Bahija Bellydance

Birthday parties / special events: Beautiful dancer in professional costume will enter the room with enthusiasm and joy as the music ushers her in. For a typical performance, there is a dynamic 5-10 minute solo, with musical variations and changes in style. If the audience is seated at tables, Bahija can move through the room, dancing with and for the audience at tableside, and if desired, get the special guest up to dance! An exciting finale closes the performance, she bows and exits. 10-30 min performance, depending on crowd size and participation.

Weddings / Zaffa: After the entrance of the family and the bridal party to the reception hall, an elegant dancer with a glowing candelabrum on her head (if desired) and playing finger cymbals to the music (if desired), brings in the bridal couple. They process around the dance floor, so that everyone can see the couple and wish them well. Bahija brings the couple to their head table, can then perform for the entertainment of all, then bring them back to the dance floor and gather the parents and family members as well to start the dance. 15-30+min performance

Restaurants: similar to Birthday parties, with less stage performance if there's no suitable area that's visible to most clients, and more tableside dancing for patrons. Working with a live band is possible, or she can bring her own playlists. 15-45 min, depending on restaurant size and audience participation, multiple sets in the same evening are possible.

Corporate events / demonstrations: 5-15 min visually stunning stage performance, which can include multiple props and musical changes or style variations

House parties: Bahija can be a surprise, with the right planning! An open living / rec room with seating or standing room around the edges is best. Bahija can bring her own music on USB or an iPod to play on your home stereo. Mini-lessons for ladies' nights are a popular idea, as are full sparkly-costumed performances in back yards. Many variations are possible! Sorry, absolutely no "men-only" events will be accepted.

Now located in Windsor, ON, Bahija has performed regularly for events in and around the city, including regular restaurant performances, birthday parties, many weddings, new Year's Eve, corporate events, at a local Lebanese festival, and has performed for several local cultural and fundraising events. As an experienced performer and a natural instructor, she has taught dance classes and workshops since 2005 to hundreds of women in two provinces and one state, sharing the joy of music and of expression through dance.

Bahija studied Egyptian dance with DancEgypt (phone number hidden)5 in Saskatoon, SK, Canada, and has been performing since 2001 with that troupe and as a soloist. Bahija was the featured weekly performer in restaurants, and at several longstanding annual events, such as Folkfest, car shows, women's world trade shows, as well as at annual cultural celebrations for Lebanese, Egyptian, Iraqi, Greek audiences. She performs in many Egyptian styles, including baladi and folkloric, and can work effortlessly with veil, shamadan, cane, sagat and other props.

Bahija is looking forward to offering authentic and spell-binding bellydance for your special event!

Improvisations and choreographies, modern styles and ancient influences, from baladi to shaabi, Bahija embodies so many facets of the beauty and joy that is Egyptian dance.

There must be someone in charge of starting and stopping the music, as Bahija will be off stage.
Bahija will bring her music on an iPod (or a USB stick if requested) with all the tracks in the correct order in one folder. Cord types that would be necessary should be discussed ahead of time.
Music can also be sent to a DJ ahead of time, if desired.
Working with a live band is certainly possible, and will be most entertaining if there is rehearsal time prior to the event.
Event lighting varies by venue, and will need to be discussed.