Anna Barner Sarp

Anna Barner har dedikeret sit liv til mavedans. Hun arbejder professionelt som performer og underviser fra sin base i Holbæk. Gennem de sidste 25 år har hun undervist utallige workshops i Danmark, Norge, Sverige og Island og optrådt ved events, shows og på festivaller.

Anna er kendt for at være en engageret og dygtig instruktør med stor erfaring og viden indenfor sit felt. Hun har to bogudgivelser bag sig om emnet. Hun er desuden lærerudannet og Master i Idræt og Velfærd fra KU.   

Anna Barner var den første vinder af Raks Sharqi Contest i Berlin i 2003. Hun har også vundet fem skandinaviske mavedanserkonkurrencer, senest i 2016 i fusionskategorien ved Danish Open Bellydance.

Hver sommer arrangerer hun en stor træningslejr for mavedansere, som giver mulighed for at træne, lære nyt og styrke det sociale netværk mellem mavedansere i de skandinaviske lande.

Født 1977. Gift og mor til 3.

Passioneret iværksætter med stort engagement i dans i alle afskygninger.

Master i Idræt og velfærd fra Københavns Universitet (2013)
Læreruddannet fra CVU-Sjælland (2002)

Forfatter til bogen Mavedans og andre folkedanse fra Egypten (2007).
Redaktør af bogen Mosaik - Mavedans og Passion (2009).
Producent af instruktions-DVD'erne "Lær mavedans trin for trin" og "Bellypower" (2007 & 2009)

Vinder af Fusionskategorien ved Danish Open Bellydance 2016
Vinder af Bellydancer of the Year, Oslo, 2010.
Vinder af DM i Mavedans 1998, 2002 og 2008.
Vinder af den internationale Raks Sharqi Contest, Berlin 2004.


Fotograf: Mathilde Vesterherup

IN ENGLISH

Anna Barner has dedicated her life to Oriental Dance. She works full time as a performer and teacher from her base in Denmark.

Anna is a role model on how to make Oriental Dance an art form as well as a business model. She works professionally on both aspects and has created a successful dance career. Her focus is to teach the Scandinavians about Oriental Dance. During the last 25 years, she has taught numerous workshops in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland and performed in countless events, shows and festivals.

Anna’s engagement and rewording teaching is well known and recognised, as well as her extensive knowledge and experience within her field. This has resulted in several publications including two books.

Anna’s passion has also reflected her education. Her bachelor of education thesis was about “Middele Estern Music” and continued with her Master thesis “Belly Dance as Female Body Awareness”; Graduate as Master in Sports and Welfare from University of Copenhagen.

Anna Barner was the first winner of the Raks Sharqi Contest in Berlin in 2004. She is also five time winner of different Scandinavian Belly Dance contest, last in 2016 at Danish Open Belly Dance Fusion.

Every summer Anna organizes a large training camp in Denmark for belly dancers. Giving an annual opportunity for Scandinavian women to train, learn, network and socialize.