Belinda Braza (born 30 November 1981 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, choreographer, artist, actress, and the older sister of singer

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Career

When still a student at

Bergen Katedralskole Bergen Cathedral School (Norwegian: ''Bergen Katedralskole'', Latin: ''Schola Cathedralis Bergensis'', formerly known as Bergens lærdeskole and Bergen latinskole and colloquially known as Katten) is an upper secondary school in Bergen, Norway. Loc ...

in 1999, she sang and danced with the Norwegian

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participant Stig van Eijk on the song "

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", in Jerusalem. She is a professional dancer and teacher of hip hop and jazz dance at several dance schools in Oslo, like the Norwegian State Ballet College, Spinoff Dance Studio, Kristine Glennes Ballet School, Norwegian Ballet Institute and Torild Frostad's Dance Studio. Together with Jens Jeffry Trinidad she now offers workshops on hip hop dance all over Norway. They have a total of five hundred satisfied students every week and teaches moreover all levels and ages. ''Teamteach'' they call it. Braza is a graduate of the Bårdar Akademiet (2001–2003). She is also an aspiring choreographer and was one of hip hop choreographers who worked with

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at the Norwegian television

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and on tour in collaboration with

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. Braza has performed as a singer and actor in

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and shows like '' Fame – The Musical'' ( Chat Noir 2003), ''Det folk vil ha'' (

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2005), ''Fruen fra det indiske hav'' (

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2006) to mention a few. She has choreographed for various artists like

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, her younger sister

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, Sichelle and

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. She also has choreography experience from show like on board the ship Color Fantasy, Melodi Grand Prix, KGB-kompaniet and TV-production ''Hundre år med egen stemme''. Braza has performed as a dancer and singer in various TV shows like Gullfisken,

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, Melodi Grand Prix and Eurovision Song Contest. She was also a program host for the program ''Ung'' at TV Hordaland. Her life motto should be "Be your dreams, fulfill yourself!". In 2010 she sang "Million Dollar Baby", one of the contesting tunes in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix.

Discography

*1999: ''Where I Belong'' (Mercury Records), with Stig van Eijk *2010: ''Melodi Grand Prix 2010'' (Universal Music Group), with various artists on the tune "Million Dollar Baby»

References

External links

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