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"I was REALLY impressed with you guys. I used to be in an arabic band that played for bellydancers so I've seen a ton of them and I really apprecciate your skill and innovation. I feel like you guys are not throwing out the tradition but extending it and bringing in other strands like modern dance, thai stuff. Good good stuff!" -Eric Stern, Artistic director, Vagabond Opera.

The Shimmy Sisters and Nomad Artz are very excited to be bringing in the world renowned Indian dancer Queen Harish.
First time ever to San Diego in a rare engagement, Queen Harish will be in San Diego giving a performance July 10 and workshop July 11th.


Be thrilled by a whirlwind of colors emphasized by the warmest winks. Experience the richest and most communicative living folk dance tradition of India. Be entertained and taught by a unique and wonderful first class artist, Queen Harish.

• Shimmy Sisters Featured in Dance San Diego Magazine March 2008 !
  
  
• Read Adelaide's Article: Dance as a Meditation
  
  
• My World of Art and Dance Published in Newspaper Tree March 2008
  
  
• Shimmy Sisters & Danyavaad
  are featured on the cover
  of Vision Magazine July 2007!

• The Shimmy Sisters are featured in the new Performance DVD
  "The Exotic Art Of Bellydance!"
  Buy The DVD NOW!
  
  
• Heart Magazine featured
  The Shimmy Sisters in their Fall 2006 issue.
  Read the 4 page article!

The Shimmy Sisters embellish aspects of creativity and art in their inspiring bellydance performances. Their diverse show may include snakes, swords, candles, fire fingers, isis wings, glow hula hoops, and traditional bellydance props such as veils and zils. They are unique, classy, and genuinely talented dancers that  will undoubtedly mesmerize your guests! We guarantee these fabulous interactive dancers will enchant and charm your guests. With professional bellydance technique,  modern inventiveness and amazing props, such as snakes, swords and fire, they truly add a WOW factor to any event!

The Shimmy Sisters are a professional belly dance troupe based in San Diego, Ca. directed by Leilainia and Adelaide. The sisters style is a unique blend of belly dance forms they term as Cabaret Collage. They fuse traditional Middle-Eastern dance with styles of modern, salsa, African, Indian, ballet and hip-hop, to bring out the essential elements of who they are. 

“Every dance style makes me feel a different way,” said Adelaide. “Just as we feel different emotions every day, the music evokes different emotions that tell me how to move.”

Passed on through generations of art, music and dance, Leilainia [Lay-Lane-Ya ] and Adelaide created The Shimmy Sisters to carry on the joy of their heritage. Upon finding their niche in the world, The Sisters do all they can to spread the ART of the DANCE.

They meld their talents and passions to elicit a more personal response from the audience. They work alone and together learning to connect with and touch the audience in new ways allowing the viewers to forget where they are and simply experience the moment. They are an electricity of inspiration; dancing with their whole heart and letting the performance flow out of them. Their contagious energy led them to become the Ultimate Troupe Winners of “Hips Of Fury” 2006 and People’s Choice Bellydancer of the Universe 2007.

“The better we get along,” said Leilainia, “the more free we are to express our ideas and emotions. It’s hard to be creative in isolation. True creativity requires collaboration… and yes even conflict and confrontation.”

They were born into a culture of creativity by their dancer mother and artist/musician father. The sisters were taught technical belly dance moves and Arabic rhythms, but more importantly, they were taught that this serene dance is an art form generated from the heart and ultimately done for ones self.

“Our shows have nothing to do with being better than the other person,” said Leilainia. ”It’s about finding the horizon and reaching for it.”

The Shimmy Sisters perform a middle eastern /modern dance to a live DJ, Sitar player, Drummers and a full band. They all collaborate to create a synergetic harmony of entertainment.

"We take the holistic approach to all of our productions," said Leilainia. "We like to engage all the senses of our audience."

The Shimmy Sisters teach and perform throughout the southwest. They are available for events, parties, workshops, related theatrical functions, weddings, private / corporate parties, bridal / baby showers, and Middle Eastern events.

Dance, is not only what The Shimmy Sisters love and do, it is who they are.