This year A Pinch of the Orient Show will go on a journey with elegance of the Orient Express. Referring to the European Capital of Culture 2016 that takes place in Wroclaw, the dancers will present a fusion of oriental dance to music from the cultures of Italy, Spain, Austria and Russia. This dance spectacle […]
Whirling Dervishes If you have not seen the show of Whirling Dervishes yet , I highly recommend it to you! I had an opportunity to see them live in November and thy made me (and the entire audience) breathless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz5R8E2-bl0 Dervishes pray and meditate by the means of their dance, of which the most distinctive […]
It’s time to make plans for 2016! Below you will find the list of oriental dance festivals with workshops led by Egyptian dancers and instructors – no one knows more about the dance than they do. In case you noticed that some festivals are missing, just let me know, so that I can up-date the […]
T-Mobile New Horizons The International Film Festival T-Mobile New Horizons is just taking place in Wrocław. For eleven days you can watch movies from all over the world, also from the Middle East. These four tiles caught my eye: “Twenty Eight Nights and a Poem”, dir. Akram Zaatari, Lebanon (26.07 – 16.00), “Taxi”, dir. Jafar Panahi, […]
BRAVE FESTIVAL Brave Festival – against cultural exile starts this Friday. It is already the eleventh edition, this year focusing on the griot tradition and the art of storytelling. I participated in the previous editions and I saw Addal – Moroccan dancing women from the Valley Ameln with a long veil covering their faces, a […]
A story from the far Egypt about a jewel given to Izis… Among hot sands of the desert, a Shaman gives a diamond to Izis – an Egyptian goodness. But somebody steals the diamond which soon happens to be found in Cleopatra’s Palace. However Izis is not going to give up on her treasure. So […]