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Please note: You'll find the booking options at the bottom of the page. And I updated the dance name; now the dance style is called IBDAW Dance.
IBDAW is not a dance style. It is a system that trains dancers to translate clear ideas into clear, meaningful performance. It uses all dance styles and forms of movement. It builds clear, meaningful dancers — for films, shows, or simply to grow.
"IBDAW" is pronounced "Ibdaa"
In 2012, I stood on stage and realized I was just following orders — “bend your knee, straighten your arm” — not because it meant anything, but because the choreographer wanted it that way. I could not ask why. I could not even question it.
That moment broke something in me.
I did not want to perform empty shapes anymore. I wanted to move with meaning — to speak through my body, not decorate space.
That is why I created IBDAW 2012–2024:
It is rooted in the Safie Weight Philosophy, which allowed me to form these 2 key elements that set IBDAW apart:
1- Trains the dancer to become the idea.
2- Speaks many vocabularies, belongs to none.
🟢 Public Definition: I Breathe. Dance. All Ways.
🔒 Practitioner Definition: A precise framework known only to those who walk the inner path of the method.
While it draws from ballet, modern, and contemporary dance techniques—basic positions, rolling, jumping, shifting, lifting, partnering, off-balance control, flow, and more—its true purpose is revealed in performance. IBDAW uses any movement vocabulary in the world. Any dance style, whether it’s ballet, house, hip-hop, salsa, football, basketball, or even typing — if a movement serves the idea, we use it. If it does not, we remove it.
IBDAW is a space for dancers who ask “why?”
For those who do not want to be told what to do, but want to understand what they are doing — and why. It is a playground, not a factory.
I do not train robots. We question, co-create, and translate clear ideas into clear, meaningful performance.
It’s not about being professional — it’s about being good enough to serve the idea.
You do not need to be a professional dancer to train in IBDAW.
You only need one thing: the willingness to question, to feel, and to translate thought into movement. If you bring the right mindset, you can become a dancer — no matter your background.
2025
Presented by the IBDAW Dance Team of the Emeel Academy.
Based on Daniil Kharms’ absurdist play and brought to life through the vision of Emeel Safie, our performance revives Elizaveta Bam with dance and playful spirit.
While the original play explores fear and uncertainty under authority, we expand the story — with new scenarios and movements that reflect its central themes.
In our version, we are all Elizaveta, trapped in a world where control is unpredictable — and yet, we continue to play.
2024
13.07.2024
From Pain to Liberation Show at Gallus Theater
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2023
04-6.08.2023
Ideas by Audience at Park Ravne 2 in Visoko, Bosnia
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06.7.2023
Awareness show at Gallus Theater / Frankfurt A.M.
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2022
Leave the Box - 1rd place
Emeel Safie & Süreyya (siya) Safie - at the German Championship & NDA
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Dance Differently - 3rd place
At the German Championship and danced at IDO World Championship
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05.7.2022
The Grace at Gallus Theater / Frankfurt A.M.
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2021
Learn when to Leave -1st place at the German Championship and 10th place
Solo at IDO (World Championship) - Warszawa
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The Movement - 1st place
Formation at Winners at TAF German Championship
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Demonstration - 1th place at the German Championship
2st place at NDA Competition and 10th place at the IDO (World Championship)
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2020
2019
The Grudge - 5th place
Duo Emeel Safie & Lilian Kreim
secured the 5th place at the IDO World Championship and the 2nd place in the DTV German Championship
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The Right Religion - 5th place
At the 2-Bundesliga DTV - JMC
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2018
Missing You - Carly Crane & Emeel Safie
4th place DTV German Championship
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2014
Tell Me - Hoor Malas and Emeel Safie
المعهد العالي للفنون المسرحية قسم رقص بدمشق
My first choreography for Duo category. I had the honour to dance with the queen of dance and my teacher the Ms Hoor Malas.
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Please note: The first show is paid as a donation to the Emeel-Academy.
Support the IBDAW dance sessions and dancers at Emeel-Academy.
Each show has a fixed price depending on the project.
If you qualify for a discount, the reduced amount becomes your donation.
All donations go directly towards IBDAW dance projects: video productions, theater shows, costumes, and dance event preparations.