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Her International Career
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Her international career started in Canada and the United States, after she left Japan
in 1971. She heard the voice of Oum Kaltsoum for the first time at an Arabic feast. This
music has magnetilsed her from that first moment on. Later in the evening, a dancer
performing with sensual gestures was her first glimpse and invitation to unveil the
mystery of Oriental Dance. Her road to an international career began. She studied
different styles in the United States, and became a professional dancer. Very soon
her fame as an artist rose like a star in the firmament and she visited and was invited
to various countries. She taught at the universities of Simon and Fraser and at British
Columbia in Canada, and gave seminars on the West Coast of the United States. For
three months she presented her own program about Oriental Dance on Canadian
television, called "Shape up with Belly Dance".
To deepen her insights and nourish herself at the roots of Oriental Dance, she left for
Egypt to continue her study. It's there that this art is still practised with the utmost purity.
The "Queen" of Oriental Dance,Nagua Fouad, handed over her crown to her
successor at the Holiday Inn at Cairo in 1979. Kamellia is admired by stars like the
Egyptian dancers Tahiya Karyoka and Samir Gamal. She went on to dance in
Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, the United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Senega,
Japan, etc. and naturally in France, where she lives at the moment. Some
remarkable highlights of her career are:
-In Morocco, she has given many performances for King Hassam in his
Royal Palace.
-In Tunisia, she danced for the families of President Bourguiba.
-She has been invited many times by the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia.
-She has worked many times in Syria at both Damascus and Allep.
-In May 1985 she danced at the "Olympia" theatre in Paris during a spectacle
devoted to the music of Oriental Dance.
-In 1986 in the "Theatre de Paris" (three days).
-In 1988, 1989 and 1990 in the "Theatre St. Martin".
-She has given many performances commemorating the 7 November, the
feast of the Succession (=opvolging / Reussitte) of President Ben Al of
Tunisia.
-She danced in Paris at the "Insutitute of the Arabic
World) in 1989 and for many Arabic communities in the city.
She has appeared on stage in a long list of cities all around the world:
- Abijan - Agadir - Alep - Athens - Bonn - Brussels - Cairo - Casablanca
- Dakar - Damascus - Dortmund - Geneva - Frankrurt - Haifa - Hammennet
- Hamburg - Kabila - Karlsruhe - Latakia - Lausanne - London
- Los Angeles - Madrid - Marrakech - Montreal - Marbella - Natanya - Paris
- Rabat - Rom - San Francisco - Seattle - Tanger - Tel Aviv - Tokyo - Tunis
- And in all big cities of Canada and France
In the following countries:
- Belgium - Canada - France - Germany - Greece - the Gulf States - Israel - Italy
- Ivory Coast - Morocco - Senegal - Spain - Switzerland - Syria - Tunisia - Turkey
- the United States of America
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