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Maral is Armenian, she was born in Damascus, and her way of thinking is closely connected with |
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the Syrian mentality. Even as a small girl she enjoyed showing the adults her first dance steps. |
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She has studied the folklore dance at the folklore school of a broadcasting company. |
| Maral became a Professional photographer, but beginning in 1976, she performed as the lead |
| dancer in the folklore group “Zannubya” for six years. |
| Her marriage to a German took her to Kuwait four years when her husband was transferred there |
| with his company. There she learned the folklore of that beautiful country. |
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After returning to Germany, she started teaching oriental dance and middle eastern folklore in |
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Saarbruecken in 1988. |
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Her performances, highlighted by her elegance, temperament, her unmistakable humour and |
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brilliant improvisation, made her quickly to a popular and successful dancer and teacher. |
| Her mastery of the Arabic tongue and its fine nuances, her interpretation ofevery instrument, and |
| her knowledge of Arabian rhythm, garantuee very special, exact, informative and individual |
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workshops. Workshops at festivals in Austria, France, Finland, Holland, Estonia, Russia, England, |
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Italy, Switzerland and USA belong to her program. |
| Maral said: |
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„It is a great joy for me to present Arabic culture to people in Germany and throug all Europe. |
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Whether I'm performing or teaching, I enjoy it so much … after all, I'm doing something I really |
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love. This enriches my existence, my self-awareness, and my spirit. And one more thing: I'm not |
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homesick!! |
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Maral's personal attitude : |
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"On my dancefloor, I feel free, and I show my true soul, my inside emotions. These are pure |
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emotions and no studied movements. I let my emotions flow because in this moment I sing with |
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my body the text to the music." |
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Oriental dance and Folklore |
