BIOGRAPHY

KAROLINA SHARQI

Oriental dances
Bellydance
Folkloric styles
Fusions and dance with props (veil, cymbals, fans, wings, sticks, candles, shamadan, etc.)

Biography

  • First dance steps during elementary school as part of the extracurricular dance activity Ritmika, Zadar
  • First dance steps in oriental dance since 2007 in Zagreb as part of Sheherezade Oriental Dances school
  • From 2011 to 2020, co-leader and main choreographer of the Sheherezade Oriental Dances school
  • Won many recognitions and awards at local and international dance festivals in groups and in solo categories
  • From 2020, opening her school and holding dance classes and workshops in Zadar

Dance experiences and performances

  • performances at numerous festivals abroad and in Croatia
  • performances in hotels such as Esplanade Zagreb Hotel and Falkensteiner Hotel & Spa Iadera
  • dance at weddings, bachelorette parties, private receptions, birthdays

Education and professional projects

  • BDE Artist Development Program (Berlin May 2015 and Frankfurt March 2016)
  • Assistance to the world-renowned Jillina Carlano at workshops and performances at festivals (Menorca August 2016 and Mexico October 2016)
  • Show Fantasm Bellydance Evolution trainings and tour (Kehl and Rome November 2017)
  • Participation in the performance of the Sheherezade and Carmen Ballet by the Pirueta Ballet Association (Zadar May 2015 and May 2018)
  • Art in Motion project (Barcelona December 2019)
  • Member of Nesma Al-Andalus Online Academy (since January 2020)

Other dance styles

  • ballet training at the Zadar Pirueta Ballet Association
  • tango from 2014 to 2017 at Tango Zadar Club
  • salsa, bachata, kizomba, contemporary dance (occasional attendance at workshops)

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