DJAHARI, Middle Eastern Dancer
djahari@gmail.com or 310-770-2018

Djahari has studied theatre and dance for over 20 years. Her tutelage includes the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, UCLA’s Theatre Film & Television (where she received her BA), as well as a handful of community organizations. She has studied classical forms of dance (ballet, jazz, modern) as well as more ethnic forms (West African, Belly Dance, and Persian Ballet). Along with directing her own company, Djahari has also been a principal dancer with A. Nazemi’s Pars National Ballet Company since 2000.

Though she is well-known for her theatrical dance company, Desert Sin, Djahari has also been performing traditional forms of Middle Eastern Dance for many years at festivals, restaurants, and private events. Through her company she has produced several critically acclaimed events in both Los Angeles and Off-Broadway in New York.

Djahari and her company have been featured annually in Amara's "An Evening of Experimental Middle Eastern Dance" (EEMED) and together Djahari and Amara co-produce the experimental workshop series "X-MED," which provides tools and methods for developing experimental/theatrical Middle Eastern works.