BERNA can be found at a variety of restaurants and gathering places in Pittsburgh...look for her as a featured performer at Gypsy Cafe on the South Side and at Istanbul in Lawrenceville. Check back often for when and where to see her!
Want Berna to be a part of your event?
Contact her here: bernadancer[at]gmail[dot]com.
Berna is available for performance as a soloist and with a group, accompanied by CD or live music. She would be delighted to be part of your next weddng, annversary party, girls night out, birthday, corporate or socal event! Drawng from her years of experience and diverse reptertoi, Berna is a professional artist that will provide a high quality, unique family friendly show for you and your guests.
Consider hiring Berna for 1001 Nights parties, workshops, demonstrations and small group or private lessons. She also works with numerous artists in the Pittsburgh comunity and would be happy to collaborate in story-telling, dance, music and even a henna and face painting party!
February 4th, 2012 - Private 80th Birthday Party
February 5th, 2012 - Phipps Conservatory
Indian Bollywood Fusion with Ruby Jain to celebrate the opening of the Tropical Forest India exhibit opening! Phipps Conservatory
April 14th, 2012 - Qaina Festival Show, Akron, Ohio.
Performances by Berna and her students! Support the Tri-State Belly Dance community! Contact Jezebel for tickets!
April 19th-22nd, 2012 - Legends of Raq
Fabulous weekend of dance, exploring the origins of contempory American belly dance. Legends of Raq
2011
First Night Pittsburgh -- August Wilson Center
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Beledi Bellies and Friends at Washington and Jefferson College
Casablanca Cabaret in Carnegie
Ishtar's Vintage Bellydance Show @ the Geyer Performing Arts, Scottdale, PA
World Fair Trade Day @ 10,000 Villages in Squirrel Hill
La Belle Sultana, Beledi Bellies and Friends celebrate World Bellydance Day at the International Children's Festival Community Stage
Weekend Workshop and Gala show featuring Kweilin Nassar
Gala show with Lisa Zahiya at Istanbul Cafe
Day in the Middle East featured instructor
Private Birthday Party
Featured Performer First Night at Gypsy Cafe
2010 and Prior
Numerous private parties, weddings and engagements
Duquesne University
Chatham University Convocation, Turkish Celebration
Byham Theater, Haute Pink Pittsburgh
Hard Rock Cafe, Pittsburgh, Legends and Inspirations
International Children's Festival, University of Pittsburgh, Oakland
Silk Screen Festival Red Carpet Gala, Omni William Penn
Downtown Gallery Crawl, Theater Square Park, Pittsburgh
Istanbul Cafe Halflas
Gypsy Cafe, Bingham Street, Southside
Hookah Bookah, East Carson Street, Southside
Jasmine Middle Eastern Restaurant
Crate Cooking School Middle Eastern Night
Shimmy and Taxim Student and Community Shows
Il Troubadore (Rex Theatre)
Jill Parker Gala Show, Morgantown, WV
QAINA -- A day of dance and music, Akron, OH
Yalla! Gala Dance show featuring Momo Kadous and Moria Chappel, Cleveland, OH
African Arts in the Park, sponsored by Umoja Dance Company
International Evening of Music and Dance -- Goodwill Literacy Initiative