Amira Mor is an internationally renowned Belly Dancer, Certified Fitness Instructor, and founder of "Amira Mor International Entertainment Company."
She has received world-wide acclaim
as a performer, choreographer, producer and director and has drawn a large,
devoted audience that has made her one of the world’s most sought-after
contemporary belly dancers.
She has developed her own remarkable style of belly dancing, combining
her love of classical movement with her passion for modern innovation.
The result is a thrilling combination of opposing elements: hypnotic
undulations and exciting hip rhythms, finger cymbals, sword balancing
and the incorporation of a sheer soft veil. She is an inspiration to
both her students and her audience, encouraging them to move and feel
their own sensuality as they dance to the pulsating energy of Middle
Eastern music.
Amira Mor has released a series of state-of-the-art
instructional Belly Dance DVDs. All of Amira's DVDs are designed to maximize
fat burning and body toning, while maintaining a balance between fun
and fitness.
Amira has been featured on numerous national television programs including "The Caroline Rhea Show", "Emeril Live", "Blind Date", "Faking It" and "The Fox Morning Show."
She has instructed a myriad of students,
including Britney Spears, at the Broadway
Dance Center in New York City. She has also appeared in music videos
such as John Mellencamp's "Another Sunny Day" and the Spin Doctors'
"Cleopatra's Cat" as well as films by Jonathan Demme's "The
Manchurian Candidate", “Morning Glory
“ with Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford and Sex and The City 2. She
has performed around the world with such legends as Ornette Coleman,
Sting, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, comedian Jackie Mason and actress
Jane Fonda. Amira has also performed for The Prime Minister of Jordan
Dr. Abdel Salam Majali, The Prince and Princess of Morocco, the United
Nations, the Turkish Embassy, The United Nations, and New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg. She has been a performer for and supporter of several
non-profit and charity benefits, including Eve Ensler's V-Day, Meals
on Wheels, the Humane Society USA, the Henry Street Settlement House
Foundation, the Tourette Syndrome Association, the Crohn's and Colitis
Foundation of America and Susan G Komen for the Cure.
She has also been featured in many publications, including The
New York Post, The New York Times, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Marie
Claire, Vogue and W magazine among others. She is on staff at
Broadway Dance Center.
Amira Mor is also the CEO and Artistic Director of "AMPAC"
(Amira Mor Performing Arts Center) located in
Hasbrouck Heights NJ. In addition to its bi-annual student showcases,
the students under her direction perform and organize fundraisers for
breast cancer research foundations, The Leukemia Society, Meals on Wheels,
and The Crone and Colitis Foundation.
Whether through her school or through
the virtual teaching of the DVDs, Amira helps all students to strive
to be their very best. She sells a unique line of costumes and
show props with her label, all designed to accentuate the positive attributes
of each person who wears them.
Amira Mor's motto: "Moving beautiful,
is feeling beautiful, is being beautiful at any age."
For More Information on Amira Mor, Classes, Instructional DVDs, Dancewear and Costumes: www.AmiraMor.com