Sadira

Sadira, has been performing and teaching Middle Eastern dance for over 30 years. Sadira has performed in Cairo, Egypt and throughout the U.S. She has presented work at the International World Alliance Americas General Assembly (’09), Intercontinental Dance Congress (‘08), International Dance Sampler for the U.W. Dance Program (’09), and collaborated with Kanopy Dance Company in ”Bright Nights” ( ‘07) and “Planet Dance” (’10). She has studied in Egypt with choreographer and Undersecretary of Culture Mahmoud Reda and dancer Nadia Hamdi and in Amman, Jordan with the Jafra Folkloric Company. Sadira has trained in traditional and contemporary Middle Eastern women’s dance with Magda Ibrahim and Atef Farag of the Reda Troupe and American University of Cairo Folkloric Troupe, premier Egyptian dancer Dina, Ibrahim Farah, Suhaila Salimpour, has traveled to the Middle East to study the folkloric dance styles of Morocco and Palestine and has studied the traditional dances of the Gulf States and Tunisia. Her training in Middle Eastern music includes study in Arab music theory and rhythm plus ensemble performances with UCLA ethnomusicologist Ali Jihad Racy and international performing artist, Simon Shaheen. She teaches in Madison, WI and is an ACE(American Council on Exercise) personal trainer.