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Cairo Contemporary Dance School (CCDC)
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Cairo Contemporary Dance School (CCDC)
21 min read
nasa4nasa: The Cairo-based dance collective leaps from Instagram to the squash court
Sara Elkamel
| In December 2016, an Instagram account appeared under the name “nasa4nasa.” Its first post was a
dance
6 min read
In photos: A Slovenian ballet dancer in Cairo
Nadia El-Dasher
| “It turned out to be an audition and I signed a contract with the company.”
art in public space
6 min read
In photos: Dancers flood Sednaoui
Rowan El Shimi and Amir Makar
| The building, in Cairo’s central Attaba district, was nationalized in 1961 but retains its original
Cairo Contemporary Dance School (CCDC)
9 min read
Contemporary Dance Center up in the air
Mai Elwakil
| The Cairo Contemporary Dance Center, the first professional training program of its kind in Egypt, opened
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