Cora’s Biography
Cora Turner is a professional Dancer and performance artist based in Nuremberg, Germany. Cora comes from the island of Malta, however she performs all over the globe.
Biography About Cora...
Cora Turner is a belly dancer and multitalented performing artist based in Nuremberg (Germany) but performing all over Germany and other European countries. Apart from several styles of dancing, including bellydance, cabaret, jazz, bollywood and burlesque, Cora’s repertoire also includes acting and singing. Cora Turner is available for bookings in Germany and she is also invited to give performances and dance workshops all around Europe and in the Arab world. Apart from dancing, singing and acting, Cora is also a lover of languages and different cultures. In 2010 she completed her bachelor’s degree in Arabic and Linguistics with the University of Malta and in 2016 she completed her Master’s degree with the University of Erlangen in the area of linguistics
Cora moved from Malta to Germany in 2012 and German is now her seventh language, following: English, Maltese, Italian, Spanish, Arabic and French! In Germany, Cora danced in several events and fairs and every year she also performs at the Consumenta Fair. Her dancing was featured on the Frankenfernsehen news and she was also featured in the newspaper Nürnberger Nachrichten several times. Apart from performing in public events and belly dance festivals, Cora performs in private events such as weddings, Haflas (Middle Eastern style parties), birthday parties, corporate events, hen’s parties, baby showers etc. Cora does not perform in Bachelor’s parties or males-only events.
Detailed Biography The early days...
Corinne Turner took her first ballet class when she was only 3 years old. It was very clear since she was a baby that she enjoyed music and wanted to wiggle and dance whenever there was music! At the young age of 7 she also began taking jazz lessons as she felt she wanted something more energetic and dynamic.
Discovering the sensual art of Belly Dance
The pioneer belly dancer in her home country & success in Malta as a professional dancer and teacher
Cora was not only doing shows all over the island and on television but also began her travels in Europe to learn other styles of belly dance and to perform. In fact, she performed in Egypt, Tunisia, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Austria, and Germany amongst other countries. The belly dance career blossomed and Cora began giving her own classes in several locations in Malta and eventually opened her own studio: The Artemoción dance and leisure studio.
She had been already teaching in several locations earlier, however, now she was equipped with a professional studio, also one of the registered centres for Royal Academy of Dance examinations in Malta. Cora also choreographed the dance of Maltese model Francesca Gaspari for Miss World 2010. This choreography was chosen as the best dance of the contest. The Artemoción studio, with Cora Turner as its founder has also hosted various workshops for international dance artists and belly dancers.