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Teaching
& Performing Experience
1998-2003 The Inn, Morro Bay, CA
to Ishmael and Faribi Musicians and at the San Luis
Obispo Library & SLO BREWING CO. to Ishmael & Brothers of the Beledi,
SLO, CA Judge, Wiggles of the
West, Reno Nevada I taught combination 4th/
5th bilingual at Grover Beach Elementary during which our school won
1st place in the Christmas parade; one of my students won an award
for her art project and another student normally very quiet took third place in
the Storytelling category for the Oral Language Arts Festival in Lucia Mar
Unified School District. I also
taught the maypole dance as done in Mexican Folkloric Ballet to my 4th/5th
graders and they went on tour with other dances and performed at schools in San
Luis Obispo, CA 1997-1998 Various parties and festivals around the state. Judge: Belly
Dancer of the Year Pageant in San Ramón, CA and at Wiggles of the West in Sparks, NV. I taught 4th grade bilingual at Grover
Beach Elementary and worked on the Christmas Parade where we took a third place ribbon; I also coached on the Oral Language Festival team which brought home 11 ribbons that year. 1994-1996 Directed, performed,
coached and taught for troup Al Kareemaat Taught a cane workshop
in Bloomington, IN. 1993-1994 I
taught at the STUDIO of Performing Arts in Arroyo Grande, California. 1990-1991
I was
in charge of weekly Belly-dancing shows at Burgundy's Restaurant in
Grover City, CA. I performed and invited other outstanding soloists or arranged
group presentations in the lounge. 1989
Took
a two week tour to Egypt with Turquoise Tours with Shareen el Safy as
our dance guide. During this visit
we attended a three hour workshop with Mohammed Khalil. Also I
was among a small group of dancers invited
to the home of Sohair Zakee for an in depth interview about oriental
dance. I also attended many nightclub shows featuring Cairo's finest Middle Eastern Dancing. 1987-1995 With Dancers of the Double Crown I
performed at the yearly Strawberry Festival in Arroyo Grande, CA. 1988-1993 I
performed at the yearly Grover City Beach Party also with Dancers of the Double Crown. 1987 Performed monthly at the Greek Gyro with
my dance partner Genie Sumrall and weekly at the Central Tavern. 1984 Began
teaching Belly dancing at the Grover City Recreation Department and
to small individual groups in my home. 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993: Organized fund raisers for the Nafisa
Newsletter featuring workshops and
dance shows locally. 1981 &1982 Summer
performed weekly at the Sycamore Hot Springs Resort. Still
performed at various benefits but began performing professionally after
winning the amateur contest sponsored by Halame. 1976 As a Middle Eastern Dance student, I
performed at benefits organized by teachers. 1969 I began teaching ESL in
Bogotá Colombia and have been teaching one subject or another since. 1961 Taught and performed some rock and roll steps on black and white television in Maracaibo, Venezuela. |