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 […]
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 […]