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Articles of the author Dalia Basiouny
Teenage sexuality invades Egyptian stage
Spring Awakening, German dramatist Frank Wedekind's first major play, written in 1891, has always been a controversial performance. His bold text examines the impact of the emerging teenage sexuality and the lack of sexual education that, (...)

05 - 04 - 2010
A turbulent landing for new Brit performance
This week, the British Council in Egypt hosted Oxford Playhouse's performance "One Small Step at El-Sawy Culture Wheel. The play tour is part of Performance Platforms, a regional British Council project which explores performing arts to develop (...)

21 - 03 - 2010
A hymn to Muslim-Christian love
The Egyptian National Theater's latest production for the ongoing season is an adaptation of Bahaa' Taher's novel "Khalti Safiyya wal Der (Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery). Incarnated in various forms in theater and TV, Taher's award-winning novel (...)

17 - 03 - 2010
Forcing connections: 'Brothers Karamazov' and Egyptian society
Adapting a novel for the stage is not an easy task. Adapting a seminal text such as "The Brothers Karamazov by Russian master Fyodor Dostoyevsky is even more formidable. Dostoyevsky's classic novel about the complex relationship between a father (...)

11 - 03 - 2010
Storytelling performance brings sense of community to theater
The young theater troupe Soubian we Banat (Boys and Girls) offered an evening of storytelling this week in Wekalet El-Kharoub in Gamaleya, the popular neighborhood behind Al-Hussein Mosque in old Cairo. The troupe that presented the gem "Ali (...)

01 - 03 - 2010
A triumph of simple aesthetics in 'Oscar and the Lady in Pink'
There is a lot of magic in how the French story "Oscar and the Lady in Pink made it to the Egyptian stage, via Russia, and came to be an annual offering by theater troupe "Talata (Three). French dramatist, novelist, and fiction writer Eric (...)

23 - 02 - 2010
Dance show fails to present ideas of pioneering feminist
The Egyptian Modern Dance Theatre Company presented its latest production, "Women of Kasem Amin at the Opera House's Gomhoryia Theater this week. Walid Aouni's ambitious project to present major figures from Egyptian contemporary history (...)

18 - 02 - 2010
New theater voices in the Festival for Creative Youth
For eight successive years, the French Cultural Center in Egypt supported the creativity of young Egyptian theater makers by hosting a festival for Creative Youth, and sponsoring the winner's participation in Avignon Theater Festival in France each (...)

16 - 02 - 2010
Forum creates a safe space for creativity
The Creative Forum for Independent Theater Groups from Europe and the Mediterranean, which closed its seventh edition this week in Alexandria, placed equal emphasis on training workshops as well as presenting performances. The Bibliotheca (...)

12 - 02 - 2010
Modern dance takes center stage in Creative Forum
Over the past seven years, the cultural scene in Alexandria has been hit with a vivacious energy incited by the Creative Forum for Independent Theater Groups. With a LE 2 ticket, the forum's performances have attracted Alexandrians interested in (...)

07 - 02 - 2010
7th Creative Forum kicks off
Bibliotheca Alexandrina's Creative Forum for Independent Theater Groups launched its seventh edition this week. Since its inception, it has managed to create a unique mark on Egyptian theater with a host of programs and performances by artists from (...)

04 - 02 - 2010
That's not the way they like it
Theater in Egypt has been suffering for years from the lack of good scripts. Comedies suffer especially more because they rely chiefly on the mass appeal of star comedians to attract audiences through their unique comedy routines regardless of the (...)

31 - 01 - 2010
The problems are real, the anger is fake
The repertoire system found in many international theaters is virtually unknown in contemporary Egyptian theater. It's rare when a play is given a second run after its initial opening season. One recent exception was Sadalla Wannus' "Al-Malek (...)

19 - 01 - 2010
YEAREND SPECIAL: A year of adaptations in Egyptian theater
The powerful art of theater is losing its grip on the public in the face of the fierce competition of satellite TV, with the range of choices they offer from the comfort of one's sofa. For many Egyptians, theater is reduced to the comedies they (...)

22 - 12 - 2009
New showcase for Egyptian contemporary dance talents in '2 B Continued'
A fter a successful first edition, the second installment of "2 B Continued, a festival and dance lab organized by Studio Emad Eddin Foundation, returns this week to the American University in Cairo's Falaki Theater in downtown Cairo. The first (...)

16 - 12 - 2009
A spiritual meeting of religion and culture
Under the bright light of a perfect full moon, Cairo Opera House hosted an evening of Egyptian spiritual music last week, bringing together Sufi chanting and Coptic hymns, in addition to Egyptian and German music compositions. This unique (...)

08 - 12 - 2009
Momix brings magic to Egypt
Last week, Egyptian audiences in Cairo and Alexandria were treated to highlights of the works of renowned American dance company Momix in the Cairo and Alexandria Opera Houses. "The Best of Momix presented chosen vintages from Moses Pendleton's (...)

29 - 11 - 2009
The thief that stole El-Hakim's thunder
Great Egyptian writer Tawfiq El-Hakim is one of Egypt's most brilliant minds of the 20th century. His prolific career bridged several forms of writing: theater, fiction, political analysis, philosophical writings, journalism, short stories, (...)

23 - 11 - 2009
'Nora's Doors' fails to captivate
Nora, the protagonist of Henrick Ibsen's "Doll's House, shook the norms of European society with her defiance in the face of patriarchy and her determined quest for an identity that is separate from her roles as a wife and a mother. Her namesake, (...)

12 - 11 - 2009
Youth frustrations communicated in new dance performance
This week, young choreographer Mounir Saeed presented two dance performances: "The Game and "View the Dead Art at Downtown's Rawabet Theater. Saeed is one of 15 Egyptian dancers/choreographers who recently completed a two-year training program (...)

05 - 11 - 2009
Experimental Fest leaves many questions unanswered
The 21st Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater (CIFET) closed its curtain on Tuesday night after a nine-day surge of theater activities, lighting many stages in downtown Cairo with plays participating in the international competition (...)

21 - 10 - 2009
Searching for experimentation in experimental theater fest
This year, the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater (CIFET) presents 26 performances in the official competition, in addition to a number of Egyptian performances staged on the fringe. Besides a number of new plays, many of this (...)

15 - 10 - 2009
Is experimental theater fest coming of age?
The Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater (CIFET) is celebrating its 21st birthday this month. Founded by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture in 1990 to impart some fresh blood into the ailing Egyptian theater; the festival has managed (...)

11 - 10 - 2009
An ode to love in Pina Bausch's choreography
After a long wait, Egyptian audiences witnessed the magic of Pina Bausch's choreography at the Cairo Opera House this week. The grand finale of the 50th anniversary of Goethe's Institute in Egypt was two dance performances by the German (...)

04 - 10 - 2009
The dance must go on
In spite of the sudden loss of international dance choreographer and innovator Pina Bausch this summer, the Tanztheater Wuppertal company is bravely resuming the scheduled tour. Bausch's company is staging two of her most acclaimed performances at (...)

01 - 10 - 2009
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