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Journey Through Egypt: Part 2 - Deeper into the Dance Zones
Taught by Sahra Saeeda
Hosted by Cherish Belly Dance (Cherish Holmes)
April 22-24, 2022
20 mandatory In-Class Hours
April 22, 2022 from 6pm-10pm
April 23, 2022 from 10am-10pm (2-1 hour meal breaks)
April 24, 2022 from 10am-5pm (1 hour lunch)
Workshop Price:
Price as of April 1, 2022: $350
(This price is for all 3 days and cannot be split)
Early Bird Price until March 31, 2022: $300 ($50 savings)
(This price is for all 3 days and cannot be split)
Payment Methods ("No Fee" options for PayPal & Venmo):
PayPal (friends & family - no fee): [email protected]
Venmo (friends - no fee): @cherish-holmes-2
If you prefer to pay as "goods & services" there will be an additional fee, please contact me at [email protected]
Cash or Check (contact me for address)
**Please add the following note in PayPal/Venmo & include your email address: "JtE-2 April 2022"
This workshop cannot be split. All 20 hours are required to take the next part(s).
(The Journey Through Egypt course concludes Parts 3 & 4 in Egypt! The first 2 parts are required.)
Classroom time is divided between lecture, dance instruction and viewing research footage.
This Intensive weekend with Certification is an advanced “basic” overview, within which we set a
strong base for our future research and specializations.
We aim to study and understand each dance zone’s movement with the perspectives of:
1. Authentic non-performance “home-style” dance,
2. Local indigenous professional performers,
3. Regional governate troupes
4. National government theater-stage troupes: both Reda and Kowmeyya,
5. As represented in Cairo’s Night Club Orientale Dance shows.
In addition to addressing movement and culture, we are introduced to core Dance Ethnography concepts. Sahra brings to
JtE Intensive Courses concepts and experiments taught to her by her professors, pioneers in the field of
Dance Ethnology, at the University of California, Los Angeles.
During the process of preparation and discovery in JtE-2 we begin to form our personal interests and questions,
the base of our future research and specializations.
This 20-Hour Intensive Workshop includes dance and ritual movement of the “Dance Zones of Egypt” with special work in a variety of dances, such as Awalem Shamadan Farrah style, Cairo examples of Hassaballah, Beja Bravery Dance of the Eastern Desert, Bamboteyya of the Suez Canal, Awlad Ali Bedouin Hagallah dance, Zaggala of Siwa, Saidi Assaya, Firqit Zeffah and much more.
Journey Through Egypt is an essential course for teachers of middle eastern dance, along with anyone
who is interested in the history and culture of Egypt in relation to middle eastern dance.
Students are also privy to videos and stories that will never be shared online. Sometimes in order to be allowed to film,
Sahra had to promise to not release the videos to the general public – either on DVD or through distribution online.
She is however, allowed to show these videos to you during the course of Journey Through Egypt.
About Sahra Saeeda:
While Sahra had always been interested in the intersection of culture and dance (her Bachelors was in Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology), a need to grow as a dancer sent her to the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) where she pursued a Masters degree in Dance Ethnology.
Through the course of her study, she had the amazing good fortune to find a great friend and mentor in her program, Farida Fahmy.
When the time came to begin research for her thesis on the Zeffat al’Arusah,
Farida encouraged her to come to Cairo and pursue that research in person.
While in Egypt she received a contract with the Meridian-Heliopolis 5-star hotel, which she held for nearly 6 years.
Her position as a local dancer gave her an amazing springboard to learn about the zeffah, and so much more.
Journey Through Egypt is the brainchild of Sahra. After studying Dance Ethnology at UCLA and studying
Egyptian Folkloric dance under Farida Fahmy,
Sahra moved to Egypt to conduct research for her master’s thesis on the Zeffat al’Arusah.
During this research she discovered more and more about the culture & dances of Egypt.
Applying her learning of Dance Ethnology and the advice of many of her local resources in Egypt the idea for Journey Through Egypt was born.
Sahra now teaches and dances around the world, sharing her theories on dance in Egypt, the regions, the “tables”, and the way everything fits together. She is constantly conducting more research with two trips to Egypt each year, every time hunting for that next “puzzle piece”
that will reveal ever more about the dance, and the culture, that she fell in love with over 30 years ago.
https://journeythroughegypt.com/courses-workshops/journey-through-egypt/
Each attendee must bring their JtE-1 binders to this workshop.
Workshop Location: Creative Dance Arts Studio
2037 U.S. 9, Round Lake, NY 12151
No refunds unless workshop is cancelled by instructor/host.
If you need to sell your spot, please contact me ASAP in case we have a waitlist.
Please don’t hesitate to email me with any questions at [email protected]
Taught by Sahra Saeeda
Hosted by Cherish Belly Dance (Cherish Holmes)
April 22-24, 2022
20 mandatory In-Class Hours
April 22, 2022 from 6pm-10pm
April 23, 2022 from 10am-10pm (2-1 hour meal breaks)
April 24, 2022 from 10am-5pm (1 hour lunch)
Workshop Price:
Price as of April 1, 2022: $350
(This price is for all 3 days and cannot be split)
Early Bird Price until March 31, 2022: $300 ($50 savings)
(This price is for all 3 days and cannot be split)
Payment Methods ("No Fee" options for PayPal & Venmo):
PayPal (friends & family - no fee): [email protected]
Venmo (friends - no fee): @cherish-holmes-2
If you prefer to pay as "goods & services" there will be an additional fee, please contact me at [email protected]
Cash or Check (contact me for address)
**Please add the following note in PayPal/Venmo & include your email address: "JtE-2 April 2022"
This workshop cannot be split. All 20 hours are required to take the next part(s).
(The Journey Through Egypt course concludes Parts 3 & 4 in Egypt! The first 2 parts are required.)
Classroom time is divided between lecture, dance instruction and viewing research footage.
This Intensive weekend with Certification is an advanced “basic” overview, within which we set a
strong base for our future research and specializations.
We aim to study and understand each dance zone’s movement with the perspectives of:
1. Authentic non-performance “home-style” dance,
2. Local indigenous professional performers,
3. Regional governate troupes
4. National government theater-stage troupes: both Reda and Kowmeyya,
5. As represented in Cairo’s Night Club Orientale Dance shows.
In addition to addressing movement and culture, we are introduced to core Dance Ethnography concepts. Sahra brings to
JtE Intensive Courses concepts and experiments taught to her by her professors, pioneers in the field of
Dance Ethnology, at the University of California, Los Angeles.
During the process of preparation and discovery in JtE-2 we begin to form our personal interests and questions,
the base of our future research and specializations.
This 20-Hour Intensive Workshop includes dance and ritual movement of the “Dance Zones of Egypt” with special work in a variety of dances, such as Awalem Shamadan Farrah style, Cairo examples of Hassaballah, Beja Bravery Dance of the Eastern Desert, Bamboteyya of the Suez Canal, Awlad Ali Bedouin Hagallah dance, Zaggala of Siwa, Saidi Assaya, Firqit Zeffah and much more.
Journey Through Egypt is an essential course for teachers of middle eastern dance, along with anyone
who is interested in the history and culture of Egypt in relation to middle eastern dance.
Students are also privy to videos and stories that will never be shared online. Sometimes in order to be allowed to film,
Sahra had to promise to not release the videos to the general public – either on DVD or through distribution online.
She is however, allowed to show these videos to you during the course of Journey Through Egypt.
About Sahra Saeeda:
While Sahra had always been interested in the intersection of culture and dance (her Bachelors was in Cultural Anthropology and Archaeology), a need to grow as a dancer sent her to the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) where she pursued a Masters degree in Dance Ethnology.
Through the course of her study, she had the amazing good fortune to find a great friend and mentor in her program, Farida Fahmy.
When the time came to begin research for her thesis on the Zeffat al’Arusah,
Farida encouraged her to come to Cairo and pursue that research in person.
While in Egypt she received a contract with the Meridian-Heliopolis 5-star hotel, which she held for nearly 6 years.
Her position as a local dancer gave her an amazing springboard to learn about the zeffah, and so much more.
Journey Through Egypt is the brainchild of Sahra. After studying Dance Ethnology at UCLA and studying
Egyptian Folkloric dance under Farida Fahmy,
Sahra moved to Egypt to conduct research for her master’s thesis on the Zeffat al’Arusah.
During this research she discovered more and more about the culture & dances of Egypt.
Applying her learning of Dance Ethnology and the advice of many of her local resources in Egypt the idea for Journey Through Egypt was born.
Sahra now teaches and dances around the world, sharing her theories on dance in Egypt, the regions, the “tables”, and the way everything fits together. She is constantly conducting more research with two trips to Egypt each year, every time hunting for that next “puzzle piece”
that will reveal ever more about the dance, and the culture, that she fell in love with over 30 years ago.
https://journeythroughegypt.com/courses-workshops/journey-through-egypt/
Each attendee must bring their JtE-1 binders to this workshop.
Workshop Location: Creative Dance Arts Studio
2037 U.S. 9, Round Lake, NY 12151
No refunds unless workshop is cancelled by instructor/host.
If you need to sell your spot, please contact me ASAP in case we have a waitlist.
Please don’t hesitate to email me with any questions at [email protected]