Jacqueline Chapman-James (mirage)
User since:
Saturday 24 Mar 2007
Jacqueline's site:
www.bellydancer.org.uk
Jacqueline Chapman has won national & international acclaim as a quintessential English dancer who is able to perform and choreograph with authenticity and genuine feeling for this Middle Eastern art-form. She has danced in London, Egypt, Paris and New York. Arab royalty, celebrities and the rich and famous have been amongst her audiences at London venues such as The Dorchester, Cafe Royal, The Reform Club, and many more top establishments. She has worked with, amongst others, Ronnie Corbett, Nigel Kennedy, Ernie Wise, Boy George, Green Goddess, & Dr Miriam Stoppard. Her research of this skilled art-form makes her a favourite of the media, as her countless T.V. and radio appearances, magazine and newspaper articles show. Her personal accolade is to have been compared with Samia Gamal, a legendary film star in Egypt in the 1950's, by Arabic media. Her aim is to enlighten, inform and correct unhelpful myths regarding this liberating form of middle eastern dance. As a Raqs Orientale dancer, Jacqueline's passionate advocacy has led the profession between classical and cabaret middle eastern dance, sweeping aside the corrupt form, often called 'Belly Dance'. This much-maligned art-form has, for too long been danced for the titillation of men in the Western World.
Jacqueline's performances elevate this dance far above the levels we have become accustomed to. A ten year nursing career as an R.G.N.,with obstetric training, was abandoned so that Jacqueline could turn professional in 1980. Her nursing skills and knowledge of the human body, are invaluable in helping all, with or without medical problems to benefit from learning this ancient art-form.
Jacqueline leads regular classes and workshops at various venues and gives Lecture and Demonstration evenings, as well as performing solo cabaret.
Her diverse background of ballet, acting and nursing provides the experience. Her personality and her love for middle eastern dance makes her the true professional that she is well known as.
Jacqueline's performances elevate this dance far above the levels we have become accustomed to. A ten year nursing career as an R.G.N.,with obstetric training, was abandoned so that Jacqueline could turn professional in 1980. Her nursing skills and knowledge of the human body, are invaluable in helping all, with or without medical problems to benefit from learning this ancient art-form.
Jacqueline leads regular classes and workshops at various venues and gives Lecture and Demonstration evenings, as well as performing solo cabaret.
Her diverse background of ballet, acting and nursing provides the experience. Her personality and her love for middle eastern dance makes her the true professional that she is well known as.