Rachael Refern's "The Nobles" Project

Ana Antunes

@ana_carolina.antunes

Ana Antunes is a Brazilian dancer with a background in ballet, jazz, and Brazilian dance traditions. For more than a decade, she has dedicated her work to Tribal Fusion Bellydance, where these influences come together within her movement practice. Her work is characterized by thoughtful research, technical precision, and a sensitive approach to movement, creating a style that reflects both her diverse training and her continuing exploration of dance.

Set to “Domina” by Faraualla, this piece blends influences from bellydance, classical dance, and elements inspired by Brazilian and Romani dance traditions. Through a personal movement language, it explores fluidity, rhythm, and cultural fusion.

@mara.fusion

Mara Fusion is a Fusion Bellydancer bringing more than 20 years of experience to the stage. Beginning her dance journey in 2005 and teaching from the age of 18, she previously performed under the name Kahina Spirit, collaborating with metal bands and touring across Europe.

As the founder of the dark performance project Ignis Fatuus Luna, Mara now focuses on dark modern and Indian fusion styles. Originally from Portugal and currently based in Edinburgh, she continues to shape a distinctive artistic voice that blends intensity, storytelling, and powerful stage presence.

Mara

Antonia

Instagram: @anto9na Facebook: Antonia Zettl Tiktok: @antoninabellyrina

Antonia is a fusion dancer based in Munich, Germany, whose passion for dance and its community takes her to stages across Europe and Central Asia. The same artistic drive that shapes her work as a filmmaker and photographer also lies at the heart of her dance: storytelling. Whether inspired by subtle emotions from everyday life or powerful ancient myths, she transforms these influences into rich imagery through movement and costuming.

Candlelight explores humankind’s ancient fascination with the hypnotic flicker of fire — small sparks of life glowing within the darkness. This Fusion-style piece plays with the balance of a candelabra, weaving together both slow and rapid body isolations.

Estefanía is a dancer and energy healer from Mexico, now based in London. Throughout her journey, dance has become the form of expression that moves and transforms her most deeply.

Rooted in a spiritual worldview that centers the body and the senses, and attuned to a mysterious presence that moves through us, between us, and all around us, she experiences dance as a portal — an invitation into deeper communion with the paradox of being alive as both transcendent and impermanent beings.

Estefania

Twisted Harmony

FB: Anna Kuzma (Annatara) & Edina Bozso-Ryan. Insta: annatara.fusion & edinabryan

Twisted Harmony is a London-based dance duo formed by Annatara and Edina. Having trained in fusion for several years, they share a deep love of music and creative expression. Together, they use dance to bridge styles, push boundaries, and explore new artistic paths. Their latest piece, Buddha, is a captivating blend of mysticism, ritual, and storytelling.

This fusion piece tells the story of two spirits discovering what it means to live within a human body.

Sara has been studying Fusion Bellydance with Rachael Redfern for over five years, building on a strong foundation developed through several years of training in traditional styles. For Fusion Fest, she is excited to bring her debut sword solo back to the stage.

Sara

JunJun

@junecoma

Junjun is a Japanese Fusion Bellydancer whose journey in dance began in childhood with jazz training. Since then, she has studied a wide range of styles, including ballet, hip hop, African dance, and Kandyan dance, the traditional dance form of Sri Lanka. In 2018, she discovered Fusion Bellydance and became captivated by the style, beginning her training with Yu-mi in Osaka and Michelle in Tokyo.

Since 2020, Junjun has earned several first-place awards at national competitions in Japan. She has also been training with Rachel since September 2025, continuing to deepen and evolve her artistic journey.

Tonight’s Fusion Bellydance piece explores the theme of Awakening.

@jessica_arcana @freyjahowls

Freyja Howls spent her formative years island-hopping among a colorful cast of down-and-out artists — showgirls, clowns, and finger-strumming barflies. Now a London-based writer and psychotherapist by day, she still feels the enduring call of vaudeville when night falls.

Jessica Arcana is an emerging visual artist whose work weaves together symbolism, introspection, and esoteric research.

This performance marks their first collaboration together, drawing inspiration from Only Lovers Left Alive to create a shared world of mystery and atmosphere.

Freya & Jessica

Sarah Stone

@Snake__Woman

Sarah Stone is a passionate Fusion Bellydancer who began taking classes in 2012, quickly became captivated by the art form, and never looked back. Over the years, she has performed as a soloist at numerous bellydance and burlesque shows, competed at the MoveIt festival, and danced as part of Alexis Southall’s Juniper Project and Collective.

Most recently, Sarah has continued her training as part of Catherine Taylor’s Idalia student group.

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Animation, Butoh, and waving form Vleer’s primary movement vocabularies. Blending these styles with a dark sensuality, she breathes life into an empty vessel.

Who knew robots could feel so much…

Vleer

Marek

Marek is a FCBD® certified teacher and Certified Studio based in Essex with regular classes in London.​ He has devoted over 10 years to studying and teaching this organic, improvised style and has studied with all the FCBD®️ greats and teaches workshops all over the world.

He is well recognised for his strong carriage, elegant precision and subtle yet powerful attention to the foundations of this style. He has an organic, nurturing teaching style and likes to keep fun at the heart of his workshops.

Tiare Valouria Performance Project

Georgia

twist3d.oak.dance

Georgia, based in the South West of England, is a fusion dancer known for her ability to freestyle within her performances, skilfully balancing musicality with technique.

This fusion piece explores the theme of mysticism, beginning with a teapot balanced on the dancer’s head before unfolding into a slinky, glitchy styled fusion performance.

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Aggeliki is delighted to be returning to London for a third year — a city that holds a special place in her heart. She feels deeply grateful to be dancing alongside such incredible performers and looks forward to reconnecting, finding inspiration, and once again enjoying the many amazing performances the festival brings.

This year, she presents Liwydwyrdd, a piece inspired by an album that profoundly shaped her journey over the past year, allowing her to channel the enchanting energy of nature and its mysteries.

Having danced for 11 years, what began as a hobby has grown into a true source of joy, expression, and connection in her life. Expect swamp nymph vibes, earthy energy, and a touch of magic ✨

Aggeliki

Friederike

@friederike_fs

Friederike has been practicing Fusion Bellydance for over a decade and has trained with renowned international dancers in the field. Her performances are characterized by a strong stage presence, expressive movement, creative choreography, and a distinctive taste in alternative music.

Tonight, she presents a new choreography set to the iconic “The Vampyre of Time and Memory” by Queens of the Stone Age — a piece that explores themes of longing and the feeling of not belonging.

Yela.bellydance

Joining us from Germany, Yela has been practicing bellydance for over two decades and has long been drawn to the world of Tribal Fusion. In recent years, she has deepened her dedication to the style, continuing to explore and refine her artistic expression through its unique movement language.

Tonight’s performance - Pythia is a serpentine Tribal Fusion choreography inspired by mystery and transformation.

Yela Bez

Holly

@hollythelamb

Holly Amber is an artist and performer from London. After discovering bellydance through a chance revelation during a tarot session, she began studying Egyptian Raqs Sharqi before ultimately finding her calling in Fusion Bellydance.

Over the years, Holly has performed both nationally and internationally, appearing everywhere from iconic stages alongside rock bands Boris and Black Honey to the AFC Awards in Oman. Her style is shaped by her love of vintage aesthetics, adornment, and ritual — all infused with a healthy dose of showgirl sass.

Holly is also a member of Curious Verses and performs as a go-go dancer with The Meyer Dancers, a group specializing in vintage dance technique.

@theopiumflower

Alexandra is an Anglo-Spanish artist based in Barcelona whose path is deeply rooted in the body and its relationship to movement. She sees the body as the territory we inhabit, and movement as the map that reveals our inner landscape. A performer, dance teacher, and Dance Movement Therapist, she is deeply passionate about accompanying and witnessing others through their own embodied creative processes.

With an extensive background in classical dance and theatre, Alexandra has spent years exploring diverse dance styles and movement practices. She holds a degree in Performing Arts and Contemporary Performance. Dance and performance have long been central anchors in her life — movement is her way of being in and relating to the world. It remains an endless source of fascination; the deeper she explores, the more there is to uncover.

She is particularly drawn to creative processes that emerge from a bodily perspective, using inner exploration as a pathway toward revealing deeper layers of the self. For Alexandra, dance becomes a powerful vehicle for fully inhabiting oneself, feeling at home in the body, and discovering who we are.

Much of her inspiration comes from the dialogue between artistic forms — film, poetry, theatre, painting, sculpture, and architecture. She approaches movement as something sculpted from raw material, carefully carving away what is unnecessary to reveal an authentic form beneath. Her style emphasizes drama and theatricality, often exploring dark feminine archetypes and narratives that bring forth themes of sovereignty, shadow work, and feminine power.

Alexandra Ferrie

Marta Eres

Marta Eres is a pioneer of Fusion Bellydance in Spain and a performer and choreographer dedicated to exploring self and identity through dance. She is the creator of the Integral Dance for Tribal Fusion® method. For more than 25 years, Marta has researched the balance between body and mind, as well as the relationship between the individual and the collective, drawing from disciplines such as yoga, Gestalt therapy, contemporary dance, and various dance forms. Her work combines technique, presence, and a distinct stage vision, weaving together inspirations from broken flamenco wrists, classical forms, and contained power.
Tonight, Marta brings us Fusion Bellydance infused with Spanish flavor — broken wrists and folkloric arms, sharp movements blended with flowing suspensions. Through dance as an alchemy of personal transformation, she creates a new character each time she steps onto the stage.

Rachael Refern

Tiare

Tiare Valouria is a multifaceted artistic powerhouse, internationally celebrated as a performer, master teacher and visionary. Her enchanting performances thin the veils between reality and the otherworld.

​She is head maven of ANIMARA, the online school for dance and practical magic, the Director of Valourian Theatre Dance Company and Producer of the annual Witches Ball of the West.

Marek FCBD Group