Back from Cairo!

Hanna — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:09:02 GMT

To all my friends on Tribe:

My wife Jehan and I have just returned from an incredible adventure in
Cairo Egypt where she taught and performed at the Ahlan Wa Sahlan Dance
Festival. We brought a lovely group of dancers with us from NYC and they
captivated Cairo as they were captivated by it. Music 24 hours a day and dancing
to last a lifetime --- senusal strange, absurd, silly, beautiful . All of
the above. So many styles ,so many dancers from all over the planet
converging for a week of immersion and total saturation in this exotic culture.
We have lots of new costumes if you are interested. A large shipment
of tribal jewelry is on its way as well. So call us if you want to see any
of the new treasures. 718 729 4187. We will returning to Egypt in
December to participate in the Winter Intesive held at the Mena House - a five
star palace at the foot of the Pyramids! So come join us or put in your
order if there is something special you want us to bring back for you. We may
also go to Morocco for an annual festival in the desert - dance music
folklore and arabian horses horses horses ----our other passion.
So rich was our experience that we will be writing and and sharing
impressions and insights for months to come. Hopefully enticing you
all to join us in cairo and then cruising to Luxor and andAsqn - to the
magnificent temples of the ancient world on the Nile.
We are recording a new CD in Egypt with a wonderful composer there.
The music should be ready before the end of summer. We will let you know
ASAP.
Even my own experiment - an urban remix of an old classic song
glorifiying the bellydancer entitled Hizi Ya Nawaim - was a big hit over there
with dancer as well as Egyptians I was shy to play it but soo surprised and
happy with the response! and I now have a singing career offer but Jehan says

"Please!, don't quit your day job"........well, yet . More news and
phots to come

Hanna

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About time!!!!

mikio — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:57:31 GMT

Allright!!! About time somebody started this tribe. Thanks Hanna.

For those reading who don't know what the heck we're refering to, GodddesssDance was a groundbreaking off-broadway production created by the High Priestess of Belly Dance, Jehan Kamal. GoddessDance expressed middle eastern dance through a broader and more thought provoking variety of modalities than it had ever been (or since been) expressed in the west. It essencially did for "raks sharki" what Riverdance did for Irish step dance and it showcased many of the talents who have since proven to be the most popular dancers on todays scene. It philosophically addressed the age old issues of man and woman, human and divine, east & west, love and strife and the basic human thirst for freedom and sovereignty in ones own life through the lens of womens dance.

It kicked ass!!! :-)

... so now we've got to invite some friends & fans, post some photo's and maybe expand the tribe description to include Jehan. (she'll probably get more tribe search engine hits than "goddessdance" itself. :-)

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Back from Cairo!

About time!!!!