in London; and many successful charity fundraisers across Scotland.
Here are
some upcoming public performance dates where you can see Susanna dancing:
3 February 2012 - Performing at Edinburgh University
5 February 2012 - Hosting and Performing in Edinburgh with the Baladi Blues Ensemble, bookings and further info
3 March 2012 - Performing at the Hafla Karimah, charity Inchture Hafla, Perthshire
Previous Public performances
November 2011 - Performed at Edinburgh Egyptian Dancers annual Hafla
November 2011 - Performed at Blythe Hall, Newport in aid of the Madison Barclay Appeal
November 2011 - Performed at Glasgow Festival of Arabic Dance
September 2011 - Performed at Kinghorn Belly Dance Charity Hafla, Fife in aid of Fife Women's Aid
August 2011 - Performed with Sarasvati Tribal and Onça O'Leary, Dance with Attitude, Glasgow
July 2011 - Performed at Raqs Sharqi Society Showcase, London
June 2011 - Performed and taught at Glasgow Festival of Arabic Dance
May 2011 - Performed with Sarasvati Tribal, Glasgow in aid of the Marine Conservation Society
March 2011 - Performing at Pheonyx Belly Dance Hafla in aid of Walk the Walk
March 2011 - Performed at Inchture Hotel, Perthshire for charity Hafla Karimah
January 2011 - Performed at Edinburgh University
December 2010 - Performed at Eastgate Theatre, Peebles
November 2010 - Performed at Northern Lights, Newport in aid of Dundee Young Carers
November 2010 - Performed at Edinburgh Egyptian Dancers Hafla
October 2010 - Performed at Middle Eastern Night, Glasgow
October 2010 - Gaslight Faeries, QMU, Glasgow
September 2010 - Kinghorn Charity Hafla, in aid of CLIC Sargent August 2010 - Auchtermuchty Hafla in aid of FRASAC
August 2010 - Gaslight Faeries at the Britannia Panopticon, Glasgow with Sarasvati Tribal in aid of the Panopticon's restoration
July 2010 - Winchester Club, Glasgow with Sherri Wheatley and Sarasvati Tribal
July 2010 - Musselburgh Hafla in aid of Children 1st
April 2010 - Spring School, Hertfordshire
March 2010 - Biggar Hafla in aid of Tommy's
March 2010 - Hafla with Lorna of Cairo
March 2010 - Inchture Hotel, Perthshire in aid of Talking2Minds
February 2010 - Hafla for Haiti
January 2010 - Edinburgh University
December 2009 - Eastgate Theatre, Peebles
November 2009 - Edinburgh Egyptian Dancers Hafla, Revolution
September 2009 - Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
August 2009 - "Extraordinesque" after party, Peebles
July 2009 - Musselburgh Hafla in aid of Just Because
June 2009 - St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow
March 2009 - St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow
February 2009 - Edinburgh Hafla with Aziza.
Photos, top to bottom:
- Baladi by Violet Shears
- Baladi duet by Paul Gilling
- Classical by Ludmilla Kosmina
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