VIDEO LIBRARY

A Video Library of Documentaries, Projects, and Performances from Tiffany “hanan” Madera. 

SSP 2021 Voices from the Global South continues with the second in our series, Traveling Steps: Folklore and Technology. Hosted on Sept. 8, 2021, this conversation looks at the legacy of colonization, as we discuss who gets to tell stories and the impact of technology in framing and disseminating stories.

Hanan Arts kicks off the Shimmy Shift Pivot 2021 Series with Moving Borders: Transforming Cultural Violence. As traditional dances are practiced and performed globally across cultures, we explore the line between identity, artistic exploration, and cultural appropriation.

In celebration of the dance for camera pioneer Maya Deren, we will discuss her contribution as an innovator and her example as a European woman representing Global South themes.


Havana Habibi is about the magic of friendship. Building bonds. Bellydancing for world peace. Celebrating friendship through bellydance. The 2016 Festival em...

Tiffany Madera explores Dancing My Mother's Body™ as part of the Havana Habibi Festival in Havana, Cuba.

The Hand of Hanan, a film by Tiffany Madera. Filmed in Morocco, this is a rich and colorful story describes the work that Tiffany "hanan" Madera and explores what it means to build a global community, from Morocco to Havana, through the healing art with an ancient dance form.

In 2003, Tiffany Madera aka "Hanan," enraged her Cuban family in Miami by getting on a plane to Havana to participate in an artistic exchange that led to the formation of Cuba's first Arabic dance troupe; Grupo Aisha Al-Hanan. The troupe founded by hanan was composed of eight women at the University of Havana's History Department.

In October 2018, Havana Habibi celebrated our community with a director's cut of Havana Habibi, a revised edition of the 2016 film with a return to Havana and an update on the continuation of the work being done for women's empowerment through the ancient art of belly dance.
Featuring a conversation about the 2108 version of the documentary Havana Habibi. Speakers for the Belly Dance Roundtable, after the screening, each an integral part of the festival and screening: Meiver De La Cruz, Bozenka, Virginia Mendez, Myriam Eli, Maria Jammal and Najmah Nour.
On October 27, 2018 Havana Habibi hosted a film screening and bellydance roundtable with some of Miami's most recognized and lauded members of the bellydance community, to discuss feminism, transnationalism, and women's empowerment through the ancient art of Middle Eastern dance. Part 1 of a 2 part video.
Part 2 of an hour long Bellydance Roundtable, hosted at O Cinema in Wynwood, Miami FL on October 27, 2018. To learn more at this project, visit HavanaHabibi.com
Dancing My Mother's Body™ staged by Myra Krien for the feature length show "Mother," performed in Santa Fe, New Mexico 2018.
Solo performance of Dancing My Mother's Body™ by Leila Rose in Myra Krien's theatrical production of "Mother" in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
For more information about Hanan and Havana Habibi Festival, visit www.havanahabibi.com
We all want to see more of hanan's performances - here's a solo improvisational performance from a few years ago.
Before there was Havana Habibi, there was Habibi: A Hip Hop Belly Dance Love Battle. A reminder that Hanan Arts is indebted to the many artists, musicians, dancers, and supporters we have had the great fortune to work with over the years.