collapse module

Mira

offline 54 friends
22 photos in album
joined on 09/13/07
last updated 04/22/09
send message add to friends Bookmark Flag as Mature
collapse module

My Friends

"Shay"
"Shay"
offline 518
zeba
zeba
offline 190
Darshan
Darshan
offline 447
Sham...
Shamay (Sevati)
offline 114
mehdi
mehdi
offline 3
Chelsea
Chelsea
offline 53
Ruby
Ruby
offline 96
Carolyn
Carolyn
offline 114
Bedouin
Bedouin
offline 31
Ariya
Ariya
offline 35
Amy
Amy
offline 22
'kaat
'kaat
offline 5
Sylvia
Sylvia
offline 32
Lisa
Lisa
offline 48
Angela
Angela
offline 69
aesp...
aesperia
offline 38
Avey...
Aveyanda Skye
offline 655
Amara
Amara
offline 263
Nadira
Nadira
offline 209
An
An
offline 209
Pooneh
Pooneh
offline 144
Delilah
Delilah
offline 428
Arabia
Arabia
offline 13
Tayi...
Tayissa Blue
offline 173
view all 35
collapse module

This is Me!

collapse module

 

collapse module

Links

collapse module

My Photo

collapse module

Who has taught me?

The Fabulous Alexandra www.iteachbellydance.com

Carolyn Nericco www.fcbd.com

Delilah www.visionarydance.com

Hasani www.hasani.net

Javarah www.javarah.com

Maria Morca
Maria Morca, born into a family of musicians and dancers, started dancing at an early age. Her training of Oriental and Interpretive dance began when she became a prot�g� of the Ruth St. Denis Foundation in Hollywood. She has an extensive background in ballet, classical Spanish, Flamenco and many other ethnic dance forms. Maria has been a professional dancer since the age of nineteen, has toured the United States and Canada, and has performed on stage and in nightclubs all over the continent, including Las Vegas. Her film and television credits include I Dream of Jeannie, Gun Smoke, Mission Impossible, I Spy, Run For Your Life, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Story of Ruth, Can Can, Hello Dolly, Ship of Fools, and Go North to Alaska to name a few. She also coached and choreographed in Hollywood for over a period of twelve years. She then founded the highly successful Academy of Dance Arts in Toronto, Canada, and later in Bellevue, near Seattle, Washington. She created the prominent performance group, Maria Morca and the Dances of Spain, acting as director and solo dancer. Recently, Maria Morca has returned to California and is teaching in the San Pedro and Palos Verdes areas. Her aim in these classes is to develop physical fitness and self-expression through the dance. Besides teaching at her studio, she holds master classes, lectures and conducts seminars and workshops through the United States. She is also the author of Maria Morca�s Belly Dance Work Book. Maria can be contacted at: (310) 519-7479 or Mariamorca@sbcglobal.net.

Paulette Ress- Denis Caravan Studios Portland OR

Yasmin

expand module

Show Schedule

collapse module

 

collapse module

This is 'ME"

Gender
Female
Location
Seattle
about me
MY NAME IS AMIRA MAHAELA or Mira for short.
I HAVE BEEN BELLY DANCING FOR 15 YEAR

I teach and perform several styles of Belly Dance including Egyptian, Oriental,Tribaret, Cane, Balancing, Sword Work, Veil, and Double Veil. My personal performance style is tribaret. I have performed all over the Western USA and Canada off and on over the past 12 years.

While our belly dance styles have changed over the years from the many influences of other dance styles, my main objective is to keep my Belly Dancing "Real" so that if you see my performance there is no mistaking that it is belly dancing. My deepTribal roots and heavy Egyptian influence are the basis of my belly dance style which include serpentine movement, heavy hips, and the rhythm of the drums.

How I Started Belly Dancing

When I was 5, I told my Father that I wanted to be a belly dancer. He said "no way' and proceeded to put me in ballet, tap and jazz classes for several years. But my heart was set on Belly Dance. I think it was my grandma's influence on me. She travelled all over the world dancing up a storm with The Donald O' Connor Show. Doing the Charlston and the Can Can. I used to love dressing up in her old costumes. I remember her walking around on her hands and doing the splits when she was 65. And she was always smiling and dancing...(she actually made me my first belly dance costume) She was and still is an inspiration to me and a role model.

Anyhow, I finally had the opportunity to start dancing when I moved to Seattle. My girlfriend drug (DRUG) me to a belly dance class in 1993 where I met my first instructor. The Fabulous Alexandra out of Redmond WA. She is an amazing Egyptian and Oriental dancer!

In about 1997 or so I was at an SCA event with my household and I was introduced to ATS American Tribal Style Belly Dance by the Gypsy Caravan. I was FASCINATED!! Back then there wasn't really any tribal dancing in Seattle. It was relatively new and fresh! No one had really heard of it and it definately was not main stream. Well I learned a bit of tribal dance back then and started costuming and performing in Seattle as a solo tribal dancer in some mainstream middle eastern restaraunts where I had performed regularly as a cabaret dancer.

Well lets say the public was not ready for the change quite yet. HA HA! So I mixed up my tribal dress and style with my cabaret style so I could still perform in Seattles clubs. It worked. Over the years of dancing I have developed my own unique style of dance. Most classify me as a Tribaret Dancer.

I was a member of Seattles Troupe Arabesque for 5 years. I teach classes and workshops on occasion. I have performed in The Western US and Canada off and on for several years at restaurants, Middle Eastern and Ethnic Dance Festivals.

I dance because my heart tells me to dance. My spirit embraces the rhythm. Not for fame. Not for recognition. Not for anything but the simple pure pleasure that dance brings to me. If I had to give any advice to anyone dancing is learn from your instructors but dance the dance from your heart. Make it your own.

Theres no experience in the world like my body moving with the rhythm of the drums, soft flickering firelight, and old persian rugs under foot, to capture my soul and fill my heart with joy.



You are not connected to Mira
want to grow your network?
view more
 
members » Mira link to this profile: http://people.tribe.net/mirabobeera
Advertisement