Dragonfly Bellydance
Dragonfly Dance Company
Dragonfly Dance Company was formed in 2014 by "partners in crime" Zahira & Ruyah with a select group of accomplished professionals and advanced students, dedicated to presenting unique, artistic, creative full length stage productions in Toronto open to exploration while keeping great respect for the traditional forms of the dance.
Always with a versatile focus, the foundation of the company was Oriental Raqs Sharqi, composed by both Egyptian and International Oriental styles. The company's vision was open to the exploration of the richness and diversity of the language of movement that is bellydance in all its forms, styles, derivations and relations: from thetraditional rich folklore variety of the Middle East to the modern developments of Bellydance fusion and the enthralling images of Bellydance fantasy.
Celebrating art and tradition, imagination and creativity, the experience of life, and the enormous, universal range of human emotion expressed through the unique movement vocabulary of bellydance. DDC affirms bellydance as an art form on its own merit and an artistic language of expression, through which dancers and choreographers, explore music, rhythm, culture, imagination, sensitivity and ultimately, the experience of life through movement.
Dragonfly Dance Company produced 2 full length theatrical dance shows in Toronto, Canada, at the Alumnae Theatre.
~ "LUMINESCENCE", 2015 (Watch Show videos below)
~ "ALCHEMY: an Anthology of Steampunk Stories", 2017 (Watch show videos below)
COMPANY MEMBERS
Zahira
Company Director, Guest Choreographer, Lead Dancer
Ruyah
Rehearsal Coach, Guest Choreographer, Lead Dancer
Lead Dancers 2014 - 2019
Carolina
Lead Dancer.
Guest Choreographer for "Alchemy"
Sorayya
Lead Dancer.
Guest Choreographer for "Alchemy"
Aimée
Lead Dancer.
Riannagh
Lead Dancer, 2014 - 2016
2018 - 2019
Lead Dancers 2016 - 2019
Kylah
Lead Dancer.
Meryem
Lead Dancer.
Diana
Apprentice dancer for Alchemy, 2017. Lead Dancer 2018 - 2019.
Dancers for Luminescence 2015
Lisa
Lead Dancer, Guest choreographer.