“I am NOT a Belly Dancer. I have never been one, and never will be. What I do is not what Hollywood vulgarly calls “belly dance”, but it’s Art. I have travelled the world to prove that my dance is not a dance of the belly but a refined, artistic dance full of tradition, of dreaming and beauty. Oriental dance is primarily an expressive dance; in that resides the beauty.” – Nadia Gamal
India's Classical Dance (Odissi Style) & Egyptian "Belly" Dance (Raqs el Sharqi)
Marcelly (Brazil, 1988) has been dancing since she was Marcelly. Through all her life, consciously or not, dance has always been an important part of everything she does. She has experienced it in many different ways, from brazilian traditional dances to ballet, pole dance, aerial silks and counting…
But it was during her years living in Europe, in a psytrance festival in Hungary, that she got introduced to Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, a dance that she didn’t know existed, but that has always called for her, it was the door to understand her most distant dreams. It was a mix of everything she has always been looking for. From that moment on, she didn’t stop researching and understanding dance from a different perspective, the fusion opened a door to the traditions, which Marcelly currently dedicates herself to study.
Since then, Marcelly has been utilizing sacred feminine dances to create performances and practices that celebrate the sensual, the unusual and the spiritual (K. Cimmerian) aspects of feminine archetypes, natural mysteries, and instrinsic multiplicities of human nature (M. Quadros).
She has received uncountable hours and intense instruction in these art forms from world renowned masters.
Marcelly also holds more than 700 hours Certificates as a Hatha Yoga Instructor, which she uses to teach Hatha Yoga and to incorporate a Yoga mindset in her dance classes, making it an immersive learning environment.
When it comes to teaching, Marcelly strongly emphasizes proper technique and body/movement awareness. She believes that a powerful dance performance/yoga practice can’t happen without mindfulness and devotion.
Study with me | Private Classes:
Egyptian Dance - Group Classes
1996 and I had already begged my mom for a "gypsy" skirt!
My first time in a ballerina suit
Video Gallery
- March, 2023 – On-going Studies – Advanced/Professional Egyptian Dance with Jade el Jabel, São Paulo, Brazil
- September, 2020 – On-going Studies – Odissi (Classical Indian Ritual Temple Dance-Drama) – Teacher Training with Master Teacher Silvana Duarte from Padmaa Arte e Cultura, São Paulo, Brazil +800h
- July, 2020 – On-going Studies – Egyptian Style Belly Dance – Dumuaini Method of Jade el Jabel with Cinthia Salgueiro, São Paulo, Brazil +800h
- August, 2023 – Solo Performance – Orlando Belly Dance Convention, FL
- June, 2023 – Solo Performance – Melbourne Belly Dance Summer Hafla – Melbourne, FL
- May, 2023 – Solo Performance – Moonlight at the Nile – Indian Harbour Beach, FL
- March, 2023 – July, 2023 – Advanced/Professional Egyptian Dance with Mahaila El Helwa, São Paulo, Brazil
- February, 2023 – Private Classes with Master Egyptian Dance Teacher Jade el Jabel, Brazil, 8h
- December, 2022 – Group Performance – Zay el Asal – Dumuaini Studio, São Paulo, Brazil
- October, 2022 – December, 2022 – Advanced/Professional Egyptian Style Dance – Extreme Series with Mahaila El Helwa, São Paulo, Brazil, 15h
- September, 2022 – Solo Performances – Guilfoil Dance Center, St. Petersburg – FL, USA
- February, 2022 – September, 2022 – Advanced Egyptian Style Belly Dance – Oriental Routines and Body Consciousness with Elis Pinheiro, São Paulo, Brazil, 30h
- June, 2022 – Odissi Performance – Vasanta Pallavi Performance to the graduating students of the Odissi TT, 2022
- April, 2022 – Zill Technique Workshop with Kindle Cimmerian, FL, 2h
- April, 2022 – Fusion Bellydance w/ Trays with Lacey Sanchez, FL, 2h
- August, 2021 – Odissi Performance – Namami Mangalacharam Performance to the graduating students of the YTT 200h at the Yogi Hari’s Ashram, Miramar, FL
- April, 2021 – July, 2021 – Egyptian Style Belly Dance – Soraya Zaied – 15h
- April – May, 2021 – Granted Scholarship – Spring Ritual Dance Series w/ Sedona Soulfire – 15h
- Mar – Jul, 2020 – Egyptian & Fusion Belly Dance – Datura Online Trainings – 30h
- Jan – Mar, 2020 – Datura Style Technique – Kindle Cimmerian – 12h, Florida, USA
- Jan – Marc, 2020 – Datura Style Improv – Kindle Cimmerian – 12h, Florida, USA
- Jan – Mar, 2020 – FCBD Style with Skirts – Lacey Sanchez – 12h, Florida, USA
- Jan, 2020 – Christine Andrews (Turkish Belly Dance & Kalbelia) Workshop – 4h, Florida, USA
- Nov, 2019 – Mardi Love (Fusion Belly Dance) Workshop – 8h, Florida, USA
- Sep, 2019 – Old is Cool Workshops – Julieta Maffia and more – 4h, São Paulo, Brazil
- Jul – Oct, 2019 – FCBD Style – Mariana Quadros – 13,5h, São Paulo, Brazil
- Aug 2019 – Group Performance at the Lua Nova de Jade el Jabel Show in São Paulo, Brazil
- Jan – Oct, 2019 – Tribal Fusion Belly Dance – Mariana Quadros – 60h, São Paulo, Brazil
- Feb – Aug, 2019 – Tribal Fusion Belly Dance & FCBD Style – Guigo Alves – 72h, São Paulo, Brazil
- Jan – Apr, 2019 – Tribal Fusion Belly Dance & FCBD Style – Fairuza – 16h, São Paulo, Brazil
- Aug 2018 – Mar 2019 – Contemporary & Mystical Persian Dance – Yasmin Nammu – 15h, São Paulo
- Feb – Aug 2018 – Tribal Fusion Belly Dance – Mariana Maia – 36h, São Paulo, Brazil
- …and previous experience:
- Pole Dance with Alessandra Rancan, São Paulo, Brazil
- Pole Dance with Julio Peixoto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Aerial Silks with Matho, Berlin, Germany
- Pole Dance & Aerial Silks with Olena Yakymenko, Berlin, Germany
- Ballet with Shaide Halim, São Paulo, Brazil
- Afro-Brazilian Dances with Grupo Cangarussu , Sao Paulo
