About Hilde

Bio

Originally from Belgium, Hilde moved to Brighton in 2004 to pursue her career as a dancer. At a young age she became passionate about dance and she took her first dance class in 1996. She started with street dance and funk classes with Majid Ghadiri (NL), Marsha Momerency, Haider and Saho (BE), but it wasn't long before she discovered belly dance. For years to come she practised the different Middle Eastern techniques and rhythms and took regular classes with Serkan and Sarah Chebaro (BE) and workshops with an endless list of performers and instructors from all over the globe, such as Rachel Brice, Mardi Love, Frederique, Amy Sigil from Unmata, Mira Betz, Zoe Jakes, Kami Liddle, Sharon Kihara, Samantha Emanuel, Aziza, Ava Fleming, Ariellah, Heather Stants from Urban Tribal , Suhaila Salimpour and Carolena Nericcio from Fat Chance Belly Dance (US) to name a few.

Over the past 15 years, she has been studying flamenco, ATS, contemporary dance, ballet, jazz, street dance, tribal fusion and Egyptian dance to expand her horizons. Over the years she has created her own unique style of dancing, where Middle Eastern dance techniques are combined with other styles of dance.

In September 2009 she started a 2 year diploma course at the Laban school of Dance (one of the world's finest dance schools) bringing her focus to choreography, choreological studies, contemporary dance, ballet, Jazz and Physical theatre, to understand dance in a broader context.

 

Hilde is Fat Chance Belly Dance certified (ATS general skills - September 2007) and received certificate of Achievement (August 2007) for the JWAAD teacher training foundation course. In addition, she has twice taken the performance intensive (April 2009 and November 2009) with Mira Betz, one of her most influential teachers and performers. She also recently completed the Laban 2009 Summer School intensive, a 2 week dance intensive focusing on Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Physical Theatre and Yoga.

Hilde has a Bachelors degree in teaching (Leuven, Belgium) and a BA Hons in Dance and Visual Arts (Brighton, UK). She began teaching street dance in Belgium in 2000 and belly dance in the UK since 2004 and has performed at numerous events around the world, such as Brighton Orient, de Wereldfeesten, Sport en Spel dag, the Brighton Fringe Festival, Glade Festival, Tribalondon, Bloodmoon,... she often performs with the Balkan brass band Fanfara. She has often been a guest performer with Voodoo Vaudeville and the Aviator club and has performed together with Phil Thornton

In 2007 she founded the Masmoudi Dance Theatre that combines tribal and fusion belly dance together with various other dance styles. Ever since they have performed together in Hilde's shows side by side with other performers such as Moirai, Mira Betz and Unmata, each of which sold out completely and was a great success. For upcoming performances of Masmoudi and Hilde, please click here.