RECENT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2007
IBDC Competition Fusion Champion
Workshop & Show in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Belly Dancer of the Universe Fusion Champion
Belly Dancer of the Universe Finalist - Egyptian Category
Belly Dancer of the universe Congeniality Award
Awarded Best Instructor from Texas A&M REC Center
2006
International Academy of Middle East Dance Show in Los Angeles , CA.
Belly Dance o Rama DVD produced by IAMED
Instructor of the year Texas A&M University Rec Center
Workshop in Santa Catarina, Brazil
2005
Queen of Raks Sharqi Competition - 1st Runner up
Performance at the Houston International Festival
TRAGETORY
Viviane is a passionate multi Award Winning Professional Dancer and accomplished Instructor that spend her time between Brazil and the US. She dedicates her life to pursue the Traditional Egyptian Belly Dance Style or “Raks Sharq”, while incorporating Fusion elements and without distancing herself from the Dance origins.
A pioneer in College Station and Bryan, Texas, she moved from Brazil in the Fall of 2002 to accompany her husband on his graduate studies. Since then, Viviane started organizing the FALL & SPRING BELLY DANCE RECITALS & SHOWS and initiated the Belly Dance Program at the TEXAS A&M University.
With over 100 students every semester and a busy performance schedule, Viviane manages to organize one of the largest Belly Dance Recital & Shows in Texas. With an outstanding audience that averages 300 people, and over 50 dancers, her past 7 Recitals & Shows, are a must for any dancer enthusiast and a treat for the community.
Viviane has extensive training from World renowned artists such as Mahmoud Reda, Raqia Hassan, Farida Fahmi, Dr. Mo Gedawi, Randa Kamel, Faten Salama, Aida Nour, Nagwa Fouad and Fifi Abdo.
Brazilian Dancers Camelia,
and Ana Aidar with whom she started her Belly Dance journey.
Nourhan Sharif, Aziza, Jillina,
Morocco, Karim Nagi, Hadia from Canada, Zahra Zuhair, Helena Vlahos, and Syrian Singer and Dancer Zein Al-Jundi, director of the Bint El Balad Ensemble, which Viviane was part upon arriving in the US.
Her vast dance background includes Jazz, Latin Dances such as Salsa, Flamenco, Indian Classical Dance Bharatanatyam, Hula, Samba and Afro-Brazilian Dances.
DVD APPEARANCES
Belly Dance O Rama 2 (available at Bellydance.org)
2005 Queen of Raks Sharqi Competition (available at Littleegypt.com)
Belly Dancer of the Universe Competition 2007 (Egyptian, Fusion, Drum Solo)
For Recitals DVD (2002 to 2007) please contact Viviane
Some past performances:
Houston
Garson Persian Restaurant
Russian Bear
Ya Leil
Houston International Festival
Dance Royale Studios
Austin
The Arabic Bazaar
La Zona Rosa
Red Fez
Sky Louge
Zein Al-Jundi CD release Hafleh
Lucila's Winter Moon Show
Desert Passion Middle East Passion Theater
Bryan/College station
Palace Theater
Women's Health Symposium
Red Was Film Festival
The Blinn College International Week
Texas A&M University
Forward Fest
The Christmas in the Park - Central Park College Station
The Hookah Station
Dallas
Side Walk Café
Al Amir
Ahlan Cairo Nights
Mahmoud Reda Show
Fifi Abdo Show
Kismet Dallas
Las Vegas
2005 Marrakech Restaurant
2007 International Belly Dance Convention
California
CSU Performing Arts Center
Belly Dance of the Universe (Long Beach Conference Center)
