Raheesha.co.uk Belly dancer, teacher, performer

About Raheesha

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Raheesha, teaches weekly Middle Eastern Dance classes in Somerset, England however, her dance career has taken her further afield. It was while living in Morocco in 1988 that she fell in love with the dance, and soon after moving to the United States her dance career took off.
Several highlights include dancing at the newly-opened Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, performing at a party at the Houses of Parliament, winning first place in the UK Eastern Promise dance competition in February 2002 and taking over the Majma Dance Festival in 2007. The American-born dancer has proved not only to be an entertaining dancer but popular instructor. She has taught and performed at many bellydance festivals in the UK including Glastonbury International Dance Festival, Majma, JOY, Bellydance Congress, Brighton Orient, Celebrating Dance, Bellydance Mania and Raqs Britannia. 

Raheesha has performed at festivals such as Rakassha in Oakland California, the Desert Dance Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, Wessex Arabic Dance Association's shows in Salisbury and as the star dancer in the  Chance to Dance and Middle Eastern Dance Showcase in Wales and  at Mosaic Arabic Dance Network's spring platform 2005. She has  also performed at Planet Egypt and Saqarah in London and at a number of restaurants, parties and weddings. 

Dancing professionally for more than a decade Raheesha heads a dance troupe  called The Desert Divas.

Raheesha teaches a wide range of styles and is available for talks as well as public performances.