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Workshops will be given in:
** Egyptian Raqs Sharqi and Saidi **
** Egyptian Sufi Dervish Dance **
** Khaligi "Gulf" Dances **
** Bedouin Ritual Dance **
** Dabka Stage Performance **
** Amazigh-Berber Ritual Dance **
** North African Dance **
** Zirk and Zaar Healing Ritual **
** Islam and Sufism **
** Culture and Dance History **
** Arabic Language Lesson **
** Arabic Music Workshop **
** Rhythm For Dancers Workshop **

** PAN ARAB CONCERT with The SHARQ TRIO plus FACULTY dance Performances on SATURDAY NIGHT **.


Schedule: Classes will start at 4pm Friday November 2nd and end by 2pm Sunday November 4th, 2007.
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Above Is A Promotional Video About This Seminar And Its Highlights.



The teachers include (subject to adjustment):

NOURHAN SHARIF: Raqs Sharqi and Egyptian Folklore : www.nourhansharif.com

Contemplating the beautiful power generated by focused energy and that theatrical presence empowered by precise articulation, Nourhan Sharif is the dancer that immediately comes to mind. Specializing in Egyptian, Lebanese Cabaret, and Folkloric Dance, Nourhan has more than 33 years of training, performance, and teaching experience in Middle Eastern dance. She is an accomplished -- and popular - Producer, Performer, Teacher, Manager, Entrepreneur, DanceWear Designer, and Choreographer. Dedicated to the art of Raks Sharqi and to formulating her own expressive style -- attributes exemplary of a fine educator and artist -- Ms. Sharif has carefully chosen a serious course of study in Egyptian, Lebanese, Greek, Turkish and Flamenco idioms with the most respected teachers - most notably, intensive work in Egyptian style with the incomparable Yousry Sharif.

AMEL TAFSOUT: North African, Berber, and Bedouin : www.ameltafsout.com

Born in Algeria, AMEL TAFSOUT is an accomplished well respected Master Dancer and choreographer of North African MAGHREB DANCE, a dance anthropologist, a singer, a storyteller and a Language instructor. She has lectured, danced, taught, sung and conducted anthropological research all over the world. She performed in many European countries and the US. She lived in many European countries (France, Germany and the UK); she speaks four languages and has published articles in academic and popular magazines. She is the Director of "The Tafsoutettes", her dance company, formed in 2001. With her company Amel Tafsout aims to perform the dances of the Maghreb and other Arabic countries with skill and sincerity as well as to educate audiences about North African culture, most notably women's traditions and evolutions through dance, story telling but still retaining a sense of wit and sharing the spirit of celebration.

KARIM NAGI: Arabic Music, Dabka, Seminar Organizer : www.karimnagi.com

Karim Nagi is a native Egyptian who has lived in the Boston area for over 20 years. Karim performs primarily Arabic, Turkish and Andalusian hand percussion, including the Egyptian Tabla (goblet drum), Riqq (tambourine) and Segat (brass castanets). Karim is a former faculty member of the New England Conservatory of Music. Karim leads the SHARQ Arabic Music Ensemble performing the classical Arabic instrumental and vocal repertoire. Karim travels the country presenting his education program called "Arabic Music, Dance and Culture" to school grades 4 up through the university level. Karim developed and currently performs Turbo Tabla a music and dance show that combines traditional Arabic and Turkish music with modern Electronica and Techno. Karim also dances the Dabka Arabic Line Dance and leads the Zaitoun Dabka Troupe.

KAY HARDY CAMPBELL: Khaligi, Gulf Dance and Music : www.kayhardycampbell.com

For more than 25 years, Kay has taught seminars and Gulf women's folkloric dance classes across the U.S. to women at dancer-sponsored events as well as at academic institutions including MIT, Agnes Scott College, and Wellesley College. Women of the Gulf perform these dances in groups to celebrate occasions such as weddings, school graduations and national holidays. The women traditionally perform their dances in pairs or in groups. While Kay doesn't perform these folk dances in public, she has coached and choreographed group dances for professional performers including Boston's Near East Dance Theatre and Libana. She has been the featured folkloric instructor at Oasis Dance Camp three times. Kay's goal with her classes is to share the joyous aspects of Arabian women's traditional culture with women in the West by letting them experience it firsthand through music and dance.


MOHAMED SHAHIN: Guest Instructor, Egyptian Dervish Dance : www.mohamedshahin.com

Mohamed Shahin, a native of Egypt, began his dance training at age 14 studying classical dance as well as all forms of Egyptian folklore and earning his degree in dance at the famous school of El Kamiah in Cairo. He was troupe manager for Egypt's national singer Samir Sabri and has performed internationally in nightclubs, numerous television shows and movies. His spectacular Tanoura (whirling dervish) and Saiidi Tahtib (stick dance) have placed him in demand throughout the world as both performer and choreographer.