Amar Gamal
Amar Gamal (born Teresa Infante c. 1975) is a well known Cuban dancer who practices the art of bellydancing. She lived in Florida as a teenager.
Life
Gamal, born Teresa Infante,[1] grew up in Miami where she learned to bellydance[2] at the age of thirteen.[3]
At the age of thirteen, Gamal began performing as a bellydancer with the Mid-Eastern Dance Exchange company, based in Miami Beach. One of her directors at the time was the well-known dancer, Tamalyn Dallal,[citation needed] who had inspired her when she was younger.[1]
Gamal went on to become the first dancer to audition with bellydancing techniques and be accepted at the New World School of the Arts' Performing Arts School.[citation needed] While a senior at the New World School of Arts, Gamal also taught dancing to young children.[4] She trained in other types of dancing,[5] such as ballet, jazz, tap, flamenco and modern, while at that school. Gamal subsequently went on to dance for five different dance companies.
Gamal graduated with a degree in psychology at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts. Her career expanded after that, as she was given an opportunity to perform during the NFL's Super Bowl XXIX in 1995, and she earned the Miss World of Bellydancing contest in 1996.
In 1997, Gamal had the opportunity of performing during the Gianni Versace fashion show. In 1998, she participated at the Oriental Dance Production, in Lexington, Kentucky.
Gamal's celebrity kept growing during the late 1990s, and she toured many places around the world. She has performed in countries like Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti and Costa Rica.
In 2002 Gamal earned first place in the Mondo Melodia Bellydance Breakbeats competition[6][7] and was chosen to participate in the release tour of a CD — Bellydance Superstars — released on November 12.
Gamal was a member of the Bellydance Superstars, a professional dance company that was founded in 2003[2] and toured the United States in 2004.[8] She founded the group BellyQueen with another dancer named Kaeshi Chai,[3] and Jenna Rosenberg was also a member of the group.[1]
Gamar is also a bellydancing teacher and has taught in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, in New York City and in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Videos
Gamal appeared as herself in the 2005 documentary, "American Bellydancer". In 2002, she had appeared in a concert DVD, "Bellydance Superstars".
On 11 March, 2008, Gamal released a video titled "Mastering the Dance: Amar Gamal".[9]
External links
- http://amargamal.com/ Archived 2013-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- BDSS on Live with Regis & Kelly[permanent dead link] video clip (with Amar Gamal, Rachel Brice and Ansuya) Friday 9-10am E/T April 8, 2005
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Levin, Jordan (2002-01-10). "Orientalia celebrates the exotic". The Miami Herald. p. 300. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brunt, Jonathan (2005-01-24). "Moving into the mainstream". The Spokesman-Review. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hoye, Sarah (2004-03-24). "And now, an act the whole family can enjoy". Lexington Herald-Leader. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ Duhart, Olympia (1993-08-05). "The steps of summer". The Miami Herald. p. 100. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ "Clipped From The Miami Herald". The Miami Herald. 1994-03-19. p. 140. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ "Briefs". The Middletown Press. 2004-06-15. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ Swoboda, Victor (2007-11-24). "Gut-level diplomacy". The Gazette. p. 64. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ Clear, Marty (2004-02-26). "Belly dancing breakthrough". Tampa Bay Times. p. 105. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Dance-Amar-Gamal/dp/B000WYVZAI
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