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PROGRAMME: Egypt dance fest in Alexandria's public spaces A contemporary dance and multi-disciplinary arts festival will take place across public spaces Egypt's second largest city starting 2 May, featuring local and international dancers and artists
Alexandria, Egypt's second-largest city, will see contemporary and multiple arts in their public spaces from 2 -9 May. In its third year, Nassim el Raqs (A Breeze of Dance) festival will feature local choreographers, such as Mirette Mechail, alongside dancers and artists from Lebanon to Latvia to France. The first Nassim Al Raqs festival was held in 2011, seeking to extent the cultural and artistic parameters of the city of Alexandria. "Our ambition is simple, yet to us it appears essential," project designers and curators Emilie Petit and Lucien Arino state on their official Facebook page. "It is to open new spaces for creation and production for artists in Alexandria; to give them the opportunity to take over a ‘piece' of our city to enable them to question their practice, their demands, their desires, their physical language, within an unpredictable and innovative work environment." Programme: Thursday 2 May 6:45pm Horizontal Tendancy choreographed by Mirette Mechail (Egypt), performed by Mirette Mechail, in collaboration with Mohamed Fouad (Egypt)- Fouad Street, next to the Cinema Rio 7:15pm Cairography video-dance project by Dalia Naous (Lebanon) and Kinda Hassan (Lebanon)- Fouad Street, next to the Creativity Centre 8pm Zekrayat choreographed by Yhlem Dekkiche (France), performed by Yhlem Dekkiche, in collaboration with Ibrahim Diame (France)- Falaki Street, next to the passport office Friday 3 May 7pm Inhabiting Spaces : Research exhibition designed by Hatem Hassan (Egypt) and Inga Lace (Latvia)- French Institute, third floor 8:30pm Zekrayat choreographed by Yhlem Dekkiche (France), performed by Yhlem Dekkiche, in collaboration with Ibrahim Diame (France)- Falaki Street, next to the passport office Saturday, 4 May 7pm Cairography dideo-dance project by Dalia Naous (Lebanon) and Kinda Hassan (Lebanon)- Fouad Street, next to the Creativity Center 8:30 Zekrayat choreographed by Yhlem Dekkiche (France), performed by Yhlem Dekkiche, in collaboration with Ibrahim Diame (France)- Falaki Street, next to the passport office Sunday, 5 May 7pm Inhabiting Spaces: Research exhibition designed by Hatem Hassan (Egypt) and Inga Lace (Latvia), featuring Mohamed Fouad (Egypt) and Sherif Farag (Egypt)- Mancheya, El Hindi Cafe Tuesday, 7 May 4pm Retour aux sources hip-hop experimentation, choreographed by Ibrahim Diame (France), featuring 15 hip-hop dancers from Alexandria- Shalalat Garden Wednesday, 8 May 5.45pm Mashi choreographed by Anne le Batard (France) et Jean Antoine Bigot (France) - Cie Ex Nihilo. Featuring Corinne Pontana, Ezzat Ismail, Hossam Abdelhamid, Ibrahim Abdel Hameed, Mohamed El Deeb, Noura Seif, Rolando Rocha, Selma Abd El Salam, Shahd Kattabi, Shady Abdel Rahmam- Fawzi Fahmy Street, in front of the Greco-Roman Museum Thursday, 9 May 5.45pm Mashi choreographed by Anne le Batard (France) et Jean Antoine Bigot (France) - Cie Ex Nihilo. Featuring Corinne Pontana, Ezzat Ismail, Hossam Abdelhamid, Ibrahim Abdel Hameed, Mohamed El Deeb, Noura Seif, Rolando Rocha, Selma Abd El Salam, Shahd Kattabi, Shady Abdel Rahmam- Fawzi Fahmy Street, in front of the Greco-Roman Museum More info here. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/70536.aspx
