This program has been a follow up to the success of the Dancing the Self intensive workshop program by Zosia Jo in partnership with Studio Emad Eddin. The approach offered women a safe space in which to express themselves and connect to their bodies and to each other. Around 130 women have completed the level 1 course to date and the success of the program has led the team to examine the need for regular, ongoing opportunities for women to gather, exercise, create and share together.
The One Year Program of 6 terms (each lasting 6 weeks with two sessions per week) has been designed to provide ongoing creative and physical skill building to those women who’ve already engaged in the workshops at whatever level, and would like to continue dancing and creating on a regular basis.
The Open Weekends were offered to the One Year Program participants, Dancing the Self community and any other women who wanted to join, regardless of whether or not they’ve already taken part. These were a chance to dip your toe in a new style, to compliment your training on the one year program, or even to join the Dancing the Self community for the first time.
In addition to these main staples, there has been two special projects, those two performance workshops were only open to ongoing One Year Program members, and were optional for those who wanted to perform and commit to the program.
Terms schedule:
• Term 1, by Marihan Samy & Sarah Gabr, from 23rd of July – 29th of August 2017
• Term 2, by Marihan Samy, from 10th of September – 17th of October 2017
• Term 3, by Shaymaa Shoukry, from 24th of October – 17th of December 2017
• Term 4, by Florence Moutin-Cornille (France), from 8th of January -14th of February 2018
• Term 5, by Sarah Gabr, from 27th of February – 10th of April 2018
• Term 6, by Marihan Samy, from 3rd of July – 12th of August 2018
Weekends schedule:
• Weekend 1, Here and Now – Mindfulness and Healing for the Whole Self workshop by Léa-Jeanne Sachot (France), on 7th & 8th of July 2017
• Weekend 2, Your Body is your Home – Dance therapy workshop by Radwa El Attar, on 20th & 21st of October 2017
• Weekend 3, Body, time, space workshop by Shaymaa Shoukry, on 2nd & 3rd of March 2018
• Weekend 4, Fighting to dance – martial arts and contemporary dance workshop by Marihan Samy, 4th & 5th of May 2018
• Weekend 5, Gesmi-Baladi Contemporary dance workshop by Sherine Hegazy, on 11th and 12th of May 2018
• Weekend 6, Poems of movement – contemporary dance workshop by Sarah Gabr Helmy, on 17th & 18th of August 2018.
Special projects:
• In public and outdoor spaces workshop, by Shaymaa Shoukry & Florence Moutin-Cornille (France), from 15th -20th of April 2018
• Advanced Dancing the Self, by Zosia Dowmunt (UK), from 28th of April – 2nd of May 2019