About
Masha is a life long dancer and second-generation visual artist, originally from Ukraine, raised in California.
From 2018-2020 Masha lived in Morocco, North Africa, dancing as a solo artist at exclusive venues in Marrakech.
Prior to Morocco, Masha lived and performed in Istanbul, Turkey for nearly three years, dancing regularly on boat tours and at some of the most popular venues for Oryantal dance, most notably her home stage of “Sultana’s 1001 Nights.”
Masha’s chapter in Turkey began in 2014, performing as a soloist in daily "Turkish Night" touristic stage productions along Turkey's Mediterranean coastline.
During Masha's earlier time in America, she was a multi-genre dance student and Oriental dance performer in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Years of Ballet, Flamenco, Persian, and Central Asian dance studies all left an imprint, yet Egyptian Raqs Sharqi became the primary inspiration to Masha's personal dance style and consistent training earned her multiple awards in U.S.A. belly dance competitions including:
" Belly Dancer of the Universe " (Los Angeles, 2014)
" Ultimate Belly Dance Artist " ( Las Vegas, 2013) &
" Champion of Taksim " ( Los Angeles, 2012)
The peculiar events of 2020 turned Masha's focus, from performing, to teaching Oriental dance online through group classes and individual lessons.
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Raqs Sharqi is an art form, like any other:
Artists can create art that is refined, elevated, and inspiring... or something to the opposite effect.
Masha's belief is that Oriental dance is a beautiful, elegant art form that inspires women to dance together as a feminine community, encourages women to develop greater awareness and relationship with their own bodies, connect to the present moment, and deepen their appreciation of Middle Eastern & North African ( M.E.N.A.) music and cultures.
It's all positive.
Beauty (and the beast) is in the eyes of the beholder, thus, through Masha's perspective of beauty and from her own personal embodiement:
Oriental dance is a celebration of divine femininity, culture, and individual expression.
Oriental dance is art.
♡
From 2018-2020 Masha lived in Morocco, North Africa, dancing as a solo artist at exclusive venues in Marrakech.
Prior to Morocco, Masha lived and performed in Istanbul, Turkey for nearly three years, dancing regularly on boat tours and at some of the most popular venues for Oryantal dance, most notably her home stage of “Sultana’s 1001 Nights.”
Masha’s chapter in Turkey began in 2014, performing as a soloist in daily "Turkish Night" touristic stage productions along Turkey's Mediterranean coastline.
During Masha's earlier time in America, she was a multi-genre dance student and Oriental dance performer in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Years of Ballet, Flamenco, Persian, and Central Asian dance studies all left an imprint, yet Egyptian Raqs Sharqi became the primary inspiration to Masha's personal dance style and consistent training earned her multiple awards in U.S.A. belly dance competitions including:
" Belly Dancer of the Universe " (Los Angeles, 2014)
" Ultimate Belly Dance Artist " ( Las Vegas, 2013) &
" Champion of Taksim " ( Los Angeles, 2012)
The peculiar events of 2020 turned Masha's focus, from performing, to teaching Oriental dance online through group classes and individual lessons.
◇
Raqs Sharqi is an art form, like any other:
Artists can create art that is refined, elevated, and inspiring... or something to the opposite effect.
Masha's belief is that Oriental dance is a beautiful, elegant art form that inspires women to dance together as a feminine community, encourages women to develop greater awareness and relationship with their own bodies, connect to the present moment, and deepen their appreciation of Middle Eastern & North African ( M.E.N.A.) music and cultures.
It's all positive.
Beauty (and the beast) is in the eyes of the beholder, thus, through Masha's perspective of beauty and from her own personal embodiement:
Oriental dance is a celebration of divine femininity, culture, and individual expression.
Oriental dance is art.
♡
Photo by Ksenia Suhanova. Marrakech, MR 2020
