MEDANZ Festival 2017 - workshop tutors |
Kami LiddleKami has studied various dance styles throughout her life, but found her true passion, Belly Dance, when she was 18 years old. She has studied cabaret style belly dance then found Fat Chance Belly Dance Tribal Style. She began to perform as a soloist incorporating other styles into her ATS repertoire such as modern, hip hop, jazz and Bhangra dance. After earning her degree in Art with a Minor in Dance from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2005, she decided to pursue her passion full time and since then has performed and taught in over 20 countries. Kami toured with the Bellydance Superstars for 6 years and was a contributing choreographer as well as the director of the Tribal Superstars. She is based out of San Francisco, CA and currently tours the world as a solo artist and occasionally tours with Beats Antique. Private lessons with Kami are also available - please email committee@medanz.org.nz to book. Rates: $90USD per hour for one student, $130USD per hour for two students, $150USD per hour for three students and +$25USD per hour for each additional person
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Doug Brush
Doug is an extraordinarily versatile percussionist. In addition to training in classical percussion at the American Conservatory of Music and Roosevelt University, he has studied with percussion masters in Cuba, Spain, North India, South India, North Africa, and West Africa among other locales. Since moving to Christchurch in early 2010, Doug has played and taught all over New Zealand. He regularly performs with the Christchurch Symphony and most recently with the New Zealand Opera. He founded and became musical director of Wontanara, a group dedicated to traditional West African drum and dance. In addition, he has started community classes in Arabic, African, Cuban, and Indian percussion. He has also hosted international artists/teachers such as Mohamed Bangoura, Chris Berry, and Epizo Bangoura. In New Zealand he has performed with Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Broadway star Andrea Burns, Kiwi legends the Topp Twins and Paul Ubana Jones, Fiona Pears, and the 'world jazz' group Mundi, among many others. He is a founder and Artistic Director of the Little River Annual Drum festival. He has also featured in North and South Magazine and made local and national radio appearances. |
Zaghareet DanielaDaniela lives and works in Cairo, with return trips to Bratislava (Slovakia) to visit family and teach. Her first encounter with oriental dance was back in 2002, and she started dancing intensively in 2005 when she started teaching regular classes. Attending the prestigious Nile group festival in Cairo in 2008 was a milestone in her dance education. Here she had the opportunity to study with renowned teachers Mahmoud Reda, Farida Fahmy, Youssry Sharif, Hassan Khalil, Ahmed Fekry, Asmahan of Cairo, Khaled Mahmoud, Freiz, and Nour Aso. Daniela started competing in 2010, culminating in first place in the professional solo category dancing to Oum Kalthoum at the 2013 Cairo! festival in Budapest. She continues to teach all over the Slovak republic and abroad, and creates choreographies, performs, competes and judges competitions. Private lessons with Daniela are also available - please email committee@medanz.org.nz to book. Rates TBC . |
Bilge Özgün
Bilge Özgün is a professional singer and regularly performs traditional Turkish folk music at festivals and concerts around Australia.
She has been a regular performer at the Woodford Folk Festival since 2008. Other noteworthy engagements include Brisbane Powerhouse, Qld Conservatorium, World By Night and many other smaller festivals across the State. Bilge is also an accomplished singing teacher, specializing in traditional Turkish folk repertoire. Currently Bilge is working as a cultural diversity project officer, delivering the organisation’s cross cultural awareness trainings, and is also a qualified events and tourism marketing professional, specialising in organising and marketing community events for multicultural organisations and community groups. She has been working closely with multicultural groups within the arts in Queensland since arriving in Australia is 2007. In 2015, She completed her Masters in Communication for Social Change at University of Queensland and is currently studying Graduate Certificate of TESOL at University of Southern Queensland. |
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