I would love to perform in your city! Want to bring me to your school, festival, or event? Read on! I would also love to host your party or private event-- just drop me a DM and we can chat!
***Event Hosting & Party Appearances***
Available to appear and perform burlesque at your private parties and events and to mingle with deaf / HoH guests. Beautiful costume, hair and makeup are available upon request.
An onstage presentation combined with fun, fast Bollywood style dancing, American Sign Language, feather fans, and other burlesque elements for the stage. A performance that can be customized to be short or long. Customized and uniquely created for deaf audiences and bring them lots of beauty, joy, glamour, and laughter onstage. Can be performed in silence or accompanied by retro Bollywood songs.
Performed mainly in Bollywood style dance, movement, sign language, and can be accompanied with music and/or video.
Cleopatra and Isis, by Sabina England
A multimedia live performance with historical poetry narrating the history of Ancient Egypt and includes traditional ancient rituals celebrating the goddess Isis. This show focuses on the last queen of Ancient Egypt, Cleopatra VII, who defies the Roman Empire and refuses to be captured. She performs a prayer and ceremony before she takes her life and becomes reincarnated as the goddess Isis.
Performed in American Sign Language with dance, movement, music, and video.
Sufi Poetry in American Sign Language and Dancing, by Sabina England
A multimedia live performance with medieval Islamic, Sufi and South Asian poetry that highlights the beauty of nature and celebrates the five elements: Moon & Stars, Fire, Water, Earth and Sun. Poets featured in the show include: Maulana Jalauddin Rumi, Mahsati Ganjavi, Rudaki, Ibn Farid, and Kabir. Listing of poets is subject to change. Poetry can be secular and open for all audiences--the point of Sufi poetry is to share and celebrate beauty and cultural diversity of Mother Earth.
Performed in American Sign Language with voice over, subtitles, music and video. Approx. 30 minutes long.
Allah Earth: The Cycle of Life (2013-2020)
Last performed at New York International Fringe Festival. This show has been retired and will no longer be offered to the public. Performed in American Sign Language with voice over, dance, movement, music, and video. 45 minutes long.
Workshops and Seminars
I am also available to present workshops about performance, storytelling, playwriting, and/or filmmaking. I've created and given workshops and talks at St. Louis Fringe Festival, New Mexico School for the Deaf, California State University, Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind, Hampshire College, St. Louis Community College, among some other institutions.
Please contact me if you are interested and/or need more information.