Silvia Salamanca
Tribal flamenco
Silvia Salamanca is a life-long dancer from Mallorca, Spain. She started her career as a belly dancer in 2001, when realizing the enormous benefits that this art-form brings to women in both body and spirit (something that she felt truly missing in other dance practices). From her first teachers, Tasnim Melendres and the acclaimed Nur Banu, two natural born-Egyptians, she realized how with the practice of belly dance that women can get closer to their self identity and discover oneself in a new level, increasing self-esteem, releasing stress and getting deeply in touch with the feminine essence in their soul.
With her work in the field of Zambra Mora (spanish gypsy-oriental dance fusion) Silvia has gained international recognition and is currently invited to teach workshops and perform in major festivals in Europe and across the USA, and will be part next November of the international Jury of the Contest for the Bellydancer of the World hosted in Germany.
Silvia is also the codirector of Shunyata Belly Dance, the tribal-style company that captivates audiences at the Texas Renaissance Festival and has recently launched its first instructional
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Fiery partner dancing, the joyful side of Zambra Mora.Do the gitanas (Spanish gypsy women) dance in couples? They do! And they have fun! Learn a brand new routine designed to dance with your friends that will make you shout ole! at the end of it. A gypsy Spanish twist to tribal movements and combinations. Combine the precision and sharpness of tribal with the fire of flamenco _expression and you get a series of exciting steps, combinations and short routine to take home and leave everybody speechless!
E-mail.: hayatdancer@msn.com org. Hayat, more info on the workshops in Antwerp here |