Sabina Zaida´s essence is the wish to capture reality in a artistic way. She enjoyes molding her life after the measures of art! Therefore, she turns to myths, ferry tales, nature, dreams and unconscious things. Nevertheless, she does not lose contact to reality. Quote: "…my romantic utopia of putting world change into dancing is based on an artistic life…!" She embodies this attitudes in shows and teachings throughout her professional life. She understands her role as romantic innovator of oriental dance. Sabina Zaida starts her dance career with classic ballet (Studio Hedy Wölke). Later she adds Jazz dance at Milton´s Dance Studio, and studies Flamenco at Adela´s workshops. Hence, she begins her oriental dance career fairly late. But why?Quote, Sabina: "I am just like other women of my generation whose parents urged to learn a "real" profession. However, I always wanted to become a professionl dancer and when I discovered belly dancing with 20 years, it was big relief. I have always loved dance and music, since I was a small child. This feeling has not gotten any weaker ever since. The oriental dance affected me literally over night! I did not know about belly dancing except for the dance features in U.S. musical films of the 30s-60s. It seemed unlikely to find or learn anything like that here in Germany.I was delighted when a Turkish family member who lived in my parent's house invited me over to his girl-friends resident. She revealed late that night that she is an oriental dancer.

Also, she asked me to dance. First, I declined, but decided to try it hours later. Booom, it hit me!! -That was is! The oriental dance slowly and gently captured me and freed my spirits.
I would like to recommend something to all young dancers, who are at the beginning of their careers:
Try to stay free of any prejudices. Collect simple practical and theoretical knowledge. Open yourself to all elements of dance. Approach all performances with humour and relaxation. Most importantly, dance because of being happy about your body, the music and, of course to make the audience happy. Don´t try to judge "right" from "wrong"; then this dance will bring you great freedom."
Sabina Zaida tries out at Berlin's two most renown belly dance studios, owned by Karayilan and Beata Zadou, for two months. She feels that everything does not move fast enough, though. She quits her lessons there and transfers to Kathrin Ferguson (USA), Feyrouz (USA), Reda (Cairo), in order to take intensive, private dance lessons. Further else, she attaches herself to choreographer Dr. Mo Geddawi and his teachings. He provides her with the right feeling for Arabic dance and its culture.

Percussionist and arranger, Sayed Balaha, teaches her rhythm and art of Arabian music. In order to more intensively advance her education, Sabina extensively studies Arabic and American Raqs Sharki videos. These videos feature: Suheila Salimpour (USA), Kathrin Ferguson (USA), Suhair Saki (Cairo), Nagwa Fuad (Cairo), Fifi Abdo (Cairo), Amani (Lebanon) and many more. This is the right and only way to advance for Sabina Zaida. She eventually finds her own ways of dancing. Her development becomes widely acknowledged and she is able to meet lots of international dance stars on her performances in Germany. People like her unique dancing and her open and warm attitude. These contacts eventually pay off as Sabina travels to France, Greece, Turkey and Spain for performances. All her performances and knowledge enabled Sabina Zaida to found the Academy for Oriental Showdance. She instructs her students through a very good curriculum. Graduates can become oriental dance instructors or oriental dancers. She closes her dancing school in 2000 and continues with giving private lessons, holding workshops and private coach sessions for soloists and ensembles. These motivated dancers receive special attention, if they want to expand their educational horizons with other related themes, such as stage performances / self-presentation, applicable tricks and other special topics.

As the years progress, Sabina Zaida meets Nabila Sabha, who becomes her professional friend that she appreciates. Both of their paths crossed during their individual careers all the time. Both developed a big affinity for each other. Quote, Sabina:
"Yes, Nabila and I know each other since 1989. We met and at various oriental dance events and shows and regularly left as one of the last guests at Berlin´s night clubs. This was almost legendary!
In 1998, I had the idea to start a repetitive gala-event with a small bazaar as well as matinee. The project was called Bazar Oriental. I was able to deal with the arrangements in ´98, but the event mutated and the work load stifled me in ´99. Therefore, I asked my long-term dance friend, Nabila Sabha, to help me organizing it. Since the event was booming, we expanded its reach to bigger oriental fairs in North and Nort-East Germany in 2000. That was the reason why I decided to shut down my dance studio. -There was no time remaining, because fair and magazine work totally occupied me!"All the different international informationa and worldwide contacts of the active dance scene created the basis for the publiushing of our oriental dance magazone Bazar Oriental. Sabina Zaida desired to connect Germany´s oriental dance scene. Networking, connecting, interacting. The German oriental show and event magazine was issued accompanying the respective fairs from 2001-2006. Quote, Sabina:
"Although I am engaging in several events, such as fairs, shows and yearbook projects, I don't forget to further my education. I am interested in dancing (musical star of Cats and West Side Story) and spiritual things, such as Yoga and Meditation. To me, Oriental dance really describes an aspect of spirituality. The dance changed me, which was not always to the delight of others. I somewhat worked my way from the outside to the inside, in order to grow mentally. Of course, I am not free of faults and continue working with and through oriental dancing, so I can better grow."Sabina Zaida and her colleague will continue to connect the worldwide oriental dance scene. It is important to exchange different dance facets, music and culture as well as connecting its people.