Cristina - Professional Bellydancer Belly Dancer from Elmhurst, NY

Make your event one to remember with an unforgettable dance performance by Cristina! A highly skilled and experienced dancer, Cristina will dazzle your guests with the elegance, excitement, and beauty of Oriental Dance. With nearly a decade of training with the world's most renowned instructors in Middle Eastern Dance, and several years performing at countless events, Cristina is a consummate belly dance performer. Always striving to provide the utmost in professional and authentic belly dance entertainment, Cristina's shows include lavish costuming from Egypt and Turkey, authentic Arabic/Turkish/Middle Eastern music, and dazzling props such as wings of Isis, veils, finger cymbals, canes, shamadan (candelabras), tray of candles, sword, fan veils, and tambourines. Cristina can be seen performing weekly everywhere from the trendiest NYC hotspots, to the Arabic super nightclubs of NJ, as well as weddings and parties, collaborating with the Area's top Middle Eastern musicians. Performance highlights and clients include: Elle Magazine, Bergdorf Goodman, Whitney Port (star of MTV's "The City") Fashion Launch Party, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Party, Singer/Actress Adrienne Bailon's birthday party, Wagner College, and Queens Council on The Arts. She performed with Lebanese popstar Myriam Fares at The Venetian in Las Vegas, and has graced the stage across the U.S. as well as Cairo, Egypt in festivals and concerts. She has performed for diplomats and dignitaries of the Arab world, Saudi Arabian royalty, and has been featured on Fox Good Day New York, MTV, Arabic, Indian, Latin American, and local television. She was also cast along several of New York's top belly dancers in the feature film Sex and the City 2. This past year she was hired to perform at R&B Superstar Mary J. Blige's birthday extravaganza which included A-list guests such as Beyonce, Jay Z, Gayle King, Taraji P. Henson, Russel Simmons to name a few. Cristina's talents have also been featured on music videos, bellydance dvds, and print.