Beverli's RESUME
TRAINING:
- belly dance (21 years)- yoga (21 years)- ballet (7 years)- jazz (12 years)- gymnastics (5 years)- tai chi (3 years)- shaolin kung fu (7 years)- trapeze (3 years)- bharat natayam (3 years)
PERFORMANCE ACCOLADES:
- Jacksons Lane London (with dance and trapeze troupes 2003-6)- Co-produced/performed multiple shows for Theatro Technis London feat. full orchestration and master musicians Aziz Chaabdiss and Sheikh Taha- FITA London (The Festival of International Theatre Arts) and "Spirit of the Nile" Belly Dance production for London and Bristol (2004)- Production team member and performer for Planet Egypt London (2004-2010) hosting national and international (with some very famous) dancers and musicians including Natasha Atlas and a very regular Hossam Ramzy- Performed with master percussionist Ibrahim El Minyawi in Cambridge (2005)- Recurring restaurant performances in London at Sahara Nights and Darbuka as well as a residency at Bogayo Moroccan Restaurant in London's West End (2005-2010)- Directed troupe "The Unique Stars of Ishtar" for the 2005 Isle of Wight Festival- Performed numerous times in Holland (2005-8)- Performed at London Fashion Week and Ceasars Palace Beirut (2005)- Produced casted show at Zula Bar, Cape Town, solo shows in Calangut, Goa as well as a one-woman theatre show for Obz Cafe Theatre Cape Town "Arabian Nights" which ran for a month then combined into a performance and teaching tour South Africa: Durban, Johannesburg, Martizburg and screened as well in London's West end (2006)- Featured teacher at the National Bellydance Festival Cape Town (2006)- Produced and performed a sell-out one-woman show "Beyrut is Burning" at Cape Town's famous Baxter Theatre (2006)- Teacher and performer for the "Tarab" festival touring Polish cities Boleslawics, Jelenia Gora and Karpaczs (2006)- Field research, training, performances and teaching in Egypt, Turkey, Greece, India and Lebanon (2005-2015)- Leader and choreographer for a troupe season in Bollywood (2007-8)- Performed in Raqs Brittania during the Belly Dance Superstars tour of Blackpool and at the Watermans Theatre in London hosted by Sacred Blue Flame (2007)- Principal Dancer for the London Gypsy Orchestra with performances at the Covent Garden Opera House (double bill), London's famous live-music venue for a crowd of 2k at The Union Chapel, the Barking Arts Festival and a tour to various theatres across the British Midlands sponsored by the Arts Council (2007-9)- Hosted, produced and performed in a West End show with international dance superstar Amani of Lebanon alongside star dancers from Turkey, Ukraine, America, Ireland, India and Israel (2008)- Performed in a number of community shows around South Africa (2010-2019)- Produced and starred in a third one-woman show "Shaman" for the National Arts Festival (2010)- Founded and taught full time at "Al-Masrah Academy of Yoga and Dance"in Central Cape Town coaching all levels of dancers, specialising in bringing performers to professional level and facilitating teacher training in Belly Dance (2010-2019)- Hosted International Belly Dance Festivals in Cape Town with hundreds of participants and International stars Sandra of France and Belly Dance Superstars' Jillina (2016-2017)- Performed as resident dancer in Cape Town at Al Diwan (2009-2010) and Mesopotamia (2010-2021)- Facilitated fund-raising Belly Dance shows for the Kurdish Human Rights Action Group, bigger bills included shows at City Hall and the Company Gardens Cape Town (2012-2016)- Opened and ran vegetarian restaurant an shisha bar "Babylon Theatre Cafe" performing and billing dancers every weekend (2016-2019)- Sculpted an entire 30-member-international-cast production for the National Arts Festival 2020 (now postponed to 2022)- Initiated fresh teaching and performance tours through South Africa (2021-2022)
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