Rachel Bennett School of Bellydance – Upcoming Performances and Events in Berkshire and Beyond

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Upcoming events:

Bellydance classes announced - Find out more!

Snowflake Spectacular Student Show – Sunday 15 December 2024 – afternoon event, Twyford

Summer Spectacular Student Show – Sat 12 July 2025 – afternoon event, Twyford



Highlights from Rachel’s previous bellydance events:

Maidenhead Festival - 2017, 2018, 2019

Fairy Festival – 2017, 2018, 2019

Maidenhead Town Show – 2019

Woodley’s 1st Music Festival – Sat 6 July 2019, Woodley Town Centre, Reading.

Wargrave Village Summer Festival Dance Show – Sat 22 June 2019 7.30-10.30pm, Wargrave, Berkshire

Oriental Nights Haflah – 2019, London

Casbah Cabaret Deluxe:

  • Workshops and Showcase starring Yasmina of Cairo, September 2020, Twyford
  • Afternoon workshop & showcase with Ozgen - May 2019, Twyford

Soloist at Hossam Ramzy’s El Berencesca Album Launch Party, London Hippodrome Oct 2018

Rachel performed & taught at Dance around the Globe haflah & workhops, 8-10 June 2018

Reading Mela – Diwali Celebrations 2017, 2019, 2022

Artigiano Bar’s Bellydance Cabaret, Reading 2017

Maidenhead Festival - 2017, 2018

RBSB Troupe: Stars of the Orient performing at a ball in aid of the British Hearts Foundation - Sat 16 Sep 2017, Madjeski Stadium Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Reading

Bastille Day Celebrations – 2017, 2018, 2019, Reading

Rachel and her Troupe were Guest Stars at Bollywood Jalwa 2017 Reading 2017, 2018

Reading Pride Fundraiser, 2017

Slough Diversity Day Celebrations - Saturday 20th May 2017, Slough

Dance for Clean Oceans - Reading 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Middle Eastern Lights – Christmas Corporate Party – 20 December 2016, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Reading

Windsor on Ice 2016

Majma Dance Festival - March 2016-2018 and headlining 2020, Glastonbury

Celebrating Dance Festival 15th Anniversary Celebration - Supporting Artist - October 2015, Toorak Hotel, Torquay, Devon

Sheikh It! Show, Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames, 22 October 2014

Club Baklava Bellydance Showcase - Thurs 9 Oct 2014

Judge at Bellydance Trophies 1st Quarter Finals 2013 and Guest Performer at Bellydance Trophies Final 2012 - London

Shehnai Banqueting Hall, Christmas Corporate Entertainment and Events, Reading, 7, 8 and 14 Dec 2012. Masquerade Ball, Sat 15 October 2016 featuring Rachel and her bellydance troupe: the Stars of the Orient

Bellydance Odyssey: a dazzling evening featuring the first ever graduates from the Hossam and Serena Ramzy School of Egyptian Music and Dance, November 2012

Guest star at MADN Bellydance Show - Sat 26 Nov 2011, Cardiff, Wales

Workshops with Rachel Bennett from multi-style choreographies to stage presence - 2010 to present

Co-hosting workshop and foundation course with Hossam and Serena Ramzy - 2011, 2012, 2013

Shimmytastic Bellydance Party Night, Showcase & Disco, Berkshire - 2011 to present

Arabesque Nights Showcase – Thurs 1 July 2010, Thurs 2 June 2011, Thurs 5 April 2012 & Thurs 1 Aug 2013, London

Majma - Hossam & Serena Ramzy Dance Company UK Tour - Fri 4 to Sun 6 March 2011, Glastonbury

Dance Queens of the Nile - Sat 5 February 2011, Bloomsbury Theatre, London and Sat 25 June 2011, East Grinstead, Surrey

Saqarah Showcase, February and October 2008; November 2009, June 2010, London, UK

Hossam and Serena Ramzy Dance Company Tours 2007 - 2012 including seasonal corporate event at The Dorchester Hotel, London

The Boss is Coming to Dinner - Channel 5 & The Discovery Channel - August 2010 - On demand TV - Show Listing

Planet Egypt - London Bellydance Showcase - May 2016, February 2011, September 2010, February 2010 & 2009, April 2008, May & September 2007, London, UK

Silk Route Arabian Cabaret Showcase – May 2015, July 2013, May 2012, November 2011, May 2011, January 2010 and June 2009, London, UK

Artist in residence at Silk Route Arabic Showcase - November 2010, London

London African Music Festival - Soloist with Hossam and Serena Ramzy - September 2008, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK

Persian-Egyptian-Turkish Music and Dance Festival - solo performance with Hossam & Serena Ramzy - Friday 18 April 2008, Bath, Avon












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