Tiffany “Hanan” Madera is an interdisciplinary artist at the intersection of film, dance theatre and ethnographic scholarly writing in concert with her Contemporary Egyptian dance practice and intercultural and humanitarian arts entrepreneurship. She is renowned internationally for her emotive performances that embody the transformative and esoteric inter-dimensionality of spiritual movement arts rooted in feminist and postcolonial theory.

Her work is activist, confronting and provocative. She holds a Master’s Degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Florida International University and a Master’s Degree in Performance Studies from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She directs the hanan arts cooperative, Mideastern Dance Exchange, 501c3 and produces, performs and teaches globally. Hanan's work centers on issues of Identity, embodiment, transformation, gender, trauma and healing. Hanan will be reading from her new memoir and dance project “Dancing My Mother’s Body” as well as sharing aspects of her film Havana Habibi, which documents a 13 year bellydance movement she co-created in Havana, Cuba.