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Karen Custer Thurston, M.S. has worked with thousands of dance and fitness Indiana and Arizona. Her exceptional teaching of Dance basics, technique, performance qualities and fitness tenets are reflected on her site and in her dance and fitness seminars. Visit Karen's <.
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Karen quotes, "Middle Eastern Dance continues to unfold it's fascinating petals to me to my amazement. The men and women who study with me are delightful, interesting and very, very fun. I'm excited to be a part of showing how beautifully and powerfully the body can move in this dance form. I love how the neurological system must "re-think" for the brain and muscle to succeed in executing every movement; indeed, 'patterning" and "re-patterning" are strong bases for my teaching. Being a part of a student's enthusiasm for dance is a privilege." - Karen Custer Thurston
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Zaheea is known as one of Northern California's foremost dancers, her dancing has been acclaimed as inspiring, captivating and charismatic. With her natural interpretation of the music and ability to connect with her audience, she is in great demand by the Arabic, Persian and Middle Eastern communities. Zaheea's dramatic and sensual style draws upon the influences of all those she as studied with. She has been trained in Classical Egyptian, Baladi, Flamenco, Lebanese, and Gypsy styles of Belly dance by the most respected dancers and teachers around the world. Understanding that interpreting the subtleties and drama of Middle Eastern music through Raqs Sharqi is an ongoing process, Zaheea strives to continuously learn and grown in her art form. Zaheea is the featured dancer on the cover of three Middle Eastern Dance CD's: "Arabian Classics, Belly Dance with Zaheea", "Oriental Dances" (French release only) and the newly released, "A Tribute to Abdel Halim Hafiz". In 2001, Zaheea won the prestigious title of "Bellydancer of the Year", and was a judge for the 2002 Belly Dancer of the Year Pageant.
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Sahar Saida has performed Middle Eastern belly dance for the past twenty years, in New York, Canada, and xtensively through out New England. She has danced on all the major television stations, including MTV as the featured dancer in Morphine’s music video. Additionally, Sahar produces belly dance and Middle East events at the Middle East in Cambridge. She has also choreographed and directed her dance troupe, Binaat Sahar which has appeared in numerous parades representing The Middle East Restaurant and judged Spirit of Carnival. An award for performance, choreography and presentation in the 1996 Cambridge Caribbean Carnival. Ms. Saida has performed with several famous musicians, and recording stars from Iran and the Arabic countries. She has performed for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Prince Khalid of Saudi Arabia, as well as the Turkish Consulate, the Iranian Representative to the United Nations, and the Minister of Punjab, India. Sahar Saida studied belly dancing with Amber a local talent, and with the members of the Official Folkloric Dance Troupe of Egypt under the direction of the award winning premier dancer Shawki Naim. Additionally, she has studied a variety of dance forms including ballet, modern, Spanish and Hungarian Gypsy, International Dance with Mandala International Dance Company ,Scottish Country, Latin as well as Alexander technique, fencing, and voice. She majored in Fine Arts and Theatre Arts at University of Massachusetts at Boston, with a concentration in costume design. In the spring of 1997, Ms. Saida attended the first International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance as well as an extensive dance workshop by the famed Egyptian dancer Mona El Said. In June of last year, she spent time in Egypt observing the Fellahin culture along the Nile River in Geiza overlooking the pyramids. Most recently, Sahar lived in Mexico where she studied Mexican folkloric dance and culture.
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