Rachel Bennett School of Bellydance – Upcoming Performances and Events in Berkshire and Beyond

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Upcoming events:

Bellydance classes announced - Find out more!

Christmas Cabaret – Saturday 6 December 2025 - 7.30pm – 9.30pm – Loddon Hall, Twyford
This is our exclusive student end-of-term showcase! For tickets, click here and independent performance applications open from 1st September for enrolled RBSB students. To apply, please email Rachel’s Hotmail account with your song track and full dance details.

Highlights from Rachel’s previous bellydance events:

Summer and Snowflake Spectacular Student Showcases from 2008 to 2025

Maidenhead Festival - 2017, 2018, 2019

Fairy Festival – 2017, 2018, 2019

Maidenhead Town Show – 2019

Woodley’s 1st Music Festival – Sat 6 July 2019, Woodley Town Centre, Reading.

Wargrave Village Summer Festival Dance Show – Sat 22 June 2019 7.30-10.30pm, Wargrave, Berkshire

Oriental Nights Haflah – 2019, London

Casbah Cabaret Deluxe:

Workshops and Showcase starring Yasmina of Cairo, September 2020, Twyford
Afternoon workshop & showcase with Ozgen - May 2019, Twyford

Soloist at Hossam Ramzy’s El Berencesca Album Launch Party, London Hippodrome Oct 2018

Rachel performed & taught at Dance around the Globe haflah & workhops, 8-10 June 2018

Reading Mela – Diwali Celebrations 2017, 2019, 2022

Artigiano Bar’s Bellydance Cabaret, Reading 2017

Maidenhead Festival - 2017, 2018

RBSB Troupe: Stars of the Orient performing at a ball in aid of the British Hearts Foundation - Sat 16 Sep 2017, Madjeski Stadium Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Reading

Bastille Day Celebrations – 2017, 2018, 2019, Reading

Rachel and her Troupe were Guest Stars at Bollywood Jalwa 2017 Reading 2017, 2018

Reading Pride Fundraiser, 2017

Slough Diversity Day Celebrations - Saturday 20th May 2017, Slough

Dance for Clean Oceans - Reading 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

Middle Eastern Lights – Christmas Corporate Party – 20 December 2016, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Reading

Windsor on Ice 2016

Majma Dance Festival - March 2016-2018 and headlining 2020, Glastonbury

Celebrating Dance Festival 15th Anniversary Celebration - Supporting Artist - October 2015, Toorak Hotel, Torquay, Devon

Sheikh It! Show, Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames, 22 October 2014

Club Baklava Bellydance Showcase - Thurs 9 Oct 2014

Judge at Bellydance Trophies 1st Quarter Finals 2013 and Guest Performer at Bellydance Trophies Final 2012 - London

Shehnai Banqueting Hall, Christmas Corporate Entertainment and Events, Reading, 7, 8 and 14 Dec 2012. Masquerade Ball, Sat 15 October 2016 featuring Rachel and her bellydance troupe: the Stars of the Orient

Bellydance Odyssey: a dazzling evening featuring the first ever graduates from the Hossam and Serena Ramzy School of Egyptian Music and Dance, November 2012

Guest star at MADN Bellydance Show - Sat 26 Nov 2011, Cardiff, Wales

Workshops with Rachel Bennett from multi-style choreographies to stage presence - 2010 to present

Co-hosting workshop and foundation course with Hossam and Serena Ramzy - 2011, 2012, 2013

Shimmytastic Bellydance Party Night, Showcase & Disco, Berkshire - 2011 to present

Arabesque Nights Showcase – Thurs 1 July 2010, Thurs 2 June 2011, Thurs 5 April 2012 & Thurs 1 Aug 2013, London

Majma - Hossam & Serena Ramzy Dance Company UK Tour - Fri 4 to Sun 6 March 2011, Glastonbury

Dance Queens of the Nile - Sat 5 February 2011, Bloomsbury Theatre, London and Sat 25 June 2011, East Grinstead, Surrey

Saqarah Showcase, February and October 2008; November 2009, June 2010, London, UK

Hossam and Serena Ramzy Dance Company Tours 2007 - 2012 including seasonal corporate event at The Dorchester Hotel, London

The Boss is Coming to Dinner - Channel 5 & The Discovery Channel - August 2010 - On demand TV - Show Listing

Planet Egypt - London Bellydance Showcase - May 2016, February 2011, September 2010, February 2010 & 2009, April 2008, May & September 2007, London, UK

Silk Route Arabian Cabaret Showcase – May 2015, July 2013, May 2012, November 2011, May 2011, January 2010 and June 2009, London, UK

Artist in residence at Silk Route Arabic Showcase - November 2010, London

London African Music Festival - Soloist with Hossam and Serena Ramzy - September 2008, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, UK

Persian-Egyptian-Turkish Music and Dance Festival - solo performance with Hossam & Serena Ramzy - Friday 18 April 2008, Bath, Avon