Belly Princess - LIINA Cheung

香港著名中東肚皮舞專家

Belly Princess Studio & Production「火樹舞蹈創作室」的創辦人兼 藝術總監、現任Hong Kong Belly Dance Association「香港肚皮舞協會」主席，同時亦是肚皮舞界活躍的導師及舞者。她熱愛舞蹈教育和表演工作，同時致力鑽研並推廣肚皮舞，讓更多人了解其優雅的內涵和深厚的文化底蘊。

Liina自幼習舞，曾研習Ballet、Chinese、Jazz、Modern、Tap dance等，具備超過二十年經驗。 於1998年考入香港演藝學院，隨恩師 - 香港著名爵士舞老師 Mohamed Drissi主修音樂劇舞蹈 (Musical Theatre Dance)。 為專業舞者，多次獲邀參與著名歌手之大型演出，其中包括張國榮、鄭秀文、容租兒、許志安和蕭亞軒等等。

她早在1995年於歐洲留學期間已開始研習肚皮舞，及後定期遠赴中東地區如埃及和土耳其等國家，精研深造其舞蹈技巧，並參與全球最大型的國際肚皮舞蹈節 “Ahlan Wa Sahlan”及 “Nile Group Dance Festival”。

曾拜訪及跟隨多位中東肚皮舞大師，與世界各地頂尖的肚皮舞者切磋舞藝；其中包括有大師Mahmoud Reda, Raqia Hassan, Randa Kamel, Asmahan, Farouk Moustafa, Saida及Mario Kirlis等。更獲得國際著名舞蹈家、埃及舞蹈界之父- Mahmoud Reda先生親自授證為 “香港區首位榮譽導師”，亦為其舞蹈技巧訓練系統於香港區教學之代理人，大大地提升了她在肚皮舞界的地位。

Liina不僅是不少名人和明星的肚皮舞導師，還經常接受各大傳媒的專訪。於早前，獲TVB無線電視台邀請，為《歡樂滿東華》、《香港先生選舉》和《亮相》等節目，擔任舞蹈編排及壓軸肚皮舞表演嘉賓，獲得極佳評價。其後，她又接受ATV亞洲電視台節目「慧珊時尚坊」專訪，並受邀於TVB電視節目「都市閒情」之《每週Fit一Fit》和時尚雜誌ELLE網絡版《Lifestyle》作客席嘉賓導師。

同時，Liina 乃是Belly Aerobics「修身帶氧肚皮舞」在香港的始創人。她結合對肚皮舞的了解和自己的專業知識(包括考獲合資格之普拉提教練“Pilates Trainer”、私人體適能教練“Personal Fitness Trainer”及健康舞導師“Aerobics Instructor”等證書)，獨家首創以燒脂和瘦身為目標的「Belly Aerobics」，將優美的肚皮舞動作融合強勁的帶氧運動，再配合節奏明快的中東音樂，幫助塑造葫蘆身形！

此外，她更是全港首張肚皮舞教學影碟、由寰亞(Media Asia)及鉅星錄像發行(Mega Star) 之「生活新態度」系列: 《肚皮舞入門教學示範 DVD》 “A New Way of Living ~ Belly Princess Discovering Egypt” 之出品人兼監製。

除了是著名肚皮舞導師，Liina還舉辦很多大型活動，大力推廣中東肚皮舞藝術。除了舉辦一年一度的「香港肚皮舞周年舞會」、亦經常前往彼岸的亞洲地區如台灣、韓國等作舞蹈學術交流；並獲邀為肚皮舞比賽擔任評審及表演。最近，她名下的Belly Princess Studio & Production更邀請了埃及當今殿堂級的肚皮舞巨星Cairo Superstar “ASMAHAN” 首度來港，舉行表演晚宴舞會和主持一系列的肚皮舞大師工作坊。讓本港肚皮舞愛好者有機會上寶貴的一課，實屬舞蹈界的一大喜訊。

Renowned Hong Kong Belly Dance Specialist

Liina is the Founder and Artistic Director of “Belly Princess Studio & Production”, and the Chairman of “Hong Kong Belly Dance Association”. She is an active belly dance instructor and performer. Dedicated to dance education and performance, Liina is an avid promoter of oriental belly dance, its elegance and the deep cultural mystery of the art form.

With over 20 years of experience in various dance forms including Chinese dance, ballet, jazz, modern and tap, Liina began to study dance at a young age. She entered the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1998, majoring in Musical Theatre Dance under the guidance of distinguished Hong Kong jazz instructor Mohamed Drissi. She has been invited to perform in numerous large-scale concerts, including Lesley Cheung, Sammi Cheng, Joey Yung, Andy Hui, Elva Hsiao and many others.

In 1995, Liina began studying belly dance while attending school in Europe, and has been travelled to Egypt, Turkey and other Middle Eastern countries regularly to explore the technical aspects of the art form. She participated in “Ahlan Wa Sahlan” and “Nile Group Festival”, the largest belly dance festivals in the world.

Liina studied with many internationally renowned Middle Eastern belly dance masters and performers, including Mahmoud Reda, Raqia Hassan, Randa Kamel, Asmahan, Farouk Moustafa, Saida, Mario Kirlis and many more. She has been certified by the internationally celebrated artist and Egyptian dance master Mahmoud Reda as the first honorary instructor and the educational representative of his dance training system in Hong Kong, promoting her status in the belly dancing scene.

Besides the Middle East Arab countries, Liina also regularly visits regional Asian belly dance hotspots such as Taiwan, Korea for cultural exchange; she has also been invited to judge and perform in many belly dance competitions.

Liina is the belly dance instructor to many celebrities and a frequent object of interview by the media. She was invited by TVB’s “Annual Tung Wah Charity Show”, “Mr. Hong Kong Contest” and “Identity Show” as belly dance choreographer and performer in the entertainment portions of the programs. She was also interviewed by ATV program Trendy Guide and guest instructor on the segment Weekly Workout on TVB’s program Pleasure & Leisure and the Lifestyle section of ELLE online magazine.

Liina is also a certified Pilates trainer, personal fitness trainer and aerobics instructor. By combining her understanding of belly dance and professional knowledge in fitness, Liina has created “Belly Aerobics”, an aerobic program with fat burning and slimming as its objective. It incorporates the graceful moves in belly dance with powerful, aerobic activity and high-energy Middle Eastern music to produce the gorgeous hour glass silhouette!

Moreover, Liina Cheung is the producer & instructor of the first Hong Kong belly dance teaching DVD, distributed by Media Asia in cooperation with Mega Star Video, “~ A New Way of Living ~ Belly Princess Discovering Egypt”.

Apart from teaching belly dance, Liina frequently hosts large scale functions to publicize the art of belly dancing, like the Annual Belly Dance Party in Hong Kong. Most recently, her companies, “Belly Princess Studio & Production”, honored to sponsor and invite the Cairo Superstar “ASMAHAN”, one of the top belly dancers from Egypt, to come to Hong Kong. ASMAHAN will be performing at a gala dinner show. Additionally, she will be leading a series of professional belly dancing master workshops, giving a precious opportunity for all belly dance lovers in Hong Kong to learn from the belly dance star. Her arrival has been long awaited.

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