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20
years Hathor Dance Troupe. The founder and artistic director of the Hathor ensemble is Dr. Mo Geddawi. He has established a dance ensemble, which represents the authenticity and originality of the old and living dancing culture of Egypt and the Middle East. |
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HATHOR - Dynasty 18, 1550-1320 B.C. Her name means „the house of hor“ and she is the oldest of th egyptian goddesses, who was honoured as a cow already 2700 B.C. and later on assigned some of her symbols and tasks to the younger Isis. Her animal symbol was the cow as which she was often shown as she was created in a myth of sachmet. The most pictures show her as a young woman with horns between which the solar disc is presented. They assumed that the heaven would be a cow and the stars would be the cows´milk, she was also regarded as the mother and daughter of the sun and the one who gave birth to the universe. ... more |
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AHLAN
WA SAHLAN
Once again, the Orient scene from all over world met in Cairo on Raqia Hassans great and unique festival AHLAN WA SAHLAN. 1800 dancers from more than 30 nations arrived to rendezvous all the upcoming trends, presented at this prestige festival. |
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many fantastic Arabian designers introduced there newest ‘Haut
Couture’, again inviting to a true spending spree.. Terrifi
c modern designs let the astonished hearts of the visitors upbeat
and some belly-dancers account was affectly looted because of
these wonderful pieces for dancing! Again the “Welcome-Spectacle”
left the festival visitors being astonished mouth wide opened.
The live music and the infectious drummers brought the hips and
feet of every spectator bopping up and down. Enthusiasm was at the “Opening Gala” on which the great dancers from Cairo presented themselves and their latest choreographies to the interested audience. Also, the teachers and coaches at the festival had turned the audience present into a outstanding special evening. ... more |
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- The story ABOUT THE STORY Shantilal Merchant hails from a long line of gurus of Indian classical dance. As his ancestors created dances to be performed in front of kings in the courts of Rajasthan, so he created dances for Mumbai’s magnifi cent fi lm industry, Bollywood. |
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was the godfather of Bollywood films of yesterday, whereas Ayesha
Merchant, his granddaughter, is the reigning queen of Bollywood
fi lms today. Although they are family, their styles of dance
could not be further apart. Shantilal believes that fi lms should change peoples lives. Ayesha believes fi lms should make people escape. Reality or fantasy- therein lies their confl ict. When the story begins, Shantilal is far away in his ancestral home of Rajasthan. Ayesha is in Bollywood, the most wanted star of the industry. She has the Midas touch. A fi lm is not a hit without her. They call her “Princess of Romance”. Her current movie is a Bollywood version of “Romeo and Juliet”. ... more |
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Sound of the arabic music The term takht is most probably derived from the platform, on which the musicians used to sit on in the 20th and 30th. The first concert halls in this vein were most probably the coffee houses of the Ottoman Period, where not only tea and coffee, shishas and snuff had been consumed, but where they also cared for disport. In syria, it is still usual to have storytellers. In egypt, they play enthusiasticly dominoes and tawla. But in the evenings, the musicians would come. |
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repertoire of a takht ensembles are usually made upof instrumental
compositions, which are called „sama'i“. These are compositions
in 10/4 or 10/8-rhythm, which are composed in some strophes and
an always repeating refrain, as also the longa in 4/4-rhythm,
which is similar composed to the „sama'i“, but just
faster. When the groups had a singer or even singers, they also
presented songs with „muwaschahat“ or „qasa'id“
in them (singl.qasida, classical arabic poetry). In germany, the berliner takht ensemble is unique under the head of this group Mohamed Askari. The ensemble plays in an alternately instrumentation, depending on the requirements from the organizers with up to nine people in diverse culture events. ... more |
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DINA MEETS GERMANY Dina is a beautiful and intelligent woman who has a great capability in arts and dance. She is diciplined and meticulous, but also humanly and closely to the audience. |
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the best way to describe this multitalent of cairo, who visited
germany on the 25th november 2006 to present her own show. She
brought her own orchestra and took for a whole hour the attention
of the audience with her affecting and touching presentation! Dina and her mentor Raquia Hassan have been invited by the organizers and studio owner Klaus and Selina. Thus, Dina made us happy by giving two gorgeous workshops on the event day which have been visited more than just good – considering the german circumstances – and imparted accurate lessons with a fl avor of some aha- experiences for the participants. ... more |
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Portrait: SAMARA HAYAT, Europe/Spain My way to
live dancing.... |
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Natalie & Oasis Dance Festival, Europe/Russia Thinking
about russia, you will associate a lot of snow, cold and wodka,
but it is also a country in changes and progress with many new
oppurtunities which people implement with a lot of discipline
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A Goddess and Lioness all in One Acclaimed as one of Sydney’s most distinguished and compellling belly dancers, Jrisi Jusakos is the only representative in Australia to have a serious and public association with Dr. Mo Geddawi and his individual Geddawi dance technique. |
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from Chile, Jrisi’s family moved to Sydney, Australia, when
she was 8 years old. Already an experienced Greek and Chilean
folk dancer, Jrisi continued her association with dance through
exploring and mastering contemporary dance, ballet, jazz, fl amenco,
classical Indian and Latin dance styles; studying and training
styles to a professional level. None captured her enthusiasm and
love of movement though, as much as oriental dance, making it the form of dance she has chosen to focus on and pursue throughout her professional life. ... more |
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Asia Special Belly Dance Booming in Asia: Part one The fascination of the west with Belly dance goes back to ca. 1800, when artists, writers and travelers like Floubert, Fitzgerald, Moscow and others became interested in the orient culture. |
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the American dancers got interested and picked up the Belly dance
movements after the appearance of the Egyptian dancer little Egypt
at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. With the advent of the information age in the last two decades Belly dance became very popular in USA and Europe. In Asia it started in the 1980tees in Japan followed by Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Taiwan and China. Today Belly dance artists and practitioners can be found everywhere in Asia. Since Arab culture is not foreign to Asian people due to there long contact with Arab traders over hundreds of years, Belly dance became popular. Presently, Belly dance is an accepted dance art in many Asian countries and many dance studios offer structured classes. Dance stars and teachers from abroad are invited to give workshops and seminars. Dance festivals including shows and dance contests are organized. Dance associations are established and are becoming very active and powerful especially in Korea, Taiwan and China. In this article you will learn about Belly dance in three Asian countries namely Hong Kong and Singapore, where Belly dance started early and reached a certain stability, and in Korea, where Belly dance was introduced not long ago and is now booming and its popularity is dramatically increasing. I would like to thank the co-authors Mrs. Mey Yen from Hong Kong, Mrs. Gurl from Singapore and Mrs. Su Jee from Korea for providing information about Belly dance in there countries. ... more |
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