Beats from the Streets – Percussion Workshop
From 25th of August – 12th of November 2008 at Studio Emad Eddin The trainees performed a motivated rhythmic theatre performance in participation with professional musicians coming from abroad.
Body, Voice and Movement II Workshop
From 13th – 23rd of July 2008 in Studio Emad Eddin. The workshop explored some techniques of the Grotowski Theater. At the end of the workshop, the participants created a performance that was presented in Studio Emad Eddin.
The Dance Theatre Workshop
From 6th – 9th of May 2008 This workshop focused on various advanced contemporary dance techniques for professional dancers, and how movement can be integrated with other elements of theater such as text and storyline. Participants learned about integrating movement and words, playing with narrative, and what “dance theater” actually means. Participants also engaged in…
Talk in Human Rights
On 12th of March 2008 at Studio Emad Eddin US Playwright/Advocate for Human Rights Naomi Wallace organized a trip by a group of U.S. playwrights to Palestine in 2002 and the essays they wrote following their visit were published in American Theater magazine. Wallace’s plays have been produced in Britain, Europe and the United States.…
Dance Talk and Film Screening
On 10th of January 2008 at Studio Emad Eddin Studio Emad Eddin in collaboration with HaRaka hosted a talk on the language of Tango and the screening of the Film Tango. Haraka was interested in starting a dialogue on language and dance, the sociopolitical contexts of dialects, the traces of performance of race, gender and…
‘Living Together-CAIRO’ Training of Trainers – Program
Living Together-CAIRO was intended to bring Egyptians and refugees of all nationalities together to work for common benefits. The project aimed at building capacity in the member organizations of Tadamon – the Egyptian/refugee Multicultural Council, while initiating a large public campaign to promote diversity as a positive resource in Cairo. Co-ordinating the effort of concerned…
Cairo Contemporary Dance Workshops Program CCDWP (2008-2009)
CCDWP was designed in collaboration with the French dancer & Choreographer Laurence Rondoni. The vision behind it was to establish for the first time in Egypt, a long-term contemporary dance educational program introducing contemporary dance to the local scene, by giving the necessary tools, openings, and perspectives of development to the young generation of artists…
Acting Workshop
From 22nd – 26th of June 2009 at Studio Emad Eddin Essam Bou Khalid is both an actor and a theater director, so he presented this acting workshop from the perspective of a director, and what he expects from actors to do to fulfill his vision of the piece. The workshop discussed how directors train…
Scenography Workshop (Set Design)
From 8th – 14th of March 2009 at Studio Emad Eddin This workshop covered the foundations of scenography design in modest budget in alternative places, how to take advantage of the form, architecture and nature of the place to develop and implement ideas.
Light Design Workshop
From 23rd of February – 2nd of March 2009 at Studio Emad Eddin From 2nd – 18th of March 2009 at Rawabet Theatre This workshop was divided into two parts, theory and practice. The theoretical part included the basic knowledge and tools for light design, analyzing a text out from light, color theory, electric theory,…