Martina Cancio, Brazilian from the state of Bahia, professional dancer, choreographer, dance instructor, and photo model based in Dubai. An artist at heart, a lover of cultural diversity, music, and body movements has been dancing since 2001.

Her background in Brazil includes studying at the Dance University “UFBa”, at the “Academia Baiana de dança de salão” (ABDS), belly dance regular classes with Fernanda Guerreiro, Marcia Mignac, ana maya and many other dance workshops.

She started her career performing belly dance weekly at the Shopping Lapa for the Exoteric Center Cleria Peixoto in her hometown of Salvador and straight after she performed regularly at the Arabic restaurant “Império de Nefis” in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. At the same time, Martina was teaching belly dance in a gym and running a Social Project as a volunteer giving belly dance classes for elder women at “Centro Social Urbano de Pernambués”. performing for “João de Barro” dance company and as a member of the dance company from “Academia Baiana de dança de salão” (ABDS) she has performed belly dance and ballroom dance for many events around her city.

She started her international dance career in Europe in 2005 at a Maroccan House called “Palácio de Almanzor” in Fatima, Portugal, where she performed belly dance shows daily until 2006.

In 2007 the Syndicate of Artists and Technicians of Entertainment Shows of the state of Bahia (SATED/Ba) granted Martina an artist/ dancer license (DRT 002303) and she started performing as a professional belly dancer in the Middle East.

The invitation to work as a regular belly dancer in the Middle East came from Omar Naboulsi and Toros Siranossian, the two biggest agents of high-end entertainment for Arabic restaurants in the Middle East. There, she has worked in Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq, Qatar, and Kuwait and has since performed also in India, Pakistan, the Maldives, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy.