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Born and raised in France, Mihrimah Ghaziya (Marie-Aude Ravet) is now travelling to world to perform, teach and learn dance.
Her studies in linguistics and literature developed her natural curiosity for foreign things. Since her early childhood she was attracted by the arts and sought the area that would best suit her natural talent. It all started with her taking ballet classes. Oriental dance was a revelation to her when she took her first class in Germany. Through this medium she found that she could express all her sensitivity as well as her personal experiences. In parallel to her own development, she shares her knowledge and experiences through classes, workshops and shows throughout Europe and the world. Between 2007 and 2009 she has been a member
of Berenika Kmiec's Tanztheater company Raum B, with which she
performed at several contemporary dance festivals.
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 Her artist name gathers all the origins of oriental dance. Mihrimah is a Persian name meaning "sun and moon". It is also the name of a Turkish princess who had two mosques built in Istanbul named after her. Ghaziya is an Egyptian word. Its origin and meaning remains till today unclear. It is usually translated as "conqueror (of the hearts)". A ghaziya was, till the beginning of the 20th century, an Egyptian street dancer, usually a woman of gypsy origin. Sometimes
it's blood memory [...] not the blood your mother and father gave you
[...] but that which stretches back two or three thousand years. Martha Graham, Blood Memory (1991) |
