The Gilded Serpent presents...
Amani Jabril
Best known for her fluid and deeply sensual style of dance, Amani Jabril has built her reputation on delivering stellar dance technique combined with the heart and soul of the Middle East. Trained from an early age in dance and drama, Amani has studied and performed extensively throughout Europe, the Middle East and North America. She was honored to have been invited to assistant teach during the 2011 US tour of Master Mahmoud Reda and also to have taught in 2011 and 2012 at the Amani Oriental Festival in Beirut, Lebanon. Awarded 2010 Best NewComer by Nafoura International Bellydance Magazine and featured on the cover the Mazaag debut albumn, Amani is now teaching nationally with workshops scheduled around the United States.
Web site:amanijabril.com
Articles on Gilded Serpent by or about Amani Jabril
- 12-5-13 In Search Of The Iraqi Kawleeya, Part 2: From Abu Dhabi to Sulimaniya to Stockholm
Throughout their travels in Iraq, El Kawliya incorporated and fused elements from various music and dance forms they encountered in the different areas of Iraq. - 8-18-13 In Search Of The Iraqi Kawleeya, One Dancer’s Journey into Movement and Meaning
Have we have learned from our experiences incorporating the Raqs Sharqi into our lives and practice or is the Kawleeya fated to be yet another souvenir from a visit into our collective imaging of the exotic “Orient”? -
11-3-08 Teach, Reach and Dance- 3 DVD Reviews: “ Hilary Live: Belly Dancing Around the World with Hilary Thacker”,“ Angelika Presents: Oasis at the Races” and “Belly Dance with Jrisi”
This uneven exchange between music and dancer, I feel, took away from a performance that had the potential to be much more dynamic.
