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Who is the dancer Sitamun? Sitamun began teaching Belly Dance classes in the Frederick, Maryland area the fall of 2000. Sitamun has studied Belly Dance since 1985 in the US and in Europe with a variety of master teachers. Her studies of Middle Eastern Dance have included Ghawazee, Turkish Oriental, Egyptian Oriental, Raks el-Sayf (Sword Dancing), Turkish spoon dance, Gypsy (ROM) Dance, Khaleegi (Saudi or Gulf "Thobe Nashal" Dance), Raks al Assaya (Cane Dance), Raks al Shemadan(Candelabrum Dance) and Spanish Fusion. She is renowned for her Raks Al Senniyya (Tray Dance). Besides classical oriental style and folkloric styles of Middle Eastern Dance, she has studied ballet, jazz and tap. She continues to refine her belly dance skills by studying Egyptian Style Rak Sharki and taking seminars and workshops with Master Teachers. She is also a practitioner of Yoga and has recently taken up Pilates. Her performances have been at ethnic festivals, private parties, dance reviews, belly grams, and restaurants. She was a member of, Dancers of the Blue Nile Troupe, from 1990 -1994 under the direction of Nazife. Recently Sitamun has been feature in articles in the Frederick News and Post and the Frederick Gazette. In November 2002 she taught Belly Dance instruction for the Student Culture Society at Mount Saint Mary’s and performed in their Gala Dance Review that feature dancing from around the world. She now directs her own student dance troupe, Tears of Aset. Her troupe has performed not only locally but has delighted audiences from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Sitamun believes dancing is for everyone no matter how young or old they maybe. She enjoys creating her own original choreographs. She modifies and blends the techniques of Turkish and Egyptian styles to form her own unique style of Raks Sharki. Along with teaching and performing, she is also a workshop and show sponsor. Outside of Belly Dance, Sitamun is a certified Webmaster and holds a BA in Spanish Studies and Art. She is also an Ancient Egyptian history enthusiast and developed the website maatkare.com, a site devoted to Queen Hatshepsut. She selected her dance name to display her admiration for this historical era. Sitamun is pronounced similar to sit a moon in English.
There were several Royal Queens and Princesses of Ancient Egypt that held the name Sitamun. I take my name from a Royal Princess and a Queen of Amenhotep III. Sitamun lived during the 18th Dynasty, and was the eldest daughter of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his chief Queen Tiy (1391-1353 B.C.). Sitamun is often dipicted in art playing the sistrum before her parents and many of her images show her wearing the lotus crown with royal cobra or gazelle at the brow accompanied by her signature short nubian style wig. Some scholars also believe Sitamun may have held the title "God's Wife of Amun" during her father's reign. Queen Tiy urged her husband, Amenhotep III, to accept Sitamun as a consort, many scholars feel this marriage was symbolic of the goddess Hathor and the Goddess' relationship to her father, husband; as daughter and mother of the God Ra. Sitamun is believed by some scholars to be the mother of Tut'ankhamun as a result of this marriage, however, there is no evidence that suggests Sitamun bore her father-husband any children. Sitamun is depicted on many monuments with her father and mother and royal sisters. Sitamun had two royal brothers Thutmose and Amenhotep IV(Akhenaten)and five known royal sisters: Henut-Taneb, Isis, Nebetah, and Beketaten. Although it appears she was an “heiress princess” there is no evidence that she was a wife of Amenhotep IV(Akhenaten). A chair that belonged to Sitamun was founded in her maternal grandparents' tomb. This chair is now housed in the Cairo Museum. She was buried with her father and mother at Thebes. In Ancient Egyptian Sitamun means "daughter of Amun". Amun was a favored god of the 18th Dynasty. Princess-Queen Sitamun's held several titles.... Singer of the Lord of the Two Lands King’s Wife, King’s Great Wife, King’s Daughter, King’s Daughter Whom He Loves, Eldest Daughter of the King, Great Daughter of the King Whom He Loves.
Raks Sharki Technique on Workshop Level Amaya(AZ), Morroco(NY), Serena(NY), Kathryn Ferguson(AZ), Bert Balladine(CA), Suzanna Del Vecchio(CO), Nawga Saadi(PA), Margo Abdo O'dell(MN), Latifa(MD), Mona Said(Egypt), Aziza(OR/QC), Momo Kadous(Egypt/Germany), Zahra Zuhair(CA), Yasmina Ramzy(Canada)
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