CRS Resident Sufi Dance Artist 2017 – present

Crossing Boundaries Concert Series Curator & Director 2019 – 2020 (at CRS)

Kamyar Arsani & Friends Sufi Dance Concert Series Dance Director & Performer 2019 – Present (at CRS)

 

 

Songs of Winter Light Solstice Celebration Concert with Kristin Hoffmann & Friends 2019 (at CRS)

Vibration: SAORI KANDA Art Performance with LÄLE SAYOKO 2019 (at CRS)
Ocean of Light: World Oceans Day Concert with Kristin Hoffmann & Friends 2019 (at CRS)
Rumi’s Secret: Celebrating National Poetry Month with Brad Gooch & the American Sufi Project 2019 (Queens Public Library, NYC)

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers main dance performer 2008, 2009, 2010 UK tour (44 cities)

Hot Hot Hot! 2009 (Tokyo)

Hot Hot Hot! New York 2009 (Hosted by Läle Sayoko, with Dalia Carella etc…)

Djam under Je’bon 2009, 2010 (Hosted by Kaeshi Chai)

Amareen 2009 (New York)

BellyDance Lounge 2009 (New York)

Four Elements 2009 (New York)

 

 

Sufi Dance 2018 – (at CRS)
Belly Dance 2009 – 2013 (at CRS)

 

Smithonian Folklife 2008 at NASA Galaxy Stage (Washington DC)

Glastonbury 2007 Dance Village West Stage, Glade Stage (UK)

Glade Festival 2007 (UK)

Island of Fire Festival 2007 (Lemnos Island, Greece)

Rhythms of Peace 2005 (Morocco)

Vision Quest 2002+2003 main stage (Japan)

 

 

Founding member of SAMANYOLU, an Oriental Fusion Dance Ensemble in Tokyo, Japan. 2000 – 2005 (Director: Mishaal)
Founding member of FLYING APSARAS with Kaeshi Chai 2011 – 2012

 

 

Kenji Williams 2002 –

Kristin Hoffmann 2019 (at CRS)

Asuca Hayashi 2012 (at CRS)

Baba Zula’s North American tour dancer 2008: in Memphis, Wisconsin, Chicago, Minneapolis, NYC and Toronto, Canada.

Mugenkyo’s UK tour performer in Oct 2008 (16 cities), 2009 (44 cities)

 

 

“World Spirit” as the AURA Dance performer (2004)

“Samanyolu Ambient Oriental Bellydance” (2005)

 

 

Orpheum (Memphis)

 

 

TOKYO: AgeHa, CAY, Spiral Hall, Kinema Club, November Eleventh, Romarakuda

NEW YORK: Lafayette Grill, Mezzo Mezzo, Cupping Room, Woolworth Tower Kitchen, Layaly

LONDON: Darbucka

OKINAWA: Chakura

 

 

LAS VEGAS:  Palms Hotel
SAN FRANCISCO:  Clift
TOKYO:  Okura, Meguro Gajoen, Roppongi Hills Grand Hyatt

 

 

Resident dancer at legendary Marrakesh (Washington DC/2005-2006)

 

Weddings and private events in Japan, Washington DC area, San Francisco, and New York

 

 

HYSTERIC GLAMOUR 20th Anniversary at AgeHa

OZONE ROCKS Opening Party in Osaka

DUNE Fashion Magazine Anniversary

marie claire Japan “EcoLuxe” at Spiral Hall

 

 

Kervan Serai (by Mishaal)

Samanyolu Ambient Oriental Nights at Tokyo Salon

Dakini Nights (by DJ Makyo)

 

 

International Sufi Dance Certification Of Cid UNESCO with Rana Gorgani (2018)

Extensive training with Bellydance Artist Mishaal (Tokyo/1999 – 2005)

Extensive training with Faten Salma (Washington DC/2005 – 2006)

Studying under Master Drumer AJA ADDY from Ghana (Summer 1997 – 1999)

 

Yousry Sharif (NYC), Lulu Sabongi (Brazil), Amina (San Francisco), Amani (Lebanon), Morocco(NYC), Yasmin (DC), Nourhan Sharif (NYC), Zaza Hassan (Paris), Tayyar Akdeniz (Turkey), Kamelia (Paris), Ansuya, Zahra Zuhair, Akiko Takada, Maha, Barbee Mako, Inako Matsuya.

 

 

Maharajan (Tokyo/2000 – 2002)

Rakkasah West (San Francisco/2003 – 2004)

Rakkasah East (New Jersey/2006)

Ahlan Wa Sahlan (Cairo, Egypt/2007)