Selecting the name for our troupe was quite a challenge.   Three years ago, we got highly motivated to find the right name when someone suggested we name ourselves 'enchanted princesses' -- YIPE !    That got us motivated and we started searching 100's of name to find something that inspired us and represented what we wanted out of our dance.    

We came across an arabic phrase that we thought meant dancing feet which was easy to say in English.   Luckily we checked with an arabic speaker and found out that the phrase we selected actually meant --'the bottom of your foot'.    Obviously, not the best thing in the world.  

We'll, we kept our search going and found the name A'Diva which means 'gentle' , and we kinda liked the double meaning with being 'diva's' as well.     We've lived with that name through several years together and have enjoyed every minute.   We just learned, however, that there is another meaning for A'Diva and that is pleasure and pain....  Now we love our name even more -- because it truly defines who we are.  

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Dancing with Raks A'Diva  has been a very healing thing for all of us --we enjoy laughter, friendship and expressing ourselves creatively.   We started three years ago, and continue to evolve and create new things.   Each year we try to reinvent ourselves and learn new dance styles and build our skills --we dance with every type of prop you can imagine, and even some we found from other dance forms that where used 1000's of years ago.      

Ultimately, dance has been a way to help bring balance to our lives and we hope that you can find your passion as well.   

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