BIOGRAPHY
Rachael Redfern is an internationally acclaimed fusion bellydancer based in London, UK. She is well-known for her distinctive dance stylisation infused with glamorous dark vintage aesthetics as well as for her inventive choreographic work, strong musicality and smooth, precise technique. She is the producer of London Fusion Fest and the director of fusion dance troupe Verbeia.
She has worked professionally full time as a teacher and performer for over five years and has taught frequently sold-out workshops and intensives for dance events in fifteen countries to date within Europe and North, Central and South America. She has headlined dance festivals such as Caravanseray (Vienna, Austria 2023), Alma Fusion Festival (Lisbon, Portugal 2024) and Gothla (Aix-en-Provence, France 2024).
Passionate about bellydance since her early teens, she first studied Egyptian raqs sharqi and baladi before falling in love at first sight with fusion bellydance when Rachel Brice and the Indigo performed in her hometown in 2005. Since then, she has devoted herself to intensive training in this style including as scholarship award winner for both Zoe Jakes' Dancecraft (Key of Diamonds 2018) and Rachel Brice's 8 Elements (Initiation 2019) programmes.
Rachael has had the joy to perform solo or with her troupe Verbeia across many prestigious venues in London such as Sketch, Egg, The Steel Yard, House of KOKO, Sadler's Wells and beyond.
Outside of dance she enjoys collecting records and vintage clothing and occasionally DJs at London clubs such as Torture Garden and Slimelight and abroad such as in Mexico City's El Real Under. You can enjoy one of her vinyl sets here. She also used to play bass for the post-punk/darkwave band the Agnes Circle.
- Photography by Sabua Gartig
She has worked professionally full time as a teacher and performer for over five years and has taught frequently sold-out workshops and intensives for dance events in fifteen countries to date within Europe and North, Central and South America. She has headlined dance festivals such as Caravanseray (Vienna, Austria 2023), Alma Fusion Festival (Lisbon, Portugal 2024) and Gothla (Aix-en-Provence, France 2024).
Passionate about bellydance since her early teens, she first studied Egyptian raqs sharqi and baladi before falling in love at first sight with fusion bellydance when Rachel Brice and the Indigo performed in her hometown in 2005. Since then, she has devoted herself to intensive training in this style including as scholarship award winner for both Zoe Jakes' Dancecraft (Key of Diamonds 2018) and Rachel Brice's 8 Elements (Initiation 2019) programmes.
Rachael has had the joy to perform solo or with her troupe Verbeia across many prestigious venues in London such as Sketch, Egg, The Steel Yard, House of KOKO, Sadler's Wells and beyond.
Outside of dance she enjoys collecting records and vintage clothing and occasionally DJs at London clubs such as Torture Garden and Slimelight and abroad such as in Mexico City's El Real Under. You can enjoy one of her vinyl sets here. She also used to play bass for the post-punk/darkwave band the Agnes Circle.
- Photography by Sabua Gartig