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Amar was awarded first place in the Mondo Melodia Bellydance Breakbeats
competition held in LA, May 14th 2002. In 1996 Amar Gamal won the double
crown title of Ms. America and Ms. World of the Bellydance.
She was recently selected to perform on the "Bellydance
Superstars" CD release tour organized through
Ark
21 Records. The CD was released Nov.
12th 2002 and features some of the best music chosen by some of the
country's most established & respected bellydancers. These dancers
include Tamalyn Dallal from Miami, and from the west coast-Suhaila
Salimpour, Jillina, Ansuya, Rania, Sonia, Neena and Veena.
Amar's international appearences include Trinidad, Haiti and Costa Rica,
she has also performed as well as taught in Miami, Boston, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, New York City and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Amar Gamal was the featured dancer in Gianni
Versace's Fashion show in 1997 and 1998 and in the Oriental Dance
Production in Lexington, Kentucky.
She has also performed for the Superbowl XXIX Half Time Show in Florida
and has appeared in the book "Bellylaughs"
by Rod Long.
Check out the Bellyqueen
class schedule to find out when Amar is
teaching bellydance.
Amar Gamal is an
AFAA
(Aerobics and Fitness Association of America) certified instructor.
Amar Gamal, who was born in Cuba, began bellydancing at the age of
thirteen at the Mid-Eastern Dance Exchange, Inc. under the direction of
Tamalyn Dallal of
Miami Beach. Her other teachers include Jihan Jamal and Ylsa, also from
Miami Beach, as well as Yousry Sharif from NYC.
She was the first and only student to audition with Oriental dance (bellydance)
and get accepted to the reputable New World School of the Arts,
Performing Arts High School. Here she pursued her extensive dance
training in Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap, and Afro-Cuban.
Amar Gamal has been a
prominent dancer for the Blau Rhino Dance Ensemble Bridgewater College
Dance Company, Mideastern Dance Exchange Performing Company, Dance
Express Contemporary Company, and the Jamal Dancers Mideastern
Performing Company.
Amar graduated from
Bridgewater State College in
Massachusetts with a degree in Psychology. |