Joana Saahirah of Cairo in Ireland doing a tabla solo

Dancing without my orchestra is, probably, the hardest thing I do in my beloved job. For the last years, I´ve been used to perform with some of the best egyptian musicians in the Cairo market so how can I FEEL anything when it comes to dancing, once more, on a dead music reproduced by cds?!

I try, though...and the audience´s appreciation and enthusiasm save me from total suffering. Somehow, they make up for the musicians absence.
This is one of my performances in a gorgeous ballroom of the Charleville castle, Tullamore (Ireland).

Already missing this castle and this irish audience...:)