Updated: October 29, 2024

After being founded in Damascus in 2003 by renowned Syrian choreographer Alaa Krimed and finally finding home in Dubai two years ago, Sima Dance Company launched its new Sima Performing Arts venue in the heart of Alserkal Avenue this past September.

Here, Lana Fahmi, dancer and dance instructor at Sima Dance Company, and Krimed’s wife, speaks to Bazaar Art’s Rebecca Anne Proctor about how the initiative has gone from strength to strength. Watch to see glimpses of the grand opening and how this budding venture is filling the void in the region’s contemporary dance scene. Simadancecompany.com