Sha’ni is a professional, Egyptian-styled bellydancer and instructor based in the metro Atlanta area. As a featured restaurant performer there, she has performed at many area venues. Her talents have also been included in shows and workshop galas in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South and North Carolinas, Texas, Florida, Tennessee and Maryland. Besides numerous private parties, she has been a guest performer for many special events including CARE (Atlanta), the Atlanta Children’s Homeless Shelter, the Atlanta World Trade Center, The Shepherd Center and HOGGS Against MS in partnership with The Shepherd Center.
She is founder and director of Tiger’s Eye Collective, a collective of world dance artists. In 2005, she presented her premiere Tiger’s Eye Collective show, an extremely well-received fundraising event, An Evening with Sha’ni and Friends, at Nicola’s Lebanese Restaurant to raise funds to assist with hurricane relief efforts. Since then, she has mounted six additional shows, including the Tiger's Eye Collective Project series. In the summer of 2008, she and TEC presented their premiere weekend event, A Midsummer Night’s Dream featuring Ava Fleming for a workshop and gala show. They followed that with A Weekend with Tarik Sultan in early 2009.
Sha’ni is also a much sought after studio and private instructor. She has also taught workshops in the Southeast and was a featured instructor at the 2010 Annual BOCA Expo in Maryland.
For more current information on Sha'ni, please check back for updates or email the artist at shani@shaniGA.com.
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