Roxxanne Shelaby |
Roxxanne Shelaby performs throughout Southern
California, bringing her unique dance style that
combines her Lebanese heritage with her Egyptian
soul.
Roxxanne is fortunate to have grown up surrounded
by Middle Eastern Arts. Her love of Middle Eastern
music and dance flourished as a child, growing up at
the family owned “Fez” and “Cascades” nightclubs.
She began performing at the age of 16 at the
request of Farida Fahmy (lead dancer of the national
dance troupe of Egypt) to represent The Reda
Troupe. Roxxanne has studied extensively with
master teacher and choreographer Sahra as well as
with Farida Fahmy, Zahra Zuhair, Vivianne and Feiruz
Aram.
Roxxanne performs with and is Assistant Director of
Sahra’s “Ya Amar! Middle Eastern Dance Company”.
She apperead with the group in many Southern
California performances including “The Nations of
San Diego International Dance Festival”, “The
Second International Conference on Middle Eastern
Dance” at Orange Coast College - CA, “Sahra and Ya
Amar! present Al Dumia” live in concert in Brea and
Hollywood - CA and “RA - the Eclipse of the Sun”.
Roxxanne also accompanied Ya Amar! to Tokyo,
Japan in 1999 performing a featured solo in two sold
out theater performances.
California, bringing her unique dance style that
combines her Lebanese heritage with her Egyptian
soul.
Roxxanne is fortunate to have grown up surrounded
by Middle Eastern Arts. Her love of Middle Eastern
music and dance flourished as a child, growing up at
the family owned “Fez” and “Cascades” nightclubs.
She began performing at the age of 16 at the
request of Farida Fahmy (lead dancer of the national
dance troupe of Egypt) to represent The Reda
Troupe. Roxxanne has studied extensively with
master teacher and choreographer Sahra as well as
with Farida Fahmy, Zahra Zuhair, Vivianne and Feiruz
Aram.
Roxxanne performs with and is Assistant Director of
Sahra’s “Ya Amar! Middle Eastern Dance Company”.
She apperead with the group in many Southern
California performances including “The Nations of
San Diego International Dance Festival”, “The
Second International Conference on Middle Eastern
Dance” at Orange Coast College - CA, “Sahra and Ya
Amar! present Al Dumia” live in concert in Brea and
Hollywood - CA and “RA - the Eclipse of the Sun”.
Roxxanne also accompanied Ya Amar! to Tokyo,
Japan in 1999 performing a featured solo in two sold
out theater performances.
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TIP: Practice in the bathroom!
"Having a small space makes me use more
internal movements. With my favorite music of
the moment, I practice in front of the mirror in my
bathroom where I develop most of my
ooey-gooey moves."
--Roxxanne
June Workshop: OOEY-GOOEY with Roxxanne Sat June 30th, 5-7 PM More info |
Upcoming Performances: June 30th LARaqs Hafla July 21 & 22 Glimpse of the Stars in Riverside, CA. More info |
Roxxanne teaches ongoing classes and workshops locally and internationally in Egyptian style Belly Dancing as well as Lebanese Dabke. |