As a child, Ida Mahin learned classical ballet and flamenco with the Berlin dancer Gerda Schulz. She intensified her training at the Erich Payer Ballet Academy and danced for the first time at the age of 14, under the direction of Erich Payer and Dimas Casinha, in productions of the Augsburg City Theater.

 

Since 2003 she has discovered the immense spectrum of oriental, Central Asian, African and Indian dances.

 

From 2005 to 2011 Ida was a member and soloist in Sabuha Shahnaz's performance group Assaida and from 2009 taught oriental dance, tribal style and tribal fusion at their school.

 

During her studies in cultural history, Ida gained insights into historical as well as current cultural and political aspects of Arab states and dealt with contemporary arts (focus on dance). As a cultural scientist, Ida is keen to fathom the development of different dance styles, their meaning, formal language and peculiarities and to incorporate the knowledge gained from them into her own dance and lessons.

 

Her artistic focus is on telling stories, awakening characters and expressing authentic emotions. Both solo and together with her ensembles, she brings experimental dance fusions, cyber medusas, Asian fanatics and singing foxes to national and international stages.

 

She was particularly pleased that her contribution to the UNESCO Dance Congress 2010 in Istanbul was selected by the organizers to represent the dance congress on the Turkish television TRT. In addition, she was repeatedly represented as a lecturer at Gothla UK, the "mother" of all Gothic Bellydance festivals, and can currently be seen in the American DVD production Visions - A Night of Dark & ​​Theatrical Belly Dance .

 

In 2013 she opened the tanz kunst werk in the heart of Augsburg's old town.

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