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Monica: Middle Eastern and North African Dance
- San Francisco, CA
- Belly Dancer
- Travels up to 120 miles
- $300 and up
Overview
Monica provides family friendly belly dance entertainment in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. Popular with her dance peers as well as with the public, when you hire Monica you know you are getting an experienced, professional entertainer and a culturally appropriate traditionally styled dance performance that also happens to be loads of fun. I look forward to working with you to make your event wonderful!
Live music is often an option, please indicate if that is of interest when asking for a quote.
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Booking Info
Price Range: $300 and up
Gig Length: 10 - 30 minutes
Languages: English, Other
What to Expect
Audience members can expect a lively, fun, respectful, musical, artistic entertaining show appropriate for all ages.
About
Monica is a San Francisco based performer and instructor who has been studying Middle Eastern dance since her teens, with training in San Francisco, New York and Cairo. Monica has an extensive performance history that includes improvisational solo work and award-winning choreographed troupe experience. Her dance style is based on both vintage American "cabaret" belly dance and Egyptian raqs sharqi and raqs baladi, with a foundation of solid folkloric roots from various regions.
Monica currently lives, teaches, and performs in San Francisco, California. She performs regularly at select private celebrations and parties as well as at most of the major Middle Eastern Dance festivals on the west coast.
Additional Booking Notes
Requirements:
A clean, safe, hazard free space to dance
A secure dressing room
A good stereo system to play a CD or iPod/MP3 player (performer can arrange to bring her own if necessary)
Set List
Generally a set to recorded music runs around 20 minutes.
Monica uses music appropriate to the event. In general a show includes a fast and exciting entrance with finger cymbals, a classic slow piece, a folkloric piece, and a fiery drum solo. Audience dancing at the end of the show is a fun part of the package if you choose.
Specialties can be arranged. For example, Monica can perform Egyptian cane (raqs Asaya), single or double veil, Moroccan style tray balancing, or tailor her music to a particular style or ethnic focus (Lebanese, Egyptian, Turkish, or Greek).
Monica is available for a zeffa (wedding procession) with or without shamadan (balanced candelabra).
Monica is available to teach dance classes or workshops as part of a performance package, or as a distinct event.
Monica is available for lectures, academic presentations, and demonstrations about Middle Eastern, North African and Belly Dance.
Finally, Monica is available for travel all over the world.
Setup Requirements
Performer requires a clean, safe, hazard free space to dance; a secure dressing room; a good stereo system to play a CD or iPod/MP3 player (performer can arrange to bring her own if necessary).
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