MAYA GAORRY 

International Middle Eastern Dancer/Teacher

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Maya Gaorry is a dancer and a teacher of middle-eastern dance at an international level.  She has been running workshops in many Italian cities, as well as in Slovenia, Lebanon (2° Oriental Dance Festival di Amani - 2006), Canada, Japan, Russia, Usa, Croatia, Brazil, Argentina (Congreso Intercultural Arte, Música y Danzas de Medio Oriente, 2007), Sweden (Layali Oriental Dance Festival - 2006 and 2007) and Portugal (2° International Festival, Lisbon 2005). Her dance is defined primarily by Egyptian style and is further characterized by particularly smooth hip movements, perhaps thanks to her Brazilian origins. Maya has her own stile creation "Sambalady", mix of brasilian samba and oriental percussion, a big sucess all over the world!!!

Maya Gaorry teached on this importants events:

  • Festival del Fitness di Rimini - Italia (2003, 2004)

  • 1° Festival internazionale - Verona - Italia (2005)

  • Maya Gaorry USA tour - Stati Uniti (2005)

  • 2° Festival internazionale - Lisbona - Portogallo (2005)

  • International Fitness Convention - Novosibirsk - Russia (2005)

  • 1° mini festival "Original Belly dance" - Trieste - Italia (2006)

  • International workshop organized by Hadia - Montreal - Canada (2006)

  • 1° Oriental Dance Gala (Centro Aziza e Festival del Fitness) - Firenze - Italia (2006)

  • 2° Oriental Dance Festival di Amani - Libano (2006)

  • 2° Layali Oriental Dance Festival - Stoccolma - Svezia (2006)

  • Congreso Intercultural Arte, Música y Danzas de Medio Oriente - Argentina (2007)

  • II Festival Danzaedintorni - Rome - Italy (2007)

  • 2° Festival Internazionale "Original Belly dance" - Trieste - Italia (2007)

  • International workshop in Tokio - Japan (2007)

  • 3° Layali Oriental Dance Festival - Stoccolma - Svezia (2007)

  • 2° Bellydance Festival Rome - Italy (2007)

She has been devoting herself to the study and practice of oriental dance for many years. She is of Italo-Brazilian origin and approached this form of art when she still lived in Brazil. Years ago she moved to Trieste, Italy, where she carries on her teaching activities at her own dance school. Maya is one of the most famous oriental dancers in Italy. Her most recent trips abroad include performances in places such as Egypt, Lebanon, Slovenia, Canada, Spain, Usa, Austria (Bauchtanzfestival), Portugal, and Greece where she also shot her first teaching video in collaboration with Progetti International, which is one of the most popular in Italy in his genre.

 Maya Gaorry graduated in psychology at the São Paulo State University (Brazil). Her degree has been recognised by the University of Trieste (Italy). She has attended a number of training courses: Transpersonal Psychology, Biopsychology, and Esperto della Mediazione Culturale (ENAIP Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Italy). At present Maya devotes most of her time to studying and practising belly-dancing; she teaches regular classes, organises workshops, performs in private and public shows..

As a young girl, Maya started training as a classical ballet dancer. Since she was a young teen-ager, she joined a group and took part in theatre performances. While at university, she "met" belly-dancing, which became her greatest artistic passion in life.

Maya is mainly an autodidact. However, she attends training courses and workshops. In 2002, 2003 and 2004 she took part in the International Oriental Dance Festival, which was held in Cairo (Egypt) and was attended by the world-wide most prestigious teachers. In 2005 she attended the Amani oriental dance festival in Lebanon and in 2006 she became one of the international teachers.

Maya lives in Trieste (Italy) where she experienced working with belly dance in the field of mental health at the ‘Centro Donna di Salute Mentale’ (1999). She is the president of "Racks al Shark", an association for the promotion of middle-eastern dance, she runs her own school and is art-director for the Shams middle-eastern dance company. She directed theatre performances such as “Orient” and “Soul of the desert”, the former of which took part in the programme “Palcoscenico Giovane” in Trieste (2003). Moreover, she has organized “The first Week for the promotion of middle-eastern dance” (2004) and the festival "Original Belly dance" in Trieste. Maya has been a guest in a number of radio programmes and television shows, among which “Rimini Fitness” on the Italian national television channel RAI 2. She was guest dancer during the Belly Dance Superstars's show in Milan. 

For years she has taught at the Fitness Festival in Italy. She has worked with the Dance University of Friuli Venezia-Giulia in Spilimbergo. In 2003 she obtained the oriental dances award at the 21st International Palmanova Trophy.  

Maya Gaorry make her own web page, which is regularly updated, providing useful information on belly-dancing in general and on her own work in particular.

She considers belly-dancing not only in its artistic aspects, but also as a physical training, as well as a means for every woman to rediscover one's feminine and sensual self, thus enhancing emotional and psychological balance.

Maya Gaorry is available for: performances - birthdays, weddings, fairs, and any artistic event seminars - in Italy and abroad.

Last update: February 2008