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Daleela has won numerous awards for her excellent performances and choreography, including the prestigious Sacramento Elly Award for her lead role as the gypsy dancer Esmeralda in Garbeau's Family Theatre's production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. She also danced award-winning performances in Magana Baptiste's Ms. America of the Belly Dance contest in San Francisco, 1995 and 1996. Daleela was the featured belly dancer in the Indian film, Daulat, and produced three different educational dance programs for The Sacramento Channel.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission has certified Daleela Morad to teach three different educational dance workshops/performances to K-12 schools and adult community organizations; she is listed in their Arts Education Resource Directory. Daleela strives to perpetuate the rich culture of the Egyptian people through dance performances at schools, cultural and community events. Her mission is to educate both children and adults about Egyptian culture, and the Egyptian dances that have been passed down from mother to daughter for hundreds of generations.
Daleela's recently released how-to, self-help book, Belly Dance Wisdom, has been featured on KCRA Channel 3's Common Ground, The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Magazine, The Davis Aggie and was featured in several acclaimed dance magazines. A trained professional in both belly dance and Psychology (Masters in Psychology), Daleela shares her empowering dance story and how to connect to a powerful feminine wisdom and a female spirituality sorely lacking in our culture.