From 5th – 18th of December 2014 at Falaki Theater The monkey fish approach is a hybrid technique that combines the powerful ground-based movements of the monkey, and the agility and fluidity of a fish in water. In this workshop, Shafik presented this freeing dance that is based on instinctive movements highly challenging to perform,…
From 3rd – 18th of December 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin The workshop was divided into 3 sections: Respiration Exercises: a set of group and individual exercises aiming at constructing the correct respiratory mechanism and on discovering the center of correct respiration: how it can be used for maximum benefits Voice Exercises: a group of…
From 3rd of November – 8th of December 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin Theatre is a blank page and the actor is a dot on the stage: how can he/she affect the audience without set or props, expressing oneself only by means of his/her situated presence and his/her body? There is a difference between the…
From 2nd – 10th of November 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin The participants observed and experimented with the connections between their bodies, breaths, memories and emotions during acting, in order to transform their life experiences into balanced on-stage actions by tapping into different energies.
From 2nd of November –7th of December 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin The participants recognized the types of Indian dancing and its development until today through Indian films. They learned dance steps on a famous Indian folk song besides learning how to wear the Indian sari.
From 23rd – 26th of October 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin This workshop was part of the one-year playwriting program. The media-fiction concept aimed to represent a demarche of experimental writing process that takes as its basic material printed press matter in all its diversity (human interest stories, newspaper reports, interviews, portraits, caricatures, advertisements, small…
From 12th – 19th of October 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin The participants learned two different types of the Brazilian martial arts, Capoeira and MaculelêIe. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music; sometimes referred to as a game. Mainly African descendants with native Brazilian influences developed it in…
From 11th of October – 1st of November 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin This supplementary workshop of exercises helped the trainee to develop his/her voice. The training covered the following topics: How the human voice is produced and learning to recognize his/her proper true voice How to use the voice, how to care for and…
From 11th to 19th of September 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin This screenwriting lab selected up to 10 filmmakers/writers who are in development of a short narrative screenplay. One participant received the ‘best screenplay’ award, getting his screenplay financed & produced by Cinephilia. *This lab was funded by El Mawred Al Thaqafi
From 27th of April – 13th of May 2014 at Studio Emad Eddin This was a preparatory, exploratory workshop for discovering talents, performing exercises in meditation, breathing vocalizing and movement to help participants discover their voices. Participants have: Learned how the human voice is produced Discovered his/her true voice Learned how to use the voice…