Belly Dance with Nisaa

Very excited and honored to be teaching in the Kan Zaman festival next month! I'll be offering a lecture and a dance workshop: Lecture: Birth of Raqs Sharqi... The dance form now recognized as raqs sharqi was born on the stages of Egypt's urban entertainment halls at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. But how? And why? What were the circumstances that set in motion such a momentous transformation of Egyptian belly dance at this particular point in Egyptian history? In this lecture, Nisaa discusses the unique constellation of social, political, and cultural developments in late 19th century Egypt that enabled and nurtured the emergence and early development of raqs sharqi. Join Nisaa and learn how the birth of raqs sharqi reflected broader trends in turn-of-the-century Egyptian arts and entertainment, and how cultural expressions like raqs sharqi embodied and expressed the struggle for Egyptian national and cultural identity. Workshop: Early (Pre-Golden Era) Raqs Sharqi Decades before the rise of Golden Era celebrities such as Taheya Carioca and Samia Gamal, Egyptian belly dance had made its way to the stages of Cairo's theaters and music halls. In those settings, the traditional dancing of Egypt's awalim and the ghawazi was transformed into the dance form now recognized as raqs sharqi. In this workshop, join Nisaa for a movement exploration of raqs sharqi before the glamorous Golden Era. Nisaa will guide you through a reconstruction of the technique and aesthetic of raqs sharqi from the 1890s through the 1920s. Explore how early raqs sharqi retained some aspects of awalim and ghawazi styles, and how innovative and foreign elements were absorbed into the dance over the course of this 40-year period. I'll also be taking part in a panel discussion, Golden Era and Modern Times, and in the gala show! Don't miss out on this INCREDIBLE event! https://www.kanzamanfestival.com/

Coming next weekend! Don't forget to register! https://www.bellydancewithnisaa.com/lecturesworkshops.html

OMG I had a new beginner student in her very 1st private lesson ask me for a READING LIST. I think I just died and went to heaven!OMG I had a new beginner student in her very 1st private lesson ask me for a READING LIST. I think I just died and went to heaven!

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Interested in the culture and the history behind the dance? Check out my online lectures! Eight archive lectures now available for download. Visit here for details: https://www.bellydancewithnisaa.com/onlinelectures.html... I am also available for LIVE online lectures and workshops via Zoom! Contact me if you'd like to book something!

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