International Dance Master and Choreographer, Mrs. Jihan Jamal-Baraka
“Be A Queen, Move Like a Goddess, Dance Like A Diva”
Jihan is an internationally respected dance master who has been performing and
teaching Near and Middle Eastern dance styles throughout the United States, U. S.
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Egypt and the Czech Republic, nearing 28 years. In
2002, Jihan achieved one career-long dream, performing for the first time in Cairo,
Egypt at Raqia Hassan’s “Ahlan Wa Sahlan” Dance Festival. Since, she returned to
Cairo in 2005, fulfilling another career-long dream, teaching as well as perform, at
the “AWS” 6th Annual International Dance Festival.
Jihan's constant goal as a performer and teacher is to represent the beauty of the
Arabic dance culture with dignity, elegance and pride. Jihan's teaching method
combines tradition and regional colloquialisms without sacrificing professional form
and technique. As a teacher, her objective is to educate the student in the structure of
the dances as well as their cultural, regional backgrounds and the social, religious
and political history that has impacted and altered the dance throughout the
centuries.
Jihan is an internationally respected dance master who has been performing and
teaching Near and Middle Eastern dance styles throughout the United States, U. S.
Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Egypt and the Czech Republic, nearing 28 years. In
2002, Jihan achieved one career-long dream, performing for the first time in Cairo,
Egypt at Raqia Hassan’s “Ahlan Wa Sahlan” Dance Festival. Since, she returned to
Cairo in 2005, fulfilling another career-long dream, teaching as well as perform, at
the “AWS” 6th Annual International Dance Festival.
Jihan's constant goal as a performer and teacher is to represent the beauty of the
Arabic dance culture with dignity, elegance and pride. Jihan's teaching method
combines tradition and regional colloquialisms without sacrificing professional form
and technique. As a teacher, her objective is to educate the student in the structure of
the dances as well as their cultural, regional backgrounds and the social, religious
and political history that has impacted and altered the dance throughout the
centuries.
Jihan has been an established teaching staff member at West Miami Middle Community School (Miami, FL), for the past
seven years. It is at WMMCS that she directs the Bellyrina Oriental Dance Academy (BODA), a student dance company and
dance curriculum. It is also at this public Dade County School that Jihan introduced her “Unveil the Woman” workshops, for
women only. “Unveil the Woman” – More Than A Dance Experience, is a series of annual workshops of beautiful and
feminine dance and creative process. Jihan created this special program to aid the participants in further developing their
dance structure and expertise, confidence and self-esteem, by fusing elements of social, secular and spiritual dances of
the Near and Middle East and interpretive movement.
Jihan also presently teaches in the local South Florida area at Dancer’s Dream (Pembroke Pines).
seven years. It is at WMMCS that she directs the Bellyrina Oriental Dance Academy (BODA), a student dance company and
dance curriculum. It is also at this public Dade County School that Jihan introduced her “Unveil the Woman” workshops, for
women only. “Unveil the Woman” – More Than A Dance Experience, is a series of annual workshops of beautiful and
feminine dance and creative process. Jihan created this special program to aid the participants in further developing their
dance structure and expertise, confidence and self-esteem, by fusing elements of social, secular and spiritual dances of
the Near and Middle East and interpretive movement.
Jihan also presently teaches in the local South Florida area at Dancer’s Dream (Pembroke Pines).
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