Founded in 2012 by Lic. Marina Barrionuevo, the Estudio Sahar® Company aims to promote both ethno-identity dances from Arab countries, Iran, and Türkiye, as well as Bellydance, highlighting the cultural diversity that forms part of Argentina’s identity.
Its members receive solid theoretical and practical training at Estudio Sahar®, with further development through work with national and international specialists. Since its creation, the Company has maintained sustained activity in festivals, cultural gatherings, and diplomatic events, performing at prominent venues in Buenos Aires such as the Library of the National Congress of Argentina, the National Library of Argentina, the Alliance Française, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, Manzana de las Luces, the Borges Cultural Center, and MNAO, among others.
It has also been invited on several occasions by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco to represent it through Moroccan dances, and its performances have been featured by Moroccan television channel M24.
In addition, the Company develops the FUNUN Al SHAABIYA project, an educational performance presented annually at the Ethnographic Museum as part of Asia Festival®. This proposal showcases ethno-identity dance repertoires and offers audiences a contextualized historical and cultural perspective on each piece, with the aim of promoting a broader and more rigorous understanding of these traditions within Buenos Aires’ cultural landscape.
They will perform at the Congress of the History of Dance and Music of Asia and North Africa. Free admission.
They will perform at the show. Time to be confirmed. Free admission.
Funun al Shaabiya performance, organized by the Company. 5:00 PM, free admission.
They will participate in the performance “Caravans, Music and Dances between North Africa and Central Asia”. 5:00 PM, free admission.
- Directed by: Marina Barrionuevo
- Coordination: Lorena Martinez y Valeria Aliotta
- Ethno group members: Leticia Martin, Virginia Scocchera, Valeria Aliota, Micaela Quiroga, Ana Eva Plaza, Daiana N. Rodriguez, Vanina Gomez, Ruth A. Planxart, Florencia Benitez, Ana Laura Ledesma y Rebeca Gutierrez. Trainee: Melisa Gonzalez, Andrea Gutierrez, Anabella Chacón y Lucía Vilte.
- Bellydance group members: Evelyn Andersson, Aldana Valenzuela, Leticia Martin, Virginia Scocchera, Valeria Aliota, Micaela Quiroga, Julieta Soldo, Ruth A. Planxart, Ana Laura Ledesma, Leila Ramirez y Luján Miguel Bañez. Trainee: Rebeca Gutierrez.
The Company promotes the Asia en Buenos Aires podcast, broadcast by the Radio of the Library of the National Congress of Argentina, dedicated to the dissemination of Asian art and culture within the local context. The project supports the educational mission of Estudio Sahar® and Asia Festival®, bringing audiences contextualized content on music, dance, and cultural heritage.
Within the framework of Asia Festival®, the Company also offers open ethno-identity dance workshops as part of its mission of cultural outreach and education. These activities have been held in institutional and educational settings such as Universidad del Salvador and the Library of the National Congress of Argentina, bringing regional repertoires closer to new audiences through a rigorous, respectful, and contextualized approach.