Imaginarium 2021 is excited to announce that Safiya Nawaar will be giving a very special performance at this year’s Awards Banquet on Saturday, July 10th!
If you did not get advance event tickets for Imaginarium 2021, we will have tickets available for walk-up purchase on Friday at the Holiday Inn Louisville East for the In-Person event. Visit the registration desk beginning at 11:30 am. Virtual event tickets can be purchased through the AccelEvents site!
About Safiya Nawaar:
Dance teacher, performer and mentor Safiya Nawaar, is the owner and artistic director of Arabesque World Dance in Lexington, Kentucky. This beautiful dancer brings the emotions of music to life through creative movement with a powerful yet delicate style, both on the stage and in the classroom. Safiya’s specialties include the traditional and folkloric dances from Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey and Persia. As well, she teaches and performs Theatrical, Interpretive, Lyrical, Tribaret, American Cabaret and ITS.
Her intense love of fantasy has also pushed her to fuse many of her traditional styles with cosplay/fantasy themes…most often Steampunk. When not actively teaching in her own studio, Safiya can be found performing at workshops, cultural festivals, stage shows, art exhibitions, school demonstrations, and themed events such as cosplay and comic cons. Safiya is a classically trained dancer with many years of Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical and Theatrical dance as a solid foundation before getting involved in MENAHT dance, and has dedicated over 20 years to learning, improving and sharing her knowledge of dance, theater and music. Her first lesson in ‘Belly Dance’ was in Ocala, Fl. in 2000. Since that first class she has studied extensively, traveling and taking workshops from world renowned instructors in the art of Middle Eastern and North African dance.
Safiya has been performing professionally since 2002 and took on the profession of instructor in 2007. She opened Arabesque World Dance in Downtown Lexington, Ky. in 2013 and now has a full time career as a dance instructor and performer. Her talented approach at introducing students to the many styles of dance that make up her repertoire, include an intuitive understanding of how to break down those dances to the most basic of movements helping students excel in the classroom, as well as on the stage.