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Upcoming performances

  • June 15, Nina at the Baltimore Pride Block Party
  • June 16 Sunrise Assisted Living
  • June 22 Avalon Faerie festival
  • June 28 NY Faerie festival
  • July 12 Essex Senior Center
    July 18 Park View Apartments
  • July 19, 20, 21, 6:30pm Artscape!
  • July 20, 11am, Theater Project
  • September 15 Arts AKIMBO, Station Arts District
  • Aubergine performs at a discount for Nursing Homes. Email Nina!

Theatrical Belly Dance Workshop, date TBA

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Create stage presence and draw your audience in!
This 2 hour workshop will combine the drama of storytelling with the emotive beauty of improvisational belly dance.
  • Emotional qualities of movement
  • Staging
  • Audience Interaction
  • Props and costuming
  • Character Development
  • Narrative Dance
After this workshop you have a unique opportunity to showcase your dance in a hafla performance on Sunday to the live music of Ishtar. Register before February 17th and you are guaranteed a spot in the show. 

Past Aubergine Performances:

  • Sept. 18, 2010 American Museum of Art at the Smithsonian, Wash. DC .
  • October 2, 2010 St Matthew's Multicultural Festival, Columbia, MD
  •  October 16, 2010  -Passionate for Pink Show, Westminster, MD 
  • November 26, 2010 Retirement Home Show
  • Dec. 5, 2010,  All Seasons Hafla, at the Kitchen of India, Parkville,MD
  • Dec. 11, 2010 12 Days of Christmas Show at the Hippo Lounge
  • February 18, 2011 Retirement Home Show
  • May 14-15, 2011, MD Faerie Festival
  • May 21-22, 2011  Arts in the Park festival, Towson, MD.
  • June 24-26, 2011, NY Faerie Festival
  • July 16-17, 2011, Baba Ganoush at Artscape
  • August 2, 2011,  Retirement Community,
  • August 26, 2011, Muppets and Monsters - a variety show and benefit
  • September 10 and 11, 2011 Arts in the Park festival, Towson, MD - come see us at 1pm in Cromwell Valley Park!
  • September 18, 2011 Drum and Dance Hafla, Delaware
  • October 1st,  Multicultural Festival, Columbia, MD 7pm (other world dance all day long!)
  • October 29th, Goblins and Gears
  • November 6th, 2011, 4pm All Seasons Hafla, Towson, MD
  • November 9, Morningside House, 6pm
  • Dec. 3, 2011, 1pm, Stoneleigh Elementary Holiday Fair 
  • February 25th, 2012, Girl Scout event,  Immaculate Conception School, Towson MD
  • February 25th, 2012,  Arabic Bread Party, private event
  • February 26th, 2012, Girl Scout Thinking Day, Towson American Legion Hall, MD
  • March 3rd,  Mosaic Cafe, College Park. Nina Headlines the show, more Aubergines dance!
  • March 18, 2012, 8pm, Darbuka Dog Hafla,  New Deal Cafe, Greenbelt, MD
  • March 23,Friday, 7:34pm, 2012 Art of the Belly, Ocean City, MD - all weekend celebration! Classes and shows!
  • March 31st, 6:30pm ECAN Dance for a Cure Gala Dinner, Towson Sheraton
  • April 1st, all day: Multi- Discipline Dance classes at Towson,  one by Nina Amaya
  • April 14, noon, 2012 "And They Danced" performance for the Red Hat Cancer Benefit at Blob Park.
  • April 14 8:30pm, Civitan Show, Annapolis, MD
  • May 4, Friday at 3pm, and May 5, Sunday, at 2pm Spoutwood Faerie Festival, Glen Rock, PA
  • May 11, 12, and 13,  Maryland Faerie Festival in Darlington, MD
  • May 14, nursing home, Baltimore
  • June 15th, Senior Center, Essex
  • June 23rd, Avalon Faerie Festival,    Paw Paw, WV
  • June 30, New York Faerie Festival
  • July 20, 21, 22, Artscape! Our new show, "The Ugly Goblin" Friday at 6:30pm each evening at 1300 Mount Royal Ave.
  • July 22, noon, Theater Project, as part of Artscape. "The Ugly Goblin"
  • Gemini", July 28, 2012 in Catonsville, MD
  • August 18, 2012 Quest Variety Show, Fell's Point,  Baltimore, MD
  • August 26, 2012 Cromwell Valley Arts Festival , Towson, MD (2pm Sunday)
  •  September 21, 2012 Alice Manor, 2PM 
  • September 21, 2012 Variety Show at Babcock Church, Towson, MD, 7pm
  • September 29, 2012 Baltimore Book Festival Parade, 11:30am
  • October 27, 2012, Multiple Sclerosis Fantasy Ball, Glen Burnie, MD
  • Dec. 8, 2012, "12 days of Christmas" at the Hippo, Baltimore, MD
  • March 2-3, 2013; Aubergine hosted the band Ishtar in Baltimore! Workshops on Middle Eastern Music and Theatrical Belly Dance.Live music shows Saturday and Sunday!
  • March 23, 2013- Aubergine On stage at Art of the Belly Festival in Ocean City, MD!
  • April 20, Spring Hafla, Smithfield, VA
  • May 4, 5 Spoutwood Faerie Festival Pennsylvania
  • May 11,12, 2013  Maryland Faerie Festival
  • June 2, All Seasons Hafla,

Classes with Nina Amaya

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Click here for classes!
Nina Amaya teaches an inexpensive, all levels class Thursday mornings.  She teaches private lessons for $50/hr., and travels for workshops. Classes and workshops are designed for self expression as well as technique- it's fun! When teaching choreographies, notes and youtube links are provided for practice. Nina is available to teach workshops, specializing in sword,  veil, stage presence and theatricality, Turkish belly dance, and choreographies for solo or troupe performance.

Visit Nina's website for  detailed
information about current offerings. 
Thursday morning classes are low priced!

Workshops:

Book Nina Amaya for Workshops in your town!
Sword, Single and Double
Flowing Veil
Double Veil
Juicy Combinations
Turkish Oriental Dance
Vintage American Cabaret
Dynamic Troupe Performance
Floorwork
How To Grow a Hafla
and many Choreographies in veil, joyful sword, drum solo, Iranian pop, Rajasthani, American cabaret, Karsilama, and veil finale.


    Contact Nina about performances and classes:

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