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Professional Profile: |
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Nigma of "El-Oasis" is a Bellydance performer, choreographer and an international Middle Eastern Dance instructor known for her didactic and choreographical talents. As a Member of the International Dance Council – CID at UNESCO and founder of the "El-Oasis" Worldwide Bellydance Community [with its centres & members in Madrid, Asturias, Andalusia, Basque Country, Galicia, Canary Islands (Spain), Bangkok (Thailand), Kuala Lumpur, Kuching & Alor Star (Malaysia) and Jakarta and Bali (Indonesia)] Nigma spreads the millenary art of Middle Eastern Dance within and outside her Community with performances and workshops all over the world, sharing her passion, experience and an excellent teaching methodology of her dance specialties: Raks Sharqi, Shaabi, Egyptian Folklore and Tribal.
Nigma is also an esoteric counsellor, healer & Lightworker offering assistance in the path of self-discovery, personal growth, spiritual evolution and healing through integration, transformation & empowerment. She works with diverse counselling & healing modalities, such as: Tarot & Oracle Cards Reading, the Mayan Calendar & Astrology, Sacred Geometry Light Language Grids, Numerology & Transformation & Empowerment Coaching Programs.
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In the past, founder of the “El-Oasis” Bellydance & Oriental Folklore School (at the Major School of Dance in Madrid, Spain), director of two Oriental Dance companies, organizer and sponsor of the annual "El-Oasis" Oriental Dance Festival of Madrid, in which her School students participated along with numerous nationally and internationally renowned artists.
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Nigma—Dancer & Teacher: |
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At present, Nigma has moved from Madrid, Spain to Bali, Indonesia, as her base for a while, and she continues performing and teaching (workshops, Bellydance Complete Course, Ptofessional Training & Tribal Guide) at international events and festivals throughout the world:
Europe: Spain (Madrid: Dance Theater of Madrid “La Vaguada”, Galileo Galilei, , Padre Soler Auditorium of Carlos III University, Colmenar Viejo Auditorium,, "Espejismos de Oriente" & "Memories of the Orient" shows with the El-Oasis Company, “1001 Faces of the Oriental Woman” show with the Bellydance Superstars Kaeshi & Tamallyn Dallal, Vigo, Gijón, Zaragoza, Cádiz, Algeciras, Málaga, Mijas-Fuengirola, Úbeda-Jaén: BellySurDance Festival’06, The Balearics: Danzaria Festival’06, The Canary Islands: 1st International Bellydance Festival of Tenerife’06, 1st International Bellydance Festival of Gran Canaria’08), Portugal, Belgium (Hassan Khalil's IX Internationsl Oriental Dance Festival Ya Salam'09), Germany: Berlín International Music and Dance Festival of Young Artists, Poland: biannual International Music & Dance Festival "BIM-Bydgoszcz Musical Impressions", International Music & Dance Festival of Warsaw, Bulgaria: Folklore Festivals of Sofia and Varna, Yugoslavia: “Radost Europy” International Festival of Belgrade, Greece: 20th & 21st World Dance Congress in Athens)
Americas: USA (New York: Bellyqueen Kaeshi Chai’s Bridge For Dance Festival’04, JeBon’07, Satalla Oriental Gala with Anaheed Sofian & Eva Czernik in NYC, California: Fantasy Bellydance Festival’03 of San Leandro) & Guatemala: 35th Choreographical Showcase & June Festival of Guatemala City’07
Asia: Thailand: workshops, Professional Traininng & regular performances with the famous “Moroccan Orchestra” at The Arabian Night Restaurant of the Arab district Grace Hotel, India: workshops & presenting “Beyond Five—The Alchemy of Awareness”, a performance blending different styles of Bellydance with Contemporary Indian Dance], Indonesia (Jakarta & Bali): workshops, Bellydance Complete Course & Professional Training, Malaysia: workshops, Professional Training & Tribal Guide, Singapore: workshops & Oriental Dance Festival “Dance for Peace” 2006).
After the collaboration with two American Bellydance Superstars, Tamalyn Dallal and Kaeshi, during which Nigma presented workshops and the show “1001 Faces of the Oriental Woman” on tour around Spain: Madrid-Málaga-Palma de Mallorca to celebrate the International Dance Day 2006, the Ediciones Tutor Publishing House commissioned Nigma to give an expert assessment of the Spanish translation and to write the prologue for Tamalyn Dallal’s book “Bellydancing For Fitness” published in Spain at the beginning of 2007.
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Dance Training: |
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Born in Poland from Romany Gypsy descent, Nigma felt a passion for music, dance and the exotic world. At the age of 6 began she her dance training in Classical Ballet and the Character Dance (World Folklore). During the next 8 years she was part of "The Culture Palace Choir and Dance Troupe” which represented Poland at European Festivals of young artists all over the world. At those festivals she came in contact with the fascinating diversity of world folklore. She felt especially attracted to the exotic oriental of Turkey, The Balkans and Arab countries, west Asia, such as Armenia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, etc. She also discovered the magic of Flamenco dance thanks to Carlos Saura films and, after a spell of Flamenco studies in London, moved to Spain. This art form showed her the way towards one of its origins: Middle Eastern Music and Dance and Nigma decided to specialize in it. |
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Nigma travelled a lot to make her dream come true and study Middle Eastern Dance with the best dancers-choreographers, including Bellydance Superstars, of Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, USA, Argentina, Brasil, Russia, Armenia, France, Germany and Spain. Among the many Masters who most marked her dance style stand out Raqia
Hassan, Yousry Sharif, Randa Kamel, Mahmoud Reda, Farida Fahmy, Dr. Mo Geddawi (Egypt), Jehan Kamal, Jillina, Suhaila Salimpour, Tamalyn Dallal,
Amar Gamal & Kaeshi (“Bellyqueen”), Carolina Nericcio & “FatChanceBellyDance”, Sharon Kihara (USA), Saida, Amir Thaleb
(Argentina), Fadua Chuffi & Soraya El Zayed (Brasil); Diana (France), Nour (Russia),
Gloria Alba, Eva Chacón and Nesma (Spain), etc. |
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Nigma, Photo: Arturo David Suárez |
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Nigma studied in Egypt on a regular basis, spending a few months a year for nearly ten years in Cairo focus on her thorough training in Egyptian Style. She delved into the Egyptian style Oriental and Folklore in depth with Raqia Hassan, Randa Kamel, Mahmoud Reda, Farida Fahmy, Dr. Mo Geddawi, Doa Sallam, Nagwa Sultan, Soraya El Zayed, Nour, Diana, etc. |
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Nigma, Photos: Arturo David Suárez |
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In San Francisco, Nigma studied American Tribal Style (ATS) with FatChanceBellyDance and Tribal Fusion with Sharon Kihara; Middle Eastern Dance with Suhaila Salimpour, Amina, Najia and Tatseena, Sword with Samra el Helwa, Ghawazee dances with Alexandria, etc.;
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Carolena Nericcio & FatChanceBellyDance |
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In New York Nigma studied Egyptian style and modern fusion with Yousry Sharif, Sacred Dance & Goddess Dance with Jehan Kamal, technique & choreography with Tamalyn Dallal & Amar Gamal, Wings with Kaeshi, Double Veil with Aszmara, Turkish style with Anahid Sofian and Eva Czernik, Guedra trance ritual with Jajouka, etc.;
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Jehan Kamal |
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Nigma got in touch with the Turkish style studying with Eva Czernik , a Tukish dancer settled down i USA and Anahid Sofian,
an Armenian dancer and Mater Teacher located in NY, with whome she could additionally profound her knowledge of the Old Oriental style.
She participated in workshops with Jajouka,
another Ibrahim Farrah's disciple, on the Guedra trance ritual,
a trance dance originating from Marocco, practiced by the "Blue Men"
of Goulimine, the Tuareg.
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Tuareg dancer ina trancel ritual of Guedra |
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In Spain Nigm attended classes and workshops with Gloria Alba, Eva Chacón, Nesma, additionally participaded in numerous workshops with invited Master Teachers from Marocco (Hind), Armenia-Lebannon (Luna Yatsulian), USA (Jillina), Argentina (Amir Thaleb, Saida), Brasil (Fadua Chuffi, Cristianne Azem), Germany (Said El Amir, Leyla Jouvana), etc. |
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"El-Oasis" School & Community: |
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Since Nigma settled down in Spain, her dance teaching trajectory began by working as a Middle Eastern Dance instructor in a few different dance centres in Madrid: "Russkaya" Dance & Music School, "El Bailón" Dance Academy, Carmen Senra Dance School, "Ayala" Wellness Centre, and Dance & Leisure Centre
"El Horno".
From the moment of founding her own dance school speciallized in Bellydance: "El-Oasis" Bellydance & Oriental Folklore School,
Nigma taught all her weekly and bimonthly classes in her own centre,
associated with the private conservatory of dance & music, Major of School Dance in Madrid,
located at Nº2 Ribera de Curtidores Street, Madrid (Spain).
Her role of a performer, instructor and choreographer lead her
to founding the "El-Oasis" Company,
with the best Students of her School as members. The Company made a debut during the
II "El-Oasis" Bellydance Festival, and later presented her first show in two different versions and number of dancers:
"Espejismos de Oriente" in the Colmenar Viejo Auditorium (Madrid) on the 26th Nov 2004, & "Memorias
de Oriente" in the Sala Galileo Galilei on the 13th Feb 2005.
After a time of combining her regular classes in her School with accepting numerous invitations to teach weekend workshops all over Spain, Europe, Americas & Asia, Nigma decided to focus on her internacional activities, dedicating more time to performing and teaching Master Classes all over the world. From that day, the local Madrid School transformed into the "El-Oasis" Worldwide Bellydance Comunity, with centres not only in Spain, such as Cádiz, Gijón, Vitoria, Canary Islands, but also in Bangkok (Thailand), Bali & Jakarta (Indonesia), KL & Alor Star (Malasia), Singapore, etc., composed by diverse Bellydance Schools, Bellydance Associations and individual Middle Eastern Dance teachers who joined the Community to delve into the deep study of the Millenary Art of Middle Eastern Dance with Nigma's support, inviting her to teach and perform on a regular basis in their countries and dance centres. |
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Nigma—Composer: |
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Since her childhood Nigma not only sang, played various musical instruments but also composed music. She developed her musical talent through her studies at the Music Institute of the Pedagogical University of Bydgoszcz (Poland), her home town. Nigma is a composer and a lyricist (in Polish, English and Spanish… and even Galician), a singer and an arranger.
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Nigma, Photo: Grzegorz Pleszyñski |
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Her musical creations might be classified as New Age, with strong World Music influences specially of the Scandinavian, Celtic, Balkan, Middle Eastern and Indian traditions. Born in Poland from Romany Gypsy descent, Nigma learned to play a few musical instruments from her father, a PhD in Maths and a University Professor, one of the first computer constructors & specialists in Poland and also a multi-instrumentalist, a descendent of Roma Gypsy family that, most probably, generations back had emigrated from Romania.
Nigma recorded 3 albums in different languages under the artistic name of Ma Roman: in Polish “Piosenki dla Pana Boga” with her teenage band Zespól Pana Boga, in English " A Thousand and One Leavings" with Wieslaw Wolnik ("Kakao") and in Spanish… and even Galician "Luneda" with a Celtic-Galician band LAIO, composed by the celtic folk musicians formerly members of the band accompanying the famous bagpiper Xosé Manuel Budiño. She has participated in the project as a singer, lyric writer and translator, as the album was also presented in USA and Canada. She collaborated with the Peer Music multinational Publishing House for a few years. |
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Nigma—Counsellor & Healer, Lightworker: |
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Nigma & The Spiral, Photo: Nigma |
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Nigma is a multi-faceted creator, professionally active nowadays -on the one hand- as a Bellydance performer, choreographer and an international Middle Eastern Dance instructor known for her didactic and choreographic talents, and -on the other hand- as an esoteric counsellor, teacher, healer & Lightworker. She finds teaching & the one-to-one counselling the most rewarding part of her work and service to others. Her assistance on your path to self-discovery, personal growth, spiritual evolution and healing through integration, transformation & empowerment is directed to all people in search of truth about themselves and their connection to Mother Earth, the Universe & Source.
Nigma is an emissary of the Mayan wisdom working in the line of the 5th & 6th-Dimensional Alliance of the Pleiades & Sirius for the expansion of consciousness on Earth. She came on the 2nd Ray of Love & Wisdom to spread the wisdom of Love & Creativity of the Pleiadian 5th Dimension and the knowledge of the Sacred Geometry & Light Language of the Sirian 6th Dimension, thus supporting the re-establishment of harmony & balance of the Divine Feminine & Masculine and the emotional & spiritual Alchemy through transformational teaching, counselling & healing based on the Mayan ancestral & galactic Love & Light.
A balanced combination of university studies in Music & Linguistics, the esoteric studies alongside with the Gypsy roots & family tradition in Divinatory Arts makes Nigma able to offer a wide range of healing & counselling modalities such as: Sacred Geometry & Light Language Healing & Grid Writing, Pleiadian Download Healing, Tarot & Oracle Cards (multiple-deck readings: up to 15 different decks of Cards), the Mayan Calendar & Astrology and Numerology. She feels extremely grateful to have very special Guides: Merlin for Alchemy, Lunikar for Sacred Geometry & Light Language and Archangel Michael for connection, protection & cutting through the untruths & illusion.
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Since her childhood, she strongly felt the presence and proximity of the immaterial, spiritual & esoteric world, which has always been for her as real or even more than the 3rd-Dimensional reality.
Nigma is a Gemini, whose ruling Planet is Mercury, the god who could travel between the two worlds: the Material / Physical & Spiritual / the Underworld which, together with her Mayan Calendar Natal Signature, dotes her the gift of being a channel attuning to the cosmic wisdom to be of service in accomplishing your transformation & healing. Nigma's special easiness to connect with the energies, Angels & Spirit Guides turns her into what he Father used to call an "Antenna", drawing an overwhelming amount of information.
An empath & an early Indigo, she has always been intuitive, hypersensitive & creative, and developed her innate qualities delving into the study of various esoteric disciplines. She started at the age of 14 with the symbolic language of Tarot & Oracle Cards and Numerology thanks to her Father. Following the path of this great fascination, she discovered her strong connections with the Five Elements, Alchemy, The Mayan Calendar & Astrology, Sacred Geometry & Light Language, studying from diverse sources and methods in Madrid (Spain), Glastonbury (England), Bali (Indonesia) and KL (Malaysia).
Nigma's favourite tool and healing modality is Tarot & Oracle Cards. She has developed a very unique Reading style consisting of working with up to 15 different decks of Cards. This Multiple-Deck Card Reading style is a combination of Nigma's personal intuition & fresh ideas with her family heritage as a continuation of her Father's line of Divinatory Arts. On her Father's side, Nigma's family has Gypsy roots, and with them a strong inclination & talents for Art (Music, Dance, Painting, Costume & Interior Design, etc.) and Divination (Tarot Cards, Palmistry, Numerology, Astrology, etc.), well balanced with appreciation for Science (Maths, Physics, Electronics, etc.) & languages. Her Father combined scientific jobs as a computer designer & Maths PhD University Professor, with Music & Divinatory Arts restless studies & practice in his private time. The apple hasn't fallen far from the tree: Nigma inherited his multi-discipline life-line, and feels that specially for a Gemini like her, this variety is necessary for her self-fulfilment, balance & life satisfaction. |
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Nigma-The Five Elements: Air, Photo: Nigma |
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Nigma-The Five Elements: Fire, Photo: Nigma |
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Nigma-The Five Elements: Water, Photo: Nigma |
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Nigma-The Five Elements: Earth, Photo: Nigma |
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Nigma-The Five Elements: Ether, Photo: Nigma |
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Nigma—Linguist: |
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A Graduate in Language Studies, Nigma also studied at the English and Spanish Studies Institutes of both the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan (Poland) and the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain). Musical talent has certainly helped her learn languages, and she became trilingual in Polish, English and Spanish. She had also studied Russian from her Elementary school to University, while living in Poland, Arabic at the Complutense University of Madrid and Irish-Gaelic the the Official School of Languages of Madrid.
Nigma has worked as a translator & an English Teacher for many years teaching children, teanagers & adults in primary schools, highschools, language academies, companies & corporations. |
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