Ladies Ginga by Rayya

Kizomba Beats presents Rayya in Adelaide with the workshop: "Body preparation for kizomba, musicality and flow". Combine your femininity with your inner strength. Add flow and grounding to your dance. Rayya is a professional bellydancer who began her journey in the UK during 2011. After three years teaching and performing independently within a school in Perth, in 2016, Rayya began working from her own studio and in the wider community. She has extensive group and individual performance experience and regularly performs solo in restaurants and at private functions. A born teacher, Rayya’s true passion is helping people from all walks of life to connect with their mind, body and soul through dance. Her greatest pride is seeing her students discover their capabilities and express themselves in ways they never knew they could. Rayya makes bellydance accessible to all and has trained in pre and post-natal fitness, somatic dancing and post-menopausal fitness. She teaches everyone from Cirque du Soleil performers, to students and staff at major universities, to the elderly in care homes, to special needs adults. In 2014, she pioneered Birth Dancing, a specialised type of bellydance for pregnant women which builds core strength in key muscle groups and promotes mental wellness in preparation for birth. Overall, her mission is to help students feel confident and comfortable in their own bodies so they can be free to express themselves through a beautiful form of art. Rayya fell in love with kizomba in 2017. Her professional bellydance skills transferred naturally to the close connection and sensual musicality of kizomba. She has attended to Kizomba and Semba teacher training courses by Eddy Vents and Lucia Nogueira respectively. After these intensive training and attending national and international festivals, Rayya is a fresh face on the kizomba scene. She works at Vida Kizomba in Perth, headed by Hannah Melder and Michael Hayter. $45 for two hours workshop.