

The American-born dancer has proved not only to be an entertaining dancer but popular instructor as her classes at the 2002 Glastonbury Dance Festival completely sold out within days of going on line. She has also taught at the Middle Eastern Dance Festival in Leicester hosted by Maria de Silva and Yasmin Asar's South Coat Med Fest in Wimborne and she is scheduled to teach at the UK Majma 2007 festival.
Raheesha
has performed at festivals such as Rakassha in Oakland California, the Desert
Dance Festival in Phoenix, Arizona, Majma and International Dance Festivals
in Glastonbury as well as the Desert Flowers show in Salisbury and the Chance
to Dance and Middle Eastern Dance Showcase at Pontadarwe, Wales and guest
dancer at MADN's spring platform 2005. She has also danced on stage with the
Nile Band, the American band Light Rain and with Celloman, who played the
last three years at the world famous Glastonbury and WOMAD Festivals.
Dancing professionally for nearly a decade Raheesha heads a dance troupe in
the UK called the Desert Divas.
She describes her dance style as “a fusion of styles".
“I love the freedom of the gypsy dance, the control of Egyptian style,
and the flamboyance of the Turkish movements. Middle Eastern Dance has helped
me to unleash my "inner diva" and it's a joy to watch this emerge
from my students.”
Raheesha teaches a wide range of styles and is available for historical and
motivation lectures as well as public performances.