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The founders and organizers of the Nile Group |
TEACHERS OF THE PREVIOUS AND UPCOMING NILE GROUP WORKSHOPS CAIRO, EGYPT To see the particular teachers for each festival and the content of the workshops please visit: Schedule |
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 Aida Nour |
 Mohamed Abou Shebika |
 Freiz Sayed |
To read more about the Guest teachers and artists of the Nile Group Click on the image. "The Artists are not presented in hierarchic order" |
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 The Nile Group Teachers |
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TEACHERS OF ORIENTAL RAKS SHARQI & FOLKLORE DANCE |
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MAHMOUD REDA Mahmoud Reda ” The father of oriental dance in Egypt”. Mahmoud Reda is a pioneer of dance theatre in Egypt, Soloist, choreographer and director of hundreds of productions Many of today’s famous Egyptian dancers started their careers in the Mahmoud Reda Ensemble as folklore dancers in The Reda Troupe. He founded the first Reda Troupe Ensamble in 1956 which now has presented more than 300 shows over the whole world. Mahmoud Reda has been largely responsible for introducing oriental dance to the world by bringing it to the international scenes. In 1999 he was honored by the International Dance Committee of Unesco and in 2001 was given the title of ”dance personality of the year” at The International Middle Eastern Dance Conference. He performed on the world's most prestigious stages such as Carnegie Hall (NY, USA), Albert Hall (London, UK), Congress Hall (Berlin, Germany), Stanislavsky & Gorky Theaters (Moscow, USSR), Olympia (Paris, France) and the United Nations (NY & Geneva). The Reda Troupe has performed for many world leaders and Heads of states. Mr. Reda received Egypt's Order of Arts and Science in 1967, The Star of Jordan in 1965 and the Order of Tunisia in 1973. In 1999, he was honored by the International Dance Committee/Unesco and in May 2001. by the International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance A participant in the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, Mahmoud Reda represented Egypt in gymnastics after winning a gold medal in free exercise at the Arab Countries Championships Alexandria in 1950. Mahmoud Reda holds a degree in commerce from the University of Cairo. From 1982 to 1990 he was Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Culture. Read more about Mahmoud Reda TOP |
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FARIDA FAHMY
Farida Fahmy was Reda's principal female dancer from 1959-1983 and has through the years danced in a number of films. Farida Fahmy, Mahmoud Reda and his brother Ali Reda (Farida's late husband), formed the first Egyptian dance company The Reda Troupe to record Egyptian folk songs and dances and perform them on stage. Farida performed in over 50 countries with the Reda Troupe , Farida Fahmy played a major role in elevating dance into a fine art in Egypt. She was rewarded by President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1967 with the order of Arts and Science of the first degree , by King Hussein of Jordan with the Star of Jordan in 1965 , and by President Bourguiba of Tunisia in 1973. She is an accomplished choreographer in both Oriental and Folkloric styles around the world. She dedicated her whole life to the oriental dance. For the Egyptians she is symbol of grace and a tribute to the oriental dance as an Art form. TOP |
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PROF.DR.HASSAN KHALIL
Hassan Khalil is professor and head of department acting and directing in the Academy of dramatic arts in Cairo, since 1981 in Kuwait He is not only specialist for Egyptian folklore, also in the field of folklore of the Gulf he is very well know. He was the first who did studies about the folklore dances of Egypt like Nuba, Hagallah, Port Said and more. In all this years he worked also in the field of theatre / drama . He is a big regisseur at theatre, musical-theatre, operette and opera for many times. He directed more than 72 dramatic plays and more than 40 operettes in Egypt Hassan was professor at the High Academy for ballett in Cairo, to teach ballett-regie and national dances. He also was consultant of the ministry of information. He was the general director of the Um Kalzoum theatre in Cairo, generalsupervisor for folklore in the ministry of culture, And member of the high council for sience and art in Cairo. Since 1967 Prof. Khalil has got the first class decoration of Egypt for sience and art Many times he did festivals for the national days of several Arabian countries. He did these festivals in hugh theatres or sport-stadiums with more than 1000 actors on the stage. For this big work Prof. Khalil got a lot of honours of kings and presidents. Hassan lived in the time of the great oriental dancers In 1986 Dietlinde Karkutli invited him to come to Germany to teach oriental dance. Since this time he has come to Europe to teach in the time between the semesters of the university and to give his love for the oriental dance to all dancers of the world. (Karin Stöber) TOP |
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DAWLAT IBRAHIM Dawlat Ibrahim is one of the most famous Choreographers in Egypt. She was a trainer and Choreographer for the Khaomeya Troupe in Egypt. She started 1963 in The Khaomeya Troupe and later on she became a Choreographer and Dance Teacher for many famous dancers in Egypts as: Fifi Abdo, Nagwa Fuad, Dina, Zizi Mostafa, Hala Zafy, Sahar Hamdi, Samya Hamada and she was also helping many famous egyptian actors in film and Theater with their dance scenes. She also travelled to many Countries for teaching. We are very proud to present Dawlat Ibrahim for the first time in Egypt as a Teacher in a dance festival for foreign dancers. TOP |
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NEVEIN
RAMEZ
Nevein Rames is one of the Trainers for the Reda Troupe She has been dancing and teaching Egyptian folklore dances for 30 years and was recently working as the general manager for the Reda Troupe. Nevein Ramez has been traveling teaching and performing all over the world. TOP |
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YOUSRY SHARIF Yousry Sharif is internationally celebrated as a choreographer and instructor of Middle Eastern Dance. Based in New York City, he established The Egyptian Academy of Oriental Dance where he hones new students to his richly expressive and unique style and has created an impressive contingent of professional protégés. Over the years, his popularity has grown to such an extent that he tours the globe eight months of the year to headline seminars as a guest artist/instructor. An innovative and incredibly musical artist, Yousry explores movement and music from folklore to oriental cabaret and seamlessly infuses traditional and contemporary dance elements from the ethnic flamenco, jazz, ballet, to modern genres. He is one of the few contemporary artists who has the gift to artfully and organically combine or individually address these variant idioms. s such, he is highly respected and enjoyed by diverse communities from indigenous Arab population who seek entertainment from their original homelands, to purists who wish to preserve traditions, to dancers who thirst for modern fusion. TOP |
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FARUK MUSTAFA
Faruk Mustafa is an Egyptian teacher and choreographer of Egyptian folklore dance. He started as a dancer in the Reda Troupe. And was dancing with them for many years. He has also been participating in many Egyptian films as a dancer but also as an actor. Faruk traveled all around the world as a performer and teacher. Now he is living in Egypt. He is teaching private and giving workshops. TOP |
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AIDA
NOUR
Aida Nour is originally from Alexandria in Egypt. She started her dance career as a young dancer in the Alexandria Troupe. She was performing Egyptian Folklore Dances and solo Dances for many years with them. After many years of touring with the Alexandria Troupe, Aida moved to Cairo where she became a member of the famous Reda Troupe for many years. Aida began to perform as a solo dancer later on and her success was big! She performed as one of the most famous dancers in Egypt in many of Cairo's five star Hotels and Nightclubs, now she is traveling world wide to teach oriental dance. Aida Nour is is also famous for her designes of oriental dance costumes. She is one of the Co-Organizers of the Nile Group. TOP |
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FREIZ SAYED
Freiz started to dance as a folklore dancer in the famous Kaomeya Troupe "The National Folklore Ensemble in Egypt." The Troupe was traveling all the world representing Egypt. Freiz was considered one of the best dancers in the Kaomeya troupe. The media and the audience often compared her artistic quality, feeling and her looks with the famous dancer Naima Akef. After her time as a dancer in the Kaomeya Troupe she became one of the teachers of Kaomeya. Freiz is now teaching oriental dance in Cairo and abroad, she was recently in Sweden and Mosqva for workshops. Freiz is a very humorous and generous personality and is spreading joy and happiness around her. She is one of the Co-Organizers of the Nile Group since the start year 2005. TOP |
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LUBNA EMAM Lubna Emam from Cairo in Egypt, she started to dance oriental dance only nine years old in the Egyptian Kaomeya School troupe. She has been traveling all the world most of her life,performing with the Kaomeya Troupe and other groups. Lubna has also been working with the famous belly dancer Nagwa Fuad. When she some years ago returned back to Egypt, she stopped to perform and started to teach Oriental Dance for Egyptian dancers and foreign dancers. Now she is traveling everywhere in the world Teaching Classical Oriental Dances and Egyptian Folklore Dances. Lubna has a very distinkt style with very powerful "heavy" movements, she is specially appreciated for her interprentation of the Saiidi Style. TOP |
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DR. SAMIR GABER BESHAI 1) Researcher in Folkdance and collecting this kind of art since 1962 2) Chief of Folkdance section in the National Center of Folklore In Cairo since 1970 3) One of the Pioneers in the National Folktroup since 1960 {Dancer and Choreographer} 4) He founded " Sharkia Folktroup" 1975 - 1978 5) He founded " Aswan Folktroupe - Noubian Dance" 1978 - 1982 6) Finished "Master D." 1992 7) Finished "Ph.D." 19988) Finished "Master D." 1992 9) Still Teaching Folkdance and Choreographies around Egypt and many foreign countries TOP |
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CAMELIA
Camelia is one of the most famous stars in Cairo! She started her career as a folklore dancer ten years ago. Lately she turned to dance the oriental classical "sharqi" dance style and is at the moment one of the most famous and popular bellydancers in Egypt. She is currently working at many five Star Hotels in Cairo. Camelia is dancing with a never ending energy and her show is breath taking. She is giving workshops in Egypt and aboad. TOP |
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KHALED
MAHMOUD
Khaled Mahmoud started his dance career in Egypt as a dancer and teacher for egyptian dance from many years back. After moving to England a few years ago he started to teach and perform and is now often traveling to teach and perform worldwide. Khaled is teaching and dancing the classical oriental "sharki" dance with big grace as well as the Egyptian folklore dance. TOP |
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TITO
Tito is an Egyptian folklore dancer, teacher and choreographer. For the latest ten years he´s been working as a folkloredancer and he has his own folklore group that he is training, Tito oriental show which is working together with him in Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh. Recently he started to develope his style to more oriental "sharqi" style with great passion. he is a very strong stage personality and is extremely talanted as a dancer. He recently started to travel abroad for workshops, Within a very short time he travelled to many Countries all over the world. He teaches the classical oriental dance style as well as the Egyptian folklore style. TOP |
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NOUR
Nour was born in Moscow where she began her studies of choreography at the age of 8. She was focused upon folk dances from Uzbeck, Tadjick, and Azerbaijan.At the age of 10, Nour began performing on professional stage, mostly with eastern folk dances.When she was still only11, Nour was fortunate to meet Rina Dayal, the legendary popular dancer in North India. Nour studied two classical Indian styles: Bharat Natyam and Kathak, as well as four folk styles. Later on during on of her many tours Nour acquired an old videotape showing one composition of some Arabic dancer. Belly dance became the only and favorite dance for Nour. This dance, having its own rules, was like the flight of a soul, especially for one who sees dance as art and not just personal exhibitionist In 1994 Nour won first place in first competition of belly-dance in Mocsow, Russia She began working abroad on contracts. Nour danced in many countries such as Jordan, The Arab Emirates, Turkey, Greece, and even Shri-Lanka. Nour’s mother followed her in all her trips as her best friend and administrator. Between her tours Nour finished in Moscow economic College At present, Nour lives and works in Cairo since seven years. She has performed (in different years) almost in all of the 5-star hotels in Cairo, but her true concert activity in Egypt takes place at weddings. Nour is one of the most popular dancers in Egypt right now. And she is the Vice-President of International assosiation of Artist in Egypt and the leader of oriental dance in Association TOP |
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| ASMAHAN Asmahan is from Argentina and is from many years back working as a professional dancer in Egypt She is today one of the most famous dancers in Egypt. She started studying classical ballett when she was 6 years old. When she was 14 years old, she started studying Spanish and Flamenco and when she was 16 she moved on to dance oriental dance. Asmahan soon became a professional dancer and has since then been working as a professional oriental dancer in Argentina and all over the world where she ´s been performing in five star hotels and for Royalties and diplomats. She has been broadcasted in Tv and Media all over the world and been cooperating with many famous artists. She has been working as a dancer in Alexandria and in Cairo in many five star hotels like Sheraton Montaza Cairo Sheraton, Meridien, Semiramis Intercontinental, Conrad Hotel among many other hotels. Nowadays apart from her work as a dancer in Egypt, she is travelling to make shows in different European countries {France, Switzerland, England, Ukraine Russia, Singapore in Asia, Argentina} She has been teaching belly dancing the past few years. TOP |
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LEILA Leila is an American born dancer who has been living and working in Cairo for the last three years. Currently dancing nightly under contract with Semerameese-Intercontenental and Nile Pharon, she is also a sought after performer for weddings and parties throughout Cairo's five star hotels. Leila has collaborated with many superstar singers (Sameera Saeed, Hishem Abaz, Moustafa Amr, Khalid Seleem, Ahkmed Fathi-to name a few) performing oriental dance in live, televised concerts and video clips. Along with dancing, Leila is a recognizable face on arabic television having acted in numerouse commercials as well as being featured on the cover of every major fashion magazine in Egypt. She recently made her cinema debut where she acted and danced in the blockbuster "Abu Araby Wasal." Leila has also produced an oriental dance CD "Helwa" and a video of her Cairo show. TOP |
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ZEINA "Suzanne P Abou Shebika" Zeina has been dancing oriental dance since 1981. Zeina is teaching classical oriental as well as Egyptian f olklore dances. She started to dance in Sweden 1981 and travelled to Egypt to learn more in the end of the eightes. In 1990 she started to as a professional dancer at the Safir Hotel in Cairo during the stage name Zeina, She worked in Egypt at many different five star hotel and Nightclubs in Cairo and Alexandria between 1990 - 1994. Zeina came back to Sweden after four years in Egypt and opened her own dance school ( Egyptiskt Kulturcentrum ) with her husband Mohamed Abou Shebika. The dance School is now one of the biggest schools for oriental dance in Europe with more than 600 students. They have their own dance group "Nefertari" which often represents Egypt in many cultural events in Sweden. Zeina and Mohamed Abou Shebika is also organizing the annual "Stockholm Belly Dance Festival" since year 2000 in Sweden as well as they are are Co-organizers of the Nile Group. TOP |
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NESMA Nesma is a very famous dancer and teacher in Spain with many years of experience in the oriental dance. She has got her own dance school in Spain and is a very established teacher and dancer there. Nesma was working in Egypt in Cairo for many years between 1993 - 1998 as a very popular bellydancer in many five star hotels and nightclubs. She was also one of the few foreign dancers in The Reda Troupe for a long time and she use to assist Mr. Mahmoud Reda during his workshops and tours. She has also been broadcasted in Egyptian TV with the Reda Troupe many times. Nesma will teach for the first time at the Nile Group festival in April 2007 TOP |
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NESRIN Nesrin is an egyptian dancer and teacher she started her carrer in 1993 in the Reda Troupe She travelled all over the world with the Reda Troupe. she is often assisiting Mr Mahmoud Reda during his workshops in egypt and has been assisting him through the previous Nile Group festivals. Now she is a soloist in the Reda Troupe. She is also teaching in Egypt and abroad. She was teaching at the Nile Group for the forst time in the November festival 2006 after she is came back from Japan. TOP |
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Nawal is a dancer, choreographer and teacher of Moroccan oriental dance Since 1992, Nawal teaches Moroccan oriental dance in Paris. |
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DALIA Dalia is a dancer from Cairo. She is currently a dancer in the famous Reda Troupe and has been working with them for many years. She is concidered as one of the best dancers in the Reda Troupe. She is teaching egyptian folklore dance as well as classical oriental dance. Dalia is a new teacher at the Nile Group Festivals from 2006. TOP |
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MOHAMED KAZAFY Mohamed Kazafy has been dancing with the world famous Reda troupe of Egypt for 17 years. After initially training with the troupe's founder Mahmoud Reda, & The legendary principle female dancer Farida Fahmy, he went on to perform with the Reda Troupe in dozens of countries worldwide. Mohamed Kazafy remains one of their principal soloists. He is available as a teacher and dancer in Egypt and abroad. He travelled to teach in many different Countries for example lately: Germany, Sweden and England. TOP |
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OUSAMA EMAM
Ousama Emam is a Teacher and Director of the Kaoumeya Troupe for egyptian folklore dance. he is representing Egypt in many international dance festivals such as in Amerika, France, Japan, China The Arab World among other Countries. Some of the most previous dance festivals he taguht in was: The Stockholm Belly Dance Festival in Sweden, In Germany at "The Stuttgart Festival and The Dusseldorf Festival" Ousama also have his own dance group for folklore dance in Egypt called "Layali El Sharq" Which you can see perform in boats and hotels all over Egypt. The group is also presented at the Nile Group parties. TOP |
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AHMED
FEKRY
Ahmed Fekry is originally from Egypt now living in Germany. He started his career as an Egyptian folklore dancer. He was also a member of The Reda School. He is now teaching oriental as well as folklore. Ahmed was working with many folklore groupes in Egypt before moving to Germany. In Germany he is teaching and performing and often traveling to many different countries for workshops for example lately Sweden, Brazil, Norway, Russia, and Egypt in the Nile Group Festival. TOP |
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SAMEH El DESSOUKI Sameh is born in Cairo. He has been dancing Egyptian Folklore for about 25 years. He started as a folklore dancer and was working with many different dance groups in Egypt. He have also been working with Egyptian Theater and TV. Now he is living and working in Russia, Moscow where he has his own dance school for oriental dance. Sameh is often travelling to many different countries for workshops and festivals. TOP |
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MONA MOUSTAFA Career: artistic supervisor She received diplomas, Certificate of appreciation She was performing Egyptian Folklore Dances and solo Dances for many years with |
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NASRA EMAM Nasra is a Teacher and dancer from the Kaoumeya Troupe for egyptian folklore dance. She travelled to many international dance festivals such as in Amerika, France, Japan, China The Arab World among other Countries. Nasra has her own dance group together with her husband: Ousama Emam. dance called "Layali El Sharq" Which you can see perform in boats and hotels all over Egypt. The group is also presented at the Nile Group parties. Nasra is a new teacher at the Nile Group festival from April 2007. TOP |
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