Meet our talented instructors!

	Denise		Ahmed		Jalilah		Farida
	Marlya		Samara		Johara		Carina
			Kalia

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Ahmed – Professional coaching, Choreography, Men's dances of Egypt

Ahmed was a principal dancer with Egypt's National Folkloric Troupe, the Firqa Kaomeia. Ahmed also worked for the Folk Arts Institute of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture as a researcher and recorder of the regional folk dances of Egypt in their natural setting. His research has served to preserve the original folk arts, as well as to inspire the theatricized recreation of these dances as presented in Egypt by the National Troupe and the Reda Troupe. Ahmed is an award winning choreographer and choreographs the Enan Egyptian Troupe. Ahmed's website www.baladi.ca/ahmedenan

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Farida (Marie-Ève)  

Farida was trained in instruction techniques and Egyptian dance for performance by Denise and Ahmed Enan, as well as continuing her training with several workshop instructors, both in Canada and in Egypt. Farida is also a member of the Enan Egyptian Troupe and a celebrated soloist in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
Farida's Facebook page

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Jalilah  

Jalilah has performed all around the world at all types of venues. During a 10-year period starting in 1985, she visited Egypt multiple times, finally staying almost a year in 1995 to perform, study and perfect her dancing. She toured and performed with some of the most celebrated groups like The Musicians of the Nile, Sharkiat and Salamat. Her extensive experience in working with a variety of musicians and performing with live music enabled her to produce a series of six CDs of belly dance music entitled Jalilah’s Raks Sharki for the recording label Piranha of Berlin, Germany. The series is held in high esteem by dancers worldwide. Jalilah's website www.piranha.de/jalilah/ and Facebook page

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Johara (Johanne)  

Johara originally trained in Modern dance and performed with the professional troupe Le groupe dance-lab. She also studied Jazz dance for 6 years with the Ottawa Dance Centre. She studied oriental dance mostly with master instructor Denise Enan as well as several other instructors in Canada and in Egypt. Johara is a member of the Enan Egyptian Troupe and soloist in the Ottawa-Gatineau area.

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Marlya (Marlyn)  

Marlya has been studying Baladi dance for over 20 years and is still studying with master instructor Denise Enan. She has taken dance workshops in Canada and in Egypt. She performs as a soloist in the Ottawa-Gatineau region.

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Samara (Isabelle)  

Having had training in figure skating as well as jazz, Isabelle discovered Oriental dance with Denise Enan in 2006. Today, she continues her training under Denise’s guidance, as well a with several other renowned dancers such as Aziza, Hadia, Farida, and Jalilah. Isabelle teaches at Denise Enan’s Dance Oasis studio, and dances professionally at special events.

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Carina  

Carina began belly dancing at the young age of 7 at the Oasis Dance Studio and now, aged-17, recently won 1st place in the Miami Bellydance Convention competition. She first started dancing with Rania and has since studied with Master Instructor Denise Enan, Farida, Jalilah and Mayada. She has taken workshops with multiple teachers in Canada as well as in Spain, Germany, Holland and the U.S. Furthermore, Carina has studied ballet, hiphop and salsa.

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Kalia  

Kalia was drawn to Middle Eastern dance by the music and found her artistic home in 2011 at Dance Oasis where she has studied with Egyptian master teacher Denise Enan and her accomplished colleagues, Jalilah Zamora and Farida Enan among others. As a teacher, and performer, and member of the Enan Egyptian Troupe, Kalia strives to share and convey her love of these dance forms through joyful and expressive teaching and performance.

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