Directory
Dancers
The professional people layer of Raqs Atlas — performers, instructors, choreographers, schools and the legends who shaped the art form.
174 profiles · showing 73–96
Instructors
Dancer · France
Kaouther Ben Amor
Kaouther Ben Amor is a French-Tunisian dancer and choreographer with a long international career in Oriental dance. Her work combines Raqs Sharqi with a theatrical sensibility shaped by her North African cultural background and extensive performance…
Paris · Egypt
Kareem Gad
Kareem Gad is an Egyptian dancer, choreographer and musician whose professional work spans both Egyptian theatrical traditions and contemporary international education. His background includes singing, music, percussion, poetry, acting and dance, giving him…
Dancer · Hungary
Katalin Schäfer
Katalin Schäfer began her broader dance education with classical ballet in the late 1980s and specialised increasingly in Oriental dance from 2000. In 2004 she became part of the award-winning Art of Orient company alongside several important Hungarian…
Dancer · Ukraine
Kateryna Siham
Kateryna Siham is a Ukrainian professional dancer whose career has included major competition achievements and long-term work in Middle Eastern entertainment markets. She gained international recognition after winning a world championship title in Oriental…
Dancer · Australia
Keti Sharif
Keti Sharif began belly dance at seventeen and later moved her professional life increasingly toward Egypt. She spent approximately two decades living between Cairo and the Red Sea and performed professionally with live Egyptian music. During those years she…
London · Egypt
Khaled Mahmoud
Khaled Mahmoud is an Egyptian dancer and teacher from Cairo who built a major part of his international career in the United Kingdom. His training encompasses Raqs Sharqi as well as Egyptian folkloric material. He became highly respected on the European…
Luxor · Egypt
Khyria Mazin
Khyria Mazin is the last actively teaching representative of the renowned Banat Mazin family tradition of Luxor. She began dancing professionally as a teenager alongside older members of her family. International belly-dance communities frequently describe…
Dancer · Ukraine
Kira Lebedeva
Kira Lebedeva began her Tribal Fusion journey around 2010 and developed into one of Ukraine's best-known artists in the genre. Her training combines detailed muscular control with yoga and other physical disciplines. She built an international career through…
Legend · Turkey
Kudret Şandra
Kudret Şandra was one of the notable male figures in twentieth-century Turkish Oriental dance. He began performing professionally as a teenager and developed a career in both dance and acting. His presence is particularly significant because male professional…
Dancer · Azerbaijan
Laman Hendricks
Laman Hendricks was born and raised within the cultural environments of Azerbaijan and Türkiye and began movement training through acrobatic gymnastics and regional folk dance. She later studied at the Baku Choreography Academy and developed a professional…
Paris · Tunisia
Leila Haddad
Leila Haddad was born into an Arab-Berber cultural environment in Tunisia and developed an artistic career that would become highly influential in European Oriental dance. Her first major stage experience came through politically engaged theatre while…
Palma de Mallorca · Spain
Levana
Levana is a Spanish dancer whose background includes ballet and competitive gymnastics before she developed a professional career in Oriental dance. She founded **Etoiles d'Orient** in Palma de Mallorca and later became director of Aloha Dance School. Her…
Dancer · Germany
Leyla Jouvana
Leyla Jouvana became one of the most established Oriental dance teachers and performers in Germany. Her dance background included Yugoslav folkloric and jazz dance before she dedicated herself deeply to Oriental dance. She became especially well known for…
Dancer · Brazil
Linda Hathor
Linda Hathor began studying belly dance in Brazil in 1998 and developed into a professional performer, instructor and choreographer. She achieved official professional registration as a dancer in the early 2000s and became director of the Hathor Group. Her…
Dancer · Brazil
Lulu Sabongi
Lulu Sabongi began her professional career in 1984 at Khan El Khalili in São Paulo and became one of the most influential teachers in Brazilian belly dance history. During the following decade she helped build an exceptionally large professional education…
São Paulo · Brazil
Mahaila El Helwa
Mahaila El Helwa began studying Oriental dance in Brazil in 2000 and quickly entered professional training. In 2005 she achieved a major international milestone by winning at the Ahlan Wa Sahlan festival in Cairo. That success helped establish her as one of…
Dancer · United States
Mahin
Mahin is an American professional belly dancer whose work combines dance technique, Arabic music education and physical conditioning. She spent many years performing with live bands in the Phoenix area and developed strong knowledge of finger cymbals…
Dancer · United States
Mardi Love
Mardi Love is one of the artists who helped define the early vocabulary and visual identity of Tribal Fusion belly dance. She began studying belly dance in San Diego and was strongly influenced by American Tribal Style before joining Heather Stants' Urban…
Athens · Greece
Maria Aya — Malema
Maria Aya, also known professionally as Malema, is a Greek Oriental dance artist with a strong focus on cultural education and folkloric knowledge. She founded and co-organised the MOSAIC Oriental Festival in Athens. Maria is also the founder and artistic…
Dancer · Russia
Marina Shishkova
Marina Shishkova is a Russian Oriental dancer who became particularly visible through the international competition and festival circuit. Her competitive record includes titles and awards obtained in several European countries as well as events connected with…
Cairo · Estonia
Maris Abe
Maris Abe, known professionally as Maris, is an Estonian Oriental dancer, instructor and recording artist based in Cairo, Egypt. She began studying belly dance in Estonia in 2005 and started teaching regular classes in 2012 before taking her professional…
Toronto · Ukraine
Marta Korzun
Marta Korzun began her professional Oriental dance career in Ukraine in 2006 and quickly became highly successful in international competition. She won major titles, including a world championship in 2011, before expanding into teaching and coaching. Marta…
Nicosia · Cyprus
Mary Vatyliotou
Mary Vatyliotou is a Cypriot belly dancer, choreographer, instructor and dance-school director based in Nicosia. She began dancing at the age of five and trained across a broad range of movement disciplines, including ballet, contemporary dance, belly dance…
Dancer · Italy
Maryem Bent Anis
Maryem Bent Anis, professionally known by that stage name, is an Italian dancer, educator and researcher specialising in the dances of the Arab world. Her professional experience spans more than two decades. She combines practical performance with research…