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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Contemporary Dance Night "We've Got More" Sep 6-11, 2012

With the support of British Council Egypt, Ezzat Ezzat Dance Sudio (EEDS) will inaugurate its second Contemporary Dance Night (CDN-2) ‘We’ve got more’ from Thursday September 6 to Tuesday September 11, 2012 at Falaki theatre, Downtown, Cairo, and from 20-21 November at Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria.

Contemporary Dance Nights is a set of dance-shows that aim to develop contemporary dance in Egypt with contributions from young artists from different backgrounds, dance styles and approaches. It is an attempt made to expose audiences to different styles and forms of Contemporary Dance.

CDN-2 continues and develops the first Contemporary Dance Night ‘Celebration of Existence and
Differences’ held in October 2011.

The second Contemporary Dance Night ‘we’ve got more’ is a set of dance performances and videos over six consecutive nights in Cairo and two in Alexandria. 12 choreographers and directors present 5 to 15 minute performances. Each piece is an individual interpretation of the choreographers’ vision by young dancers in eight separate performances and four video presentations.
The event is divided into two groups performing over two consecutive nights, repeated three times.
Group A: 6, 8 and10 September
Group B: 7, 9 and11 September

CDN-2 Programme:
Group A
Deeper than it looks on the surface, by Monadel
Anter

“Two Dance Burgers, Please?”, by Hazem &
Matthieu

“Seen” (Video Dance), by Shaymaa Shoukry

“Voodoo Doll” (Video Dance), by Ibrahim Abdo

- Intermission –

“Don‘t make me throw my anger at you”, by Mounir
Saeed

”Waiting...!”, by Ahmed Ezz

- Discussion –

Group B
“Disorder”, by Sherin Hegazy

“π”, by Shaymaa Shoukry

“A Step Back”(Video Dance), by Ezzat Ezzat

“Voodoo Doll” (Video Dance), by Ibrahim Abdo

- Intermission –

“1”, by Ahmed El Gendy

“Not for Everyone”, by Mirette Mechail

- Discussion –

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For further information please contact:

Rose marie Gad, Communication Manager, British Council Egypt
Tel: +(202) 3344 3076
Email: Rose.Gad@Britishcouncil.org.eg

About the British Council
The British Council creates international opportunities for the people of the UK and other countries and builds trust between them worldwide.
For more information, please visit: www.britishcouncil.org.
You can also keep in touch with the British Council through http://twitter.com/britishcouncil and http://
blog.britishcouncil.org/.

About EE Dance Studio
Ezzat Ezzat Dance Studio (EEDS) is an independent artistic organization concerned with the performing arts particularly contemporary dance. Established by Ezzat Ezzat in early 2012, EEDS aims to enrich the artistic life of Egypt by developing the art of contemporary dance by holding and co-producing artistic projects and events, organizing workshops and supporting young artists.
http://www.eedancestudio.com
Ezzat Ezzat at e.ezzat@eedancestudio.com or +2 010 0 572 303 9

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