An award winning performer, a motivational and articulate instructor, Virginia has enchanted audiences and students around the globe with her dynamic and soulful interpretation of Oriental Dance.  She has been performing and teaching at the most prominent Bellydance Festivals, seminars, and productions in the world where she has been presented across 5 continents including an annual invitation to teach and perform in Cairo, Egypt! 

Virginia’s innovative musicality and deeply rooted Egyptian technique is areflection ofher extensive dance and musical background.  Widely admired as a protégé of Mr.Yousry Sharif, (E.A.O.D. NY, Egypt) “Virginia’s dancing is extremely focused and inspiring.  She is charismatic, clear in her movement and electric when she performs!”  Virginia has traveled for 15 years to study with legendary masters of the art to retain the essence of pure Oriental Dance while continually broadening her unique style so she can generously share her passion and knowledge of this extraordinary art form.  These legends include (from Egypt), Mahmoud Reda (Reda Troupe), Farida Fahmy (Reda Troupe), Raquia Hassan, Dina, Tito, Nagua Fuad,  Amir Thaleb (Argentina), and many more. 

Authentic in her style, Virginia has been featured internationally in film, publications, theatre, and television, including MTV.  She has performed for celebrities and notable government officials such as Jim Belushi, Alonzo Mourning, Lil Kim, the Saudi Arabian Royal Family,  Ambassadors and Ministers of Culture from many Middle Eastern countries, has toured with Egyptian singer Mustafa Amar, opened for Dina and has taught alongside all of the aforementioned legends.

She has produced several theatrical productions which have received rave reviews from legends in the dance and have toured most recently off Broadway in NewYork City as well as Paris, Dallas, and Argentina.  Mahmoud Reda, “This is an amazing artistic accomplishment… the best show I have seen in the US”.   Farida Fahmy’” I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what Virginia would do next.”

Virginia is the director of Wa Nour Al Ayun her professional performing company and founder of C.O.M.E. Dance (Coalition of Middle Eastern Dance & Arts) an educational establishment dedicated to excellence in performance, instruction, and representation of Middle Eastern Dance in Miami, Florida.  Invited by Florida State University, Virginia has taught, choreographed, and performed several times for their Master in Fine Arts and FSU Dance Sarasota programs.  Known for her generosity as an instructor, Virginia’s new series of teaching DVD’s, Bellydance One on One, have garnered excellent reviews from students and teachers alike.

“A modern dancer with deep roots in Egyptian technique Virginia is the pure essence of Oriental dance”