Amira Shawky
Amira Shawky started her regular dance-practise fifteen years ago. But in fact she has been a dancer all her life. She practiced different dance styles, from African dance to Contact Improvisation, Movement Medicine and 5Rhythms.
She started as a dance facilitator teaching ten years ago, when she worked at a retreat and training centre. That developed into her independent dance offerings from her own company ‘Amira Shawky Dans & Beweging’, where she offers weekly dance classes, dance events and dance workshops. In her classes she encourages her students to find their authentic movement and broaden their movement vocabulary.
Evoking joy, releasing tension and raising awareness are three main elements in her classes. In her view dance doesn’t have to look nice or beautiful. It’s much more about bringing energy into motion. Her guidance and classes are focused on supporting people to find acceptance in who they are, and to welcome whatever is present in body, emotions and mind. She is a great lover of music and uses a wide variety of music in her class.
Her guidance is gentle and with a realistic mindset. Dancing with Amira allows you to meet yourself in a kind and gentle way. Leaving you in a place of more peace, acceptance and understanding with yourself. And feeling more connected with yourself and other’s.
She found her own training and education in dance through more than 15 years of practicing dance and attending workshops and teacher trainings. In 2023 she studied the ‘Body in Soul’ approach with Cathy Ryan and Nele Vandezande. And in the summer of 2024 she completed the teacher training ‘Dance Alchemy’ with Goran Bogdanovski.
The practise of Yoga Nidra fits very nicely with her approach to dance, where acceptance and welcoming are main ingredients as well. Her interest in Yoga Nidra led her to attending the Yoga Nidra teacher training with James Reeves, which she completed in 2024.
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