ABC is a basic technical and visual education in light design. The workshop’s main objective was to teach participants how to build and maintain light equipment in their local environment and with existing means. The workshop was held on three occasions over a period of six months, in Alexandria, El Minia and Cairo. In accordance…
Phase 1- Composition, arrangement and harmony were the main topics under investigation. Group composition of songs and music also featured as an essential element of the workshop. Phase 2 – Based on the same subject matter as phase one, phase two invited artists such as Dr. Nicolas F Magriel (Sarangi), Jagdeep (Indian Tabla), members of…
Phase 1- By Ramsi Lehner (Egypt): Participants were encouraged to explore, through improvisation, the fundamentals of communication and problem solving on and off stage. Ramsi explained and demonstrated basic skills and techniques, which lead to the creation of a spontaneous, improvised, one-act play, performed at Studio Emad Eddin on April 5th, 2007. Phase 2- By…
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.
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.
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…
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.…
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 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…
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…