Warda is a professional national and international award-winning bellydancer. She has traveled to Egypt over thirty times to research and train and has won awards by top Egyptian professionals for her dancing. Warda is the director of the Shahrazad Dance Company , and has written ‘The Origins and History of Bellydance’, along with Egyptian Professor Dr. Hassan Khalil. She is a mentor and teacher of a number of prize winning dancers.

In this episode you will learn about:

-  Traveling lifestyle as a part of military community

- Bringing innovation to dance

- The origins of the belly dance art form

- What is the proper name of our dance style

- The importance of critical thinking

Show Notes to this episode:

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