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My belly dance style and other favorites from authentic folk dancers around the world.
Links: www.myspace.com/azizaaltawil
For performances and other booking info e-mail: azizaaltawil@gmail.com
Links: www.myspace.com/azizaaltawil
For performances and other booking info e-mail: azizaaltawil@gmail.com
About Me:
Discovered at the age of one by manager of "The Parthenon" while my mother Johanna was performing in Houston. I made my debut as a solo act in Houston and a Houston area jeweler gave me my first gifts from fans. I added "zil" (finger cymbal playing) by age two. Since that time I have performed extensively throughout the U.S. in major cities like NYC, Boston, Allentown, PA, Orlando, Charleston, WV and Blacksburg, VA. From the age of six through thirteen I was a regular guest on the "Turkish Voice" TV show which broadcast on the "Wometco Network" (the now legendary channel 68 in NJ) in NY, NJ and PA and Ankara, Turkey. The show was produced by the Feniks of Turkish airlines and tourism board. The Wometco network had an eclectic lineup and was a broadcast innovator at the time. Co-stars on the show over the years included Johanna, Jemile Biljin, Alexandra and Farhat Alpar, singing star "Princess Cihan Isik" of Turkey and Iraq, and professor Talat Halman, Ambassador of Culture from Turkey to the UN at the time. Over the years I had the extreme "bliss" of being accompanied live by some of the most talented and greatest legends in belly dance music including "Baba" Ajdin Aslan ("In an Egyptian Garden"), Freddy Elias ("Strictly Belly Dancing"), Anesto Athanasiou ("Concerto for Bouzouki"), Mitch Kaltsunas, Harry Bedrossian, George Kaminaris, Dennis Chritikos, Mike Gregian, etc. Some of the nightspots where I've performed include: The Parthenon, Houston, The Aziza Club & The Sindbad, Brooklyn, NY, The Green Valley, The Paradise Oriental Restaurant, Sagapo Greek Restaurant, The Aegean, and the "original" Sirocco, Manhattan, NY, The Beirut, Allentown, PA, The Averof, Cambridge, MA, The Olympia, Orlando, FL, and many others whose names have been forgotten. I've also entertained at country clubs, festivals, block parties, street fairs, and churches in various cities. College performances include: VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Morris Harvey, Charleston, WV, and Barnard, NY. Some of my dance specialties are classic Egyptian/Arabic, "Cifte Telli," traditional style "veil and scarf dance", Turkish Gypsy "Karsilama", authentic sword dance (martial) "Al- Ard", a variety of Middle Eastern and Greek international folk/line dances like Kasop/Hassapiko/Hora, Syrto-Cifte Telli, and Laz/Laziko (Black Sea Dance with Firepot). I have pleased audiences from many walks of life from across the globe with this philosophy of presentation. As a Jazz/Swing/Big Band/Torch Singer I've been accompanied by musicians who've played with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra & accompanied Judy Garland. I have also been a jazz dancer and percussionist w/ the Straw Hatters Dixieland Band & Fat Sam Band.
Some Comments From the Press and Others: "Aziza did indeed make it look as easy as breathing!"-The Charleston Gazette "Aziza has grown up on Turkish television. She is a beautiful dancer because she is so very graceful"-Inci Fenik, Turkish Voice "Aziza is beautiful on our color television program" Farouk Fenik, Turkish Voice "I thought I knew what belly dancing was-but then I saw you and realized that I knew nothing!"-representative from the Bahai' faith of Long Island (2001) "Tell me, Dear-how long have you been belly dancing? No! Don't tell me...for I know...all your life! ALL YOUR LIFE!"-An enthusiastic Greek gentleman seeing me perform onstage with a live band at a church function (2007) "You can tell when Aziza does it-it's the real thing"-Young man after seeing me perform at a party (2007). "Very sensual and impressive!"- Dr. Artsvi Bakhchinyan, State Museum of Lit and Art, Yerevan, Armenia (2009). "The Chifte Telli was amazing!" - Amara Al-Amir, dancer and founder of iWorld Artists Productions, (2009), "You're the real deal!" Desideria, fellow dancer and director of Desidarius Productions, NY.
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New York City, New York
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United States
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