Sylvianne Capell

Sylvianne fell in love with Raqs Sharqi in 1993. From there on she studied the dance with Suraya Hilal and other teachers of the Hilal School of Raqs Sharqi. In 2000 she graduated from the Raqs Sharqi Society Teacher Training Course.

She has a degree in East European history and Russian literature, but having finished her studies in 1998 she decided to follow her love for the dance and started giving classes in Freiburg.

Since 2000 Sylvianne has been living in Hamburg, where she regularly gives classes and workshops in Raqs Sharqi and Pilates. Since 2004 she has her own dance studio "Ala Nar", which means "close to fire".

A wide knowledge in disciplines like Pilates, Alexander Technique, Bioenergetics, Yoga, Body Awareness and other dance forms such as Modern and New Dance gave her a good understanding of the deep connection of body and soul in Raqs Sharqi. She integrates this understanding in her dancing and in her teaching. Since 2006 she gives also workshops for women's inner development together with the dance therapist Betuel Licht.

Sylvianne performes in several programmes with arab musiciens and other dancers from different cultures.

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Sylvianne Capell ist ausgebildete Lehrerin der Raqs Sharqi Society in London und langjährige Schülerin von Suraya Hilal, Liza Wedgwood und anderen Lehrerinnen der ehemaligen Hilal School of Raqs Sharqi. Weiterbildungen in Alexandertechnik, New Dance, Yoga und Pilates sowie Erfahrungen mit Core Energetics gaben ihr ein tiefes Verständnis für die Verbindung von Körper und Seele. Sylvianne entwickelte einen eigenen Unterrichtsstil, der jede Schülerin dazu ermutigt, die kraftvollen und anmutigen Bewegungen des Raqs Sharqi aus ihrer eigenen Mitte heraus zu tanzen. Seit Juni 2004 leitet sie das Tanzstudio Ala Nar (arab. "am Feuer") in Hamburg Eimsbüttel/ Eppendorf. Aufritte in Hamburg mit der Musiker-Gruppe "Al Samar"  und europaweit in verschiedenen Tanz- und Theater-Programmen.