Amora Shams a dancer of the Old School of BellyDance

Biography

We could divide Amora Shams career in different stages:

1st – Daughter & asistant of Alia Shams since 1982-1993, meanwhile she gets formed in the hard discipline of Classical Ballet career in the Professional Conservatory of Dance in Spain, studying 10 years in full-time basis, 5 hours per day Monday to Friday. 

2nd – First dancing years between Spain, England, France & Morocco 1993-99

3rd – Career between London & Barcelona 2000-2005

4th – More than 3.3 Million visits on her YouTube Videos from 2007

5th – Dancing and teaching in Egypt since end of 2007

6th – Creating the BBDC in 2008 and focusing into create professional BellyDancers in record time in Egypt

7th – in 2011  the CID which is UNESCO World Dance Certifcations department, recognizes Amora Shams as Professor in BellyDance and her BBDC becomes Worldwide recognised with the extra course known as BQBDTC “Become Qualified BellyDance Teacher Course” to get qualified as a BellyDance Teacher.

Amora Shams is a bellydance instructor who has been performing Bellydance since 1993 publicly, and privately at her home since the early 80’s, as her mom Alia Shams (Sahar Samara) was one of the pioneer Spanish BellyDancers of Spain, Amora grew up between the first Arabian Musicians, Arabian Singers, and other Spanish BellyDancers of Spain.

Amora Shams grew up since childhood loving, respecting and defending the Arab world, life style, culture, people, tradition, music and of course, the different dances of Middle East, due that her mom (Alia Shams) will play the VHS videos she brought from her trips to Egypt (as Alia also performed in Cairo – Egypt known on those times as Sahar Samara), and also because her mom installed at home the Arabian Satellites since late 1980’s, so Amora grew up watching the Egyptian BellyDancers that will appear on the movies sporadically at the Egyptian International Channel that in that moment had a golden eagle logo, a part of enjoying Folkloric dances from the Arabian Golf, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey, growing into the Dervish Style of Arabian Dance, the Dance of the Soul style.

Amora’s mom is her Master BellyDance Teacher, and this is the reason why Amora become so good dancer, because everywhere she perfomed, specially public from any Arabian countries they said to her several times that “she was the best”, because her style is very pure Traditional Egyptian Style, as if she grew up in Egypt. In actual fact, many of her Arabian public during her dance career, came to talk to her to congratulate her after watching her performance thinking that she was Arabian, and surprcied found out that she was Spanish.

Some Places she performed

Egyptian Restaurant Jan el Jalili

September 1993 until June 1994 · Seville, Spain

Egyptian Restaurant Los Faraones

1994 to 1995 · Arcos de la Frontera, Spain

La Jaima de Los Caños De Meca

Augusts 1995, 96 & 97 · Barbate, Spain

Arabian Nightclub Barracuda

September 1996 · Marbella, Spain

Arabian Sijilmassa Restaurant

July until September 1997 · Casablanca, Morocco

Sheraton 5* Hotels & Resorts

August 1997 · Casablanca, Morocco

Al Andalus Royal Alcázar of Seville 

as Specialist in Al Andalus Dance

From March till July 1998 · Seville, Spain

Egyptian Omar Kayan Cafe

July 1998 · London, United Kingdom

Arabian Nightclub Fantasia

July 1998 · London, United Kingdom

Lebanese Restaurant Elisèes Liban I

From August until September 1998 · Paris, France

Lebanese Restaurant Fakhr el Dine

From August until September 1998 · Paris, France

Lebanese Restaurant Baalbeck Washington

From August until September 1998 · Paris, France

Moroccan Restaurant Riad Salam

From July until September 1999 · Marbella, Spain

Egyptian Restaurant Abohamed

September 2000 until June 2001· London, United Kingdom

Greek Restaurant Elysee

September 2001 until June 2002 · London, United Kingdom

Moroccan Restaurant Safir

September 2001 until June 2002 · London, United Kingdom

Iraqi Restaurant Baghdad

September 2001 until June 2002 · London, United Kingdom

Jordanian Restaurant Assafir

September 2002 until June 2003 · Barcelona, Spain

Syrian Restaurant Al Diwan

September 2002 until June 2003 · Barcelona, Spain

Greek Apollonia Restaurant

September 2003 until June 2004 · London, United Kingdom

Algerian Restaurant Al-Casbah

September 2003 until June 2004 · London, United Kingdom

Greek Restaurant Alexander the Great

September 2003 until June 2004 · London, United Kingdom

Turkish Restaurant Efes I & Efes II

September 2003 until June 2004 · London, United Kingdom

Turkish Restaurant Mazic

September 2004 until June 2005 · London, United Kingdom

Arabian Restaurant Omar Khayan 

& Dharababa Cultural Center

August 2003 until August 2004 · Almuñécar, Spain

Arabian Historical Castle of Almuñécar

August 2007 · Almuñécar, Spain

Egyptian Restaurant Felfela

راقص فنون شعبية dancer Egyptian folklor · December 2007 to January 2008 · Giza, Egypt

Sheraton Sharm 5* Hotel, Resort, Villas & Spa

September 2008 · Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

Egyptian Sheko Show Company

October 2008 until June 2009 · Giza, Egypt

International Disco Habana 

April until June 2010 · Marbella, Spain

Arabian Disco Marrakech

November 2010 until January 2011 · Castelldefels, Spain

Arabian Disco El Leil

November 2010 until January 2011 · Barcelona, Spain

Arabian Disco Haram

December 2010 until January 2011 · Barcelona, Spain

Disco Buddha Marbella

In 2012 · Marbella, Spain

Events for Royal Saudi Arabia Family

In 2013 · Marbella, Spain

Also performed in Company & Town events, Birthdays & Weddings  

in Egypt, UK & Spain 

 

Some Places she Taught

Arabian Dance School  of Alia Shams

Assistant of BellyDance Teacher Alia Shams · 1993 to 1995 · Seville, Spain.

First own BellyDance classes as a teacher · 1995 to 2000 · Seville, Spain

Escuela de Danza Nuria

BellyDance Instructor · 2002 to 2003 · Barcelona, Spain

Arsenal Femenino Barcelona

First BellyDance Teacher at this 5* Female Gym with 50 students per class · 2002 to 2003 · Barcelona, Spain

Kundalini Yoga

BellyDance Instructor · 2002 to 2003 · Barcelona, Spain

Club Masala Bollywood Dance

BellyDance Instructor · 2002 to 2003 · Barcelona, Spain

Expressions Studios

BellyDance Instructor · 2003 to 2005 · London, United Kingdom

O2 Center Finchly Road

BellyDance Instructor · 2003 to 2005 · London, United Kingdom

Gimnasio Atenas

BellyDance Instructor · July  to September 2003 · Marbella, Spain

Gimnasio Spejos

BellyDance Instructor · July to September 2003 · Marbella, Spain

Mayte Gym

BellyDance Instructor · 2005 to 2006 · Almuñécar, Spain

Dharababa Cultural Center

BellyDance Instructor · August 2006 to August 2007 · Almuñécar, Spain

Buddha Marbella Centro

BellyDance Instructor · In 2012 · Marbella, Spain

Become Belly Dancer School

Founder, main teacher and Director · 2008 to present · Nazlet El Simmân, Giza, Egypt

Teaching the BBDC since 2008 mainly in Egypt, USA and Spain.

Equity Member of the International Certification Program

Since 2011 Amora Shams provides with International Certification Levels in BellyDance.

VIDEOs

Amora Shams improvises most of her shows, this is why same song she dances every time different!
Like you can watch in these two videos:

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Contact

For any inquiries please email

BecomeBellyDancer@gmail.com