Adara was first inspired by middle-eastern culture on her travels to Israel as well as her time living in Portland, Oregon where she met belly dancers who specialized in fusion belly dance and belly dance theater. A lifelong musician, she holds a degree in Music and Jazz Performance Art and is currently certified in Rachel Brice's 8 Elements of Belly Dance (Level 1) and Zoe Jakes' Dancecraft format (Level 2). ​In addition to 25 years of music study and 12 years in-depth dance study, Adara is an experienced choreographer who wrote the original productions Dance of the Elements (2017) and Dreamscapes (2023). She has taken classes and intensives with world-renowned belly dance super stars such as Rachel Brice, Zoe Jakes, Sylvia Salamanca, Moria Chappell, and more. She has been a featured soloist and headliner in Madison's belly dance festival, Shimmy in the Grain, taught her own unique style of health-oriented belly dance movement classes in Madison, Wisconsin, and hosted workshops in Green Bay, Appleton, Madison, and Oshkosh focused on choreography, theatricality, and musicality and zil playing for dancers. Performance collaborations have included Navah Mirage, Mirage Fusionistas, Tamarind Belly Dance, Oudist Colony, and Aylin. ​Adara currently performs as a soloist and guest artist throughout the midwestern United States, and teaches dance classes in Sun Prairie, WI.

Adara currently teaches classes in the Madison area, performs as a solo dance artist, and plays flute with fusion band Oudist Colony . 

Performance Repertoire

  • Fusion Evolution 2019, 2023, 2024
  • Dreamscapes Fusion Dance Show 2023
  • WAMfest 2022, 2023
  • Art Street 2013-2023
  • Artigras Green Bay 2012-2023
  • Tamarind Union 2019 - 2024
  • Turkish Kitchen 2023-2024
  • Caspian Grill 2022-2023
  • Casablanca Middle Eastern Restaurant 2023
  • Mediterranean Hookah Lounge 2019
  • Dance of the Elements show 2017
  • Shimmy in the Grain Belly Dance Festival Headliner 2016
  • Dance Extravaganza at Aurora's Apothecary 2021-2022
  • Various haflas and private parties 2013-2023

 

Workshops & Classes Taught

  • Dreamscapes Choreography Classes 2021 - 2023

  • Zil Skills and Hybrid Counting 2021

  • Dance of the Elements Choreography Classes 2015-2017

  • Sense of Self Beginner Fusion Series 2017

  • Tribal Raq, Lock, Pop and Roll Intermediate Level Workshop December 2016

  • Belly Dance Theatricality Workshop September 2016

  • Music in Motion Zil Workshop July 2016

  • Tribal Fusion Combo Class December 2015

  • Zil Drills and Combos Series June 2015