Ruby Jazayre is an accomplished performer, instructor and choreographer of Middle Eastern Dance, of which she has enjoyed total involvement since 1978. In the years that followed she has gained acclaim throughout the United States, becoming a popular seminar performer and instructor. Ruby thrills audiences and inspires students with her earthy dynamics, powerful hips, and bold personal style. Ruby's dance creations demand attention.

From South Bend, Indiana, she began her study in her home town, and continued her research by traveling nationally to study with the best loved and highly respected performers and teachers from around the worlds. Since 1981, her principal mentor was the renowned Ibrahim Farrah of New York City, who has been her most evocative influence to date. She has participated in countless seminars with Mr. Farrah including annual visits to New York City for his intensive teachers' courses and personal study. In 1985, she traveled with Mr. Farrah to Egypt and Morocco to experience the culture and dance first hand.

A popular seminar performer and instructor, Ruby has appeared in many major American cities including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis, New York, Palm Beach, San Francisco and St. Louis; and internationally in Toronto, Canada and throughout Germany.

Locally, Ruby teaches on a weekly basis, and in January 2001 she joined the faculty of Indiana University at South Bend, School of Fine Arts, Department of Dance.

She is well known for her masterful drum solos and for her unique "Beledi Style dancing," so much so that the renowned Ibrahim Farrah called her the "Queen of Beledi."

As an instructor, her earthy approach, style and choices of music will have everyone "feeling good." Ruby's methodology puts her students at ease so they can learn in a relaxed atmosphere. She incorporates elements of isolation and hip articulation into her combinations of movement for a "total body and mind" workout. Her unique ability to break down movement allows for every level of dancer to benefit and learn.

Ruby produced her first instructional video, A Private Lesson With Ruby Jazayre, which was nominated for Best Instructional Video of 2001 by the International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance.