LABC Finale 2023 Shifan Guest Judge

Shifan was born in London and grew up in the garden of Kent, England, to Turkish Cypriot parents. In her early years’ she studied ballet at the Gads hill private school. She then studied modern dance at various schools in Kent, England. Shifan discovered Egyptian belly dance at 19 in her local town. Being Turkish-Cypriot, Shifan could feel belly dance is in her roots. Shifan wanted to learn and study more about the Egyptian and Middle Eastern styles to fuse them with her Turkish dance knowledge. She then began to study with Ann Hall from Medina Dance School, Soraya of Poland, and Khaled Mahmud of Egypt. In 2002, she began working for the Rochester dance school Dance Junction and opened her studio in Kent. Shifan also had her dance troupe called Gypsya, which consisted of 8 to 10 dancers who performed all over the UK and were also invited to the London Fringe Festival. Shifan has been living in Cyprus since 2011. She founded the Kyrenia Belly Dance Fusion Festival, held annually at the American University Spectrum Theatre. Shifan also taught dance students who had taken their four-year master’s degrees in dance. Shifan has danced on stage with some of Turkey’s top pop stars and performers and regularly appears in the media while teaching belly dance Fusion classes in her studio in Cyprus. Shifan is currently teaching online and performing.
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