ISHRA

Ishra is a nation-wide performer and instructor. Since beginning her bellydance training in 1994, she has been a member of several innovative dance companies across Canada, including internationally acclaimed Arabesque Dance Company.  She currently teaches in Guelph, Ontario, where she encourages positive self body image, women empowerment as well as the mind, body soul connection.  Her professional approach and undying thirst for movement and knowledge makes her a sought after workshop leader and dance instructor, as well as a traditional and pioneering performer.

She is also a well respected dancer in the Guelph arts community, teaching her regular classes, specialty workshops, troupe classes and instructs at local high schools. She has performed on the main stage at the International Bellydance Conference of Canada, the Great Lakes Bellydance Convention in Michigan, and was a featured dancer in Guelph Jazz Festival's Opera, Quebicité, as well as with Guelph's Concert Band (a 50 member orchestra).  Ishra has also danced with numerous bands including Juno award-winning Eccodek, Cuneyt Yetkiner, Bhadra Collective and Light of East Ensemble.  She is currently the Founder and Artistic Director of Invoketress Dance Theatre.

Ishra is a lover of dance and has studied many different styles of Middle Eastern dance and drum with world-renowned masters. She has studied in Jazz, Latin, Flamenco, Kathak, Hip hop, Modern, Tai Chi and Capoeira. Her artistic background also includes theatre acting from York University. She is a painter, a poet, a costume designer, an event organizer, a musician and a proud mother of four.

Ishra's multifaceted talents and professional approach combined with her ever-growing spiritual awareness of the mind, body, soul connection make her a sought after dance instructor and performer.

INVOKETRESS DANCE THEATRE

Invoketress Dance Theatre is a group of beautiful and talented women who embody Ishra's philosophy of celebrating individual diversity and beauty in all ages and body types.  They have performed at a variety of events all over southern Ontario including the International Bellydance Conference of Canada and at the Great Lakes Bellydance Convention in Michigan.  They are a frequently sought after group of performers, often as the headlining act.  Each member brings her own personal strengths and personality to the group which come together to offer rich, dynamic, enchanting performances. 

Angela Adanko

Lorraine Bruce-Allen

Rachelle Clinch

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