Amera Eid
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Amera Eid is one of the current matriarch figures in the Australian bellydancing community. She is also the owner of Australia’s first bellydancing boutique, Amera’s Palace.
Amera is of Egyptian and European background and was introduced to bellydancing at the age of twelve. She began her professional training with Rozeta Ahalyea in Sydney in 1983 and worked the Sydney restaurant and Arabic nightclub circuit. She appeared as a support act in concerts for numerous visiting Arabic singers such as Mona Merashli, George Wassouf, Rageb Alame, Rabih El Kholi, Amr Diab, Ehab Toufik, Melham Baraket, Tony Mohanna, Mayez Al Bayah, Pascal Mashalany, and Nawal El Zoughby.
In 1987 she opened her Amera’s Palace bellydance boutique, which also included one of the first bellydance schools in Sydney. In the days before the internet the boutique also acted as the hub of information on bellydancing in Australia through The Palace newsletter, which ultimately became a bi annual magazine. The magazine merged with Bellydance Oasis Magazine in late 2006 due to Amera’s growing commitments to looking after three foster children.
In 1990 Amera was put in contact with the well-known Lebanese agent Toros Siranossian, and became one of only a handful of non-Arabic dancers to work with him at that time. Mr Siranossian represented Amera for the next 7 years, with continuous year-round contracts throughout the Middle East, taking up residence in Beirut as her home base. Between 1994 and 1999 Amera also travelled regularly to Egypt, where she trained with top choreographers Raqia Hassan, Ibrahim Akef and Aida Nour, and also performed two contracts in the summer of 1999.
Amera returned to Australia after this and retired as a professional dancer but continuing to teach. She is now also a fully qualified aerobics & fitness instructor. She also hosts the annual Bellydancer’s Ball which has been running since 1998.
| Resume of world-wide appearances: |
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| Greece,Dubai,Singapore, New Caledonia (1985-1989) |
| India, New Delhi Hyatt Hotel (New Years Eve 1989) |
| Lebanon , Beirut : Summerland Hotel (2 months New year 1995/96) |
| "Al Atlal" nightclub in Achout(1991) |
| Amman , Jordan : Jerusalem hotel (2 months 1991, 1992, & 1993) |
| Intercontinental hotel, Amman Jordan (2 months 1994) |
| Regency Palace, Amman, Jordan (2 months 1995) |
| U.A.E, Dubai Claridge hotel ( 2 months 1994 & 1996) |
| UAE, Dubai, St George hotel (2 months 1996) |
| UAE, Dubai, Carlton Tower hotel (2 months 1995) |
| UAE, Dubai, Vendome Plaza Hotel (2 months 1993 & 1994) |
| U.A.E. Abu Dhabi Gulf Hotel (3 months 1992) |
| Syria Le Meridien Hotel (2 months 1995) |
| U.A.E. Al Ain Hilton Hotel (1 month 1992) |
| UAE, Al Ain, Intercontinental Hotel ( 2 months 1993,1994 & 1995) |
| Muscat, Omman Al Bustan Palace (3 mths 1993) |
| Syria,Lattaquia Le Meridien (2 months 1994) |
| Africa,Ivory coast, Abijan - Al Sultan Restaurant (2 months 1995) |
| Greece,Athens Shahraman Restaurant (4 months 1991) |
| Egypt,Sharm el Sheik Gazala Gardens (1999) |
| Aswan Basma Hotel (1999) |
[edit] External links
- Amera's Palace Bellydancing Boutique
- Interview with Amera Part 1 by Despina Rosales
- Interview with Amera Part 2 by Despina Rosales
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