CV
Past International Performances, Workshops and DVD releases
- March 30th to April 1st 2013 Ethnik Season: Bohemian Flavor with Manca Pavli, Samantha Emanuel, Saida Toulouse France
- March 9th and 10th 2013 Vagabond Princess Workshops Innsbruck Austria
- February 16th and 17th 2013 Tribal Fusion Express Samantha Emanuel, Violet Scrap and Lamia Barbara. Rome, Italy
- February 9th and 10th 2013 Offenbach Germany
- December 13th to 16th 2012 Tribal Bash Berlin! Intensive workshops with Horacio and Beata Cifuentes! Also guest teachers: Tjarda, Manca Pavli and Patricia Zarnovican
- December 8th and 9th 2012 Vagabond Princess Workshop Intensive Weekend in Totnes Devon UK
- November 24th and 25th 2012 COPENHAGEN Tribal Cafe SOLD OUT Workshops and Show. Denmark
- November 10th and 11th 2012 Vagabond Princess Workshop Intensive Weekend in Totnes Devon UK
- October 27th and 28th 2012 Vagabond Princess Workshop Intensive Weekend in Totnes Devon UK
- October 19th and 20th 2012 Melbourne Australia Diaspora: A Tribal Fusion Intensive
- October 11th to 14th 2012 The Australian Tribal and Trance Fest, Parramatta Sydney Australia
- September 25th to 30th 2012 TORONTO CANADA The Dark Harvest Festival Featuring Heather Stants, Mira Betz, Vagabond Princess and Audra Simmons in Canada’s first non-traditional Belly Dance festival.
- August 30th to September 2nd 2012 BERLIN GERMANY TanzCifuentes Summer Festival 2012 Workshops and Performances with Rachel Brice, Samantha Emanuel, Mercedes Nieto and Patricia Zarnovican
- August 17th to 20th 2012 ARGENTINA Opa Fest! Samantha and Cera Byer. Workshops and Shows
- August 9th to 12th 2012 BRAZIL Shamans Fest Brazil Workshops and Shows
- August 2nd to 5th 2012 MEXICO Festival Tribal International 2012 Workshops and Shows with Carolena Nericcio, Colleena Shakti and Samantha in Mexico City.
- July 12th 2012 Tokyo JAPAN Show July 14th 2012 Tokyo workshops
- July 7th and 8th 2012 Osaka JAPAN Workshops and Show
- June 29th to July 1st 2012 Tirol AUSTRIA Workshops
- June 23rd 24th 2012 TRIBAL GATHERING York UK Workshops and Performance
- June 8th to 10th 2012 Barcelona Spain. Workshops and Performance with Samantha
- May 16th to 20th 2012 TRIBAL FEST California USA. Solo and collaborative workshops and performance with TJARDA
- April 21st to 22nd 2012 Hosted Bozenka for one day of workshops plus an evening show. The Barefoot Barn, Chagford Devon UK.
- April 13th to 15th 2012 Tallinn Estonia Workshops and Show
- April 6th to 8th 2012 Valencia Spain Professional Program designed by Samantha and Tjarda van Straten
- March 23rd to 25th 2012 Solo and Duet Performances as part of the Donna Mejia Weekend hosted by Hilde Belly Dance
- March 9th to 11th 2012 TRIBALXFEST Lisbon Portugal Workshops, Show, and Competition with Samantha and Kami Liddle
- March 2nd to 4th 2012 Majma Festival Glastonbury, Somerset UK
- February 24th to 26th 2012 Tribalnatyam Weekend with Samantha and Nuria Sala Grau Workshops Show and Hafla in Catania Sicily
- February 18th 19th 2012 TUSCAN TRIBAL 5 Florence Italy Sold Out Workshops
- January 28th and 29th 2012 Athens Greece Workshops and Performance
- January 14th 2012 Exeter Phoenix, Exeter Devon UK from 2PM to 5 PM Intro to Tribal Fusion with Samantha
- January 7th 2012 Exeter Phoenix , Exeter Devon UK from 2PM to 5PM Raising the Barre: Initiation Exploration with Samantha
- December 1st to 5th 2011 CROSS TRAINING TRIBAL INTENSIVE with Sharon Kihara and Samantha at TanzAcademie Cifuentes in Berlin Germany
- November 27th 2011 Performance Intensive with Samantha and Michelle Ridings. Dance and Theatre skills extravaganza!!! A 6 hour intensive at the Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre, Devon.
- November 26th 2011 Intro to Tribal Fusion with Samantha Exeter Devon.
- November 11th to 13th 2011 Tribal Fest Budapest Hungary SOLD OUT Workshops and Show
- November 3rd to 6th 2011 Berne Switzerland Workshops and Show
- October 25th Beginners Guide to Belly Dance Volume 2 released.Oriental and Tribal Fusion tracks for practice and performance with music chosen by Samantha and Ava Fleming compiled by Phil Meadley
- October 22nd and 23rd 2011 JoY Festival Yorkshire UK
- October 1st and 2nd 2011 Orientalischen Nacht Leipzig Germany Workshops and Show
- September 23rd to 25th 2011 UNMATA and Samantha in Brighton for Workshops and Show
- September 15th to 19th 2011 CROSS TRAINING TRIBAL INTENSIVE with Sharon Kihara and Samantha at TanzAcademie Cifuentes in Berlin Germany
- August 25th to 28th 2011 SPLIT TRIBAL FEST Split Croatia SOLD OUT Workshops and Performances
- July 15th to 18th 2011 UMRAH Festival Barcelona Spain SOLD OUT workshops and Performance
- April, May and June: Taksim Tribal Training Program. Berne Switzerland
- June 10th to 12th 2011 Orientalicious Festival Amsterdam Workshops and Show NL
- May 18th to 22nd TRIBAL FEST Sold Out workshops and performances USA
- April 30th SOLD OUT Beginners Tribal Fusion workshop Exeter Phoenix Devon UK
- April 2nd and 3rd 2011 SOLD OUT Workshops and performance with Manca Pavli of Slovenia in Wolverhampton UK
- March 26th and 27th Samantha Workshops and Show Prague, CZECH
- March 4tht o 6th 2011 Majma Belly Dance Festival, Glastonbury UK
- February 26th 2011 Self hosted Sold Out Workshops with Michelle Ridings Exeter Devon UK
- February 19th and 20th 2011 Workshops and Show in Rome Italy hosted by Sciahina
- January 21st 2011 Waxing Cinematic, an evening of dream like music, dance and shadow puppetry with Dan Cantrell, Elizabeth Strong, Zoe Jakes and Samantha Berkley, California USA
- January 11th to 15th 2011 Week long Intensive Workshops with Zoe Jakes, Elizabeth Strong and Samantha Emanuel at Fat Chance Belly Dance Studios, San Francisco USA
- December 3rd to 5th 2010 Samantha and Ariellah Workshops and Show Bristol UK
- November 19th to 28th 2010 Samantha South Africa Tour, Cape Town and Johannesburg with SOMA Dance Company.
- November 4th to 9th and December 17th to 21st 2010 Berlin Tribal Intensive with Sharon Kihara and Samantha at Tanzakademie Cifuentes with Beata & Horacio Cifuentes
- October 29th 2010 Sold Out Workshops and performance at Layali Oriental Dance Festival 2010 Stockholm, Sweden
- October 16th Self hosted workshops in Exeter Devon UK SOLD OUT
- October 8th and 9th 2010 Workshops in Scotland hosted by Borders Arabic Dance
- September 25th and 26th 2010, Hanover Germany hosted by Perlatentia
- September 11th and 12th 2010, Moscow, Russiahosted by The Russian Tribal Mafia SOLD OUT
- August 21st 2010, London A day of workshops in London at the Old Finsbury Town Hall.
- August 7th 2010 Exeter Workshops with Michelle Ridings. Exeter, Devon, UK SOLD OUT
- July 17th and 18th 2010 Workshops and performances at The International Tribal Festival 2010 with Kajira Djoumahna Mexico City, Mexico.
- July 5th to 8th 2010 3rd annual Raqs Tribal Summer Edition . Intensive Workshops and Performance Utska, Poland
- Featured solo and group choreography in The Bellydance Superstars Art of Bellydance DVD filmed in Shanghai China, released Spring 2010
- Featured solos on The Bellydance Superstars 3D DVD filmed in Los Angeles released Spring 2010
- June 25th to 27th 2010 Performances and workshops with The Bellydance Superstars at Raqs Britannia Sheffield UK
- June 24th 2010 Performance with The Bellydance Superstars Brussels Belgium
- June 4th to 6th 2010 Samantha Emanuel workshops and performance with Flow Studio Belfast Northern Ireland
- 22nd and 23rd May 2010 Samantha Emanuel workshops and performance as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival with Hilde Canoodt and Masmoudi Belly Dance Company Brighton UK
- 25th of April 2010 Solo performance in The Suhaila Salimpour Show hosted by Bellyfringe Belly Dance
- 23rd to 25th April 2010 Workshops and Show with Harmony Bellydance Vancouver Island Canada SOLD OUT
- 16th to 18th April 2010 Workshops and Show with The Dark Side Studio, Toronto Canada SOLD OUT
- April 9th to 11th 2010Samantha Emanuel, Mira Betz and the Uzume workshops and performance Amsterdam Holland
- 2nd and 3rd April 2010 Samantha Emanuel and Elizabeth Strong workshops and performances Chagford, Devon UK
- 26th to 28th March 2010 Workshops and Show in Bangkok, Thailand
- 19th and 20th of March 2010 workshops and show Kuala Lumpur, Malasia
- 5th to 7th of March FRIDAY NIGHT performance at Majma Festival , Glastonbury UK
- Features in The Bellydance Superstars Babelesque DVD Released Dec 2009
- Samantha Emanuel and Sharon Kihara private intensive Berlin Feb 4th to 8th 2010
- Samantha workshops and performance Krakow Poland Jan 22nd to 24th 2010
- Samantha workshops and performance in Zagreb, Croatia Jan 16th and 17th 2010 SOLD OUT
- Samantha hosts first in series of sold out bimonthly workshops in Exeter Devon UK Jan 9th 2010 SOLD OUT
- Bellydance Superstar Chinese Tour. Five shows in Shanghai Theatre Academy 13th to 20th December 2009
- Performs in Moretonhampstead Cabaret, CLIC fundraiser event Devon UK December 4th 2009
- Performs in The Invisible Circus’ “Circus to Iraq” fundraising show Bristol UK November 28th 2009
- Features on The Bellydance Superstars “Tribal Fusions 2″ and “Tribal LA Live ” DVDs Released Oct 2009
- Bellydance Superstars Tour. The Anvil, Basingstoke. The Bloomsbury Theatre, London UK. Espace Cardin Theatre Paris , France. Theatre National Med V, Rabat. Megarama, Casablanca and Marrakech, Morocco. 22nd of October to 2nd of November 2009
- Samantha workshops and performance Belfast, Northern Ireland 16th and 17th of October 2009
- Samantha workshops Cork Dance School, Cork, Ireland 10th of October 2009
- Samantha workshops St Werburghs Bristol UK , 3rd of October 2009
- Samantha workshops Old Finsbury Town Hall London UK , 27th of September 2009
- Bellydance Superstars 2nd Taiwan tour 31st August to the 7th of September 2009
- Samantha and Ariellah. Instructors and performers at Raqs Tribal Poland July 4th to 12th 2009
- Samantha hosts Tribal Fusion Retreat Weekend, Instruction and Performance at the Barefoot Barn, Chagford Devon UK June 27th to 28th 2009
- Workshops and shows Bellydance Superstars Raqs Brittania June 5th to 7th 2009
- Samantha workshop Vancouver May 23rd 2009
- Bellydance Superstars Canadian Tour. Performed at River Rock and Red Robinson Casinos, Vancouver and Nanaimo Port Theatre, Vancouver Island. May 22nd to 24th 2009
- Bellydance Superstars Japan Tour. U Port Hall, Tokyo and Hyogo Performance Arts Centre, Hyogomay 15th to 19th 2009 ( Tribal Fusion Fundamentals Instructional DVD featuring Samantha is translated into Japanese) Starred in Babelesque DVD shoot in Tokyo.
- Leyla Jouvana festival, workshops and show Duisburg, Germany April 16th to 19th 2009
- Samantha workshops and performance Paris France April 4th and 5th 2009
- Bellydance Superstars Winter to Spring Full USA tour Jan to March 2009
- Tribal London, Bellydance Superstars event, performance and workshops Dec 23rd to 25th 2008
- Samantha workshops Bristol Dec 7th 2008
- Hoochie Coochie Cabaret solo performance Bristol UK Dec 4th 2008
- Samantha workshops and performance Switzerland Nov 28th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars European Tour. UK, Belgium, France and Spain Oct to December 2008
- Solo Performance with Electric Vardo at Bollyhood Cafe, San Francisco USA, Oct 10th 2008
- Samantha Workshop at Fat Chance Belly Dance studios San Francisco, USA Oct 9th 2008
- Featured in Daily Express and Mail on Sunday’s YOU Magazine , UK Sept 30th 2008
- Performance, workshops, DVD shoot, Tribal LA, Los Angeles, USA Sept 27th and 28th 2008
- Workshops Montreal Quebec, Canada Sept 20th and 21st 2008
- Samantha workshops and performance, Southampton UK August 24th 2008
- Interview/ Article in The Daily Mail, You Magazine, UK August 2008
- Bellydance Superstar performance, Kaohsiung, Taiwan August 12th 2008
- Bellydance Superstar performance and workshop in Taichung, Taiwan August 10th 2008
- Bellydance Superstar matinee and evening performances Taipei International Convention Centre Taiwan August 9th 2008
- Bellydance Superstar performance at Taipei International Convention Centre, Taiwan August 8th 2008
- ERA, ETTV and USTV NEWS interviews Taipei, Taiwan August 4th 2008
- Bellydance Superstar workshops. Taipei, Taiwan August 3rd 2008
- Samantha workshops and performance at Larma Tree Festival, Wiltshire, UK 17th to 20th July 2008
- RAQS TRIBAL POLAND. Seven day intensive with Samantha Hasthorpe, Utska, Poland 2nd to 8th July 2008
- Samantha Workshops, Bridestowe, Devon UK June 29th 2008
- RAQS Britannia, workshops and performances, Blackpool, UK. June 13th to 15th 2008
- Tribal Style workshops with Samantha, Shrewsbury, UK May 31st and June 1st 2008
- RAQS LA, workshops and performance, Los Angeles, California, USA May 17th and 18th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars at Megarama Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco April 25th and 26th 2008
- Samantha Tribal Fusion Workshop, Torino, Italy April 20th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Creberg Teatro, Bergamo, Italy April 19th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatro Colosseo, Torino, Italy April 17th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatro di Varese, Varese, Italy April 16th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Metropolitan, Palermo, Italy April 14th and 15th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatro Verdi, Florence April 13th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatroteam, Bari, Italy April 10th 2008
- Samantha Tribal Fusion Workshop, Rome April 9th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatro Italia, Rome, Italy April 7th to 9th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatro delle Celebrazioni, Bologna, Italy April 3rd to 5th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatro Augusteo, Naples, Italy April 1st 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatro Verdi, Florence, Italy March 31st 2008
- Samantha Tribal Fusion Workshop, Milan, Italy March 30th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Teatro Ventaglio Smeraldo, Milan, Italy March 29th and 30th 2008
- Live TV Show ‘Le Iene’ Milan, Italy March 28th 2008
- Samantha Workshops , Eugene, Oregon, USA March 8th 2008
- Featured in “Tribal Fusion Fundamentals” an instructional DVD, filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA Jan 15th 2008
- Bellydance Superstars Theatre Masonneuve, Montreal, Canada Nov 25th 2007
- Bellydance Superstars Theatre Capitole, Quebec, Canada Nov 24th 2007
- Bellydance Superstars Theatre Du Casino, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Nov 23rd 2007
- Bellydance Superstars The Music Hall, Toronto, Canada Nov 18th to 21st 2007
- Bellydance Superstars Winter Tour. Shows in Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC; San Rafael, CA; San Diego, CA 2007
- Full Moons and Mysterious Nights, workshops and show starring Samantha. Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC Canada Sept 29th 2007
- Lets Move Present, Samantha 2 days of workshops plus performance, Kootney mountains, Canada Sept 21st to 23rd 2007
- Samantha workshops and show. Exeter, Devon UK Sept 1st and 2nd 2007
- Hip Circles Belly Dance host Samantha, workshops and show Cork Capoeira Academy, Cork July 29th 2007
- Samantha Tribal Fusion workshops Tiverton, Devon UK July 22nd and 23rd 2007
- La Boca, Samantha performance Exeter, Devon UK July 20th 2007
- Samantha Tribal Fusion workshops Staffordshire, UK July 7th 2007
- RAQS Britannia, Workshops and performances, Blackpool, UK June 29th to July 1st 2007
- Bellydance Superstar performance, The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire UK June 27th 2007
- Tribal Fusion workshops with Samantha The Moving Centre, Nelson, BC Canada June 10th 2007
- Tribal Fusion workshops, Dreamshape Dance Studio, Vancouver Island May 26th and 27th 2007
- Lead role in self produced showcase, Danse du Ventre Menagerie 4, Vancouver Island, BC Canada May 26th 2007
- The Cocobella Revue starring Samantha , workshops and show ,Vancouver, BC Canada May 19th 2007
- Bellydance Superstars Le Cabaret du Casino, Monte Carlo, Monaco April 5th to May 18th 2007
- A Tribal Style Day with Samantha, Pnina’s Yoga Studio, Vancouver Island BC Canada March 29th 2007
- Duncan Showcase starring Samantha Vancouver Island, BC Canada March 19th 2007
- Featured in “Tribal Fusions, the exotic art of tribal bellydance” DVD, filmed in Los Angeles, CA, USA March 8th 2007
- Bellydance Superstars Red Robinson Casino, Vancouver, BC Canada Feb 1st to 3rd 2007
- Lead role in self produced showcase: Danse Du Ventre Menagerie 3, Vancouver Island, BC Canada Feb 24th and 25th 2007
- An evening of Connected Beauty, workshops and performance. Victoria, BC Canada Feb 10th and 11th 2007
- Featured in the Gypsies of Jazhan Show, Berkeley, California, Dec 30, 2006
- Lead role in self produced: Danse du Ventre Menagerie 2, Vancouver Island, BC Canada Nov 26th 2006
- Guest performance in A Silver Frosts Night Gala, Vancouver BC Canada Nov 18th 2006
- Guest performer in “The One and Only Suhaila Salimpour” Jane Mallett Theatre, Toronto Canada Nov 10th 2006
- Lead role in self produced showcase: Danse du Ventre Menagerie, Interviewed for SHAW TV Vancouver Island, BC Canada Sept 29th 2006
- Guest performer, Saltspring Island, BC Canada September 23rd 2006
- Tribal Fusion Summer Series Instruction Studio 2000, Vancouver Island BC Canada June-Sept 2006
- Performed at Tribal Fest, Sebastapol, California USA May 2006
- Weekly performances at the famous Amira restaurant, San Francisco, CA, USA March 2006
- Guest performance in “The Legendary Suhaila Salimpour” Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto Canada Nov 19th 2005
- Samantha Hasthorpe workshops, Torquay, Devon UK Oct 22nd 2005
- Interviewed by MORE magazine “Builder to Belly Dancer” UK Oct 13th 2005
- Dance Performance, Festival of World Cultures, Dublin, Ireland August 27th and 28th 2005
- Performance, Cornwall Festival of Dance at the Royal Cornwall Show UK June 9th to 11th 2005
- Joined “Rashani Internationa”l performance troupe and performed at The Festival of World Cultures, Dublin, Ireland August 26th to 28th 2004
2003-2005
- Dance performance Tavistock Balloon Festival and Tavistock Carnival, Devon, UK
- Chagford Cabaret Show, annual community fundraiser event.
- Instructed weekly classes in Middle Eastern Folkloric Dance.Chagford UK
- Weekly dance performances at Al Beb’s Morroccan Restaurant. Torquay UK
- Dance performances for Brian Froud. Dartmoor, Devon UK
Employment BD (Before Dance)
- Queen Delilah’s Organic Vegan Cafe. Glastonbury Festivals 2003-2005
- Tattoo Design at Inkaz Tattoo Studio, Exeter, Devon UK
- Conservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings throughout the South of England including specialist skills of lime plastering, cob construction and slate roofing.
2002-2003
- Annual fire arts performances at UK festivals; Glastonbury, Shambala and The Big Green Gathering
- Designed and built large scale puppet structures for annual Fire Arts Show, Devon UK
- Living Willow Sculptures
- Restoring interiors of historic and contemporary buildings including traditional techniques of lime washing and plastering.
2000-2002
- Landscape Gardening including minor tree surgery, hedge laying and general horticulture.
1999-2000
- Basketry and Rustic Furniture design and building.