After more than two decades working as a professional oriental dancer, Randa Kamel still remains one of the most famous and valued egyptian dancers, because of her own particular style, full of energy, as well as a teacher that has shared her knowledge with thousand of pupils all around the world. 

 

When she is in Egypt, Randa appears in weddings, parties and in the Nile Maxim cruiser. Even if her own orchestra is composed of 28 musicians (percussion, “nay”, keys, accordion, violin, guitar, piano, double bass, brass and three singers).  During the rest of the time, she travels around the world teaching in seminaries.

 

She also organizes her own dance  festival in Egypt, Raqs Of Course.

 

Her history

 

Randa Kamel was born in Mansoura, Egypt. When she was a kid, she had many problems with her family because she used to dance in her friends and neighbours weddings and in scholar festivals. In that traditionalist city, her family disapproved her pleasure of dancing. At the age of 15, she began studying egyptian folklore with the famous group Reda. She took part of it during 7 years. Nevertheless, she never attended to oriental dance courses, she always developed her own style.  Even if she is a psychologist (which is a discipline that helps her to be a dancer), Randa began her career as a professional dancer at the age of 21, in Alexandria. She lived there for two years.  Afterwards, she moved on to El Cairo and worked in restaurants and cabarets during four months until she began to work in Meridien hotel. There, she shared the stage during a week with the famous dancer Fifi Abdou.  Randa danced as soloist in the hotel´s night show for two years, and later she began to work in Nile Maxim, a luxury cruiser that sails through the Nile river.