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Nassim el-Raqs: A dance of mythical creatures on Alexandria’s streets

Randa Ali | Dance festival Nassim el-Raqs is one of Egypt's few remaining contemporary public space art events

10 May 2017

Brazil’s Esmeralda: Belly dance as an idea, a hand wave

Omar Said | The Brazilian dancer on why belly dance became an expression of sexual obsession

9 February 2017

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.”

9 December 2016

Cactus Flower: A glimpse behind a Swiss-Egyptian dance collaboration

Alexandra Stock | How the dance that follows on from Hala Elkoussy's film came into being.

21 October 2016

Om Kalthoum: Appropriation so sexy?

Ismail Fayed | Sometime in the mid-1960s, an Egyptian dancer made an audacious attempt to do the impossible: belly dance

10 July 2016

In conversation: On 2B Continued and performing arts in Egypt

Hanaa Safwat and Rowan El Shimi | How long do we coddle for? When do we decide that the audience is ready to see something a little less

24 December 2015

In photos: Fish, harassment, a strict hotel at 2B Continued festival

Rowan El Shimi | The theater is a stressful place during rehearsals, and stress levels increase as opening night draws

17 December 2015

Ezzat Ezzat Studio: The architecture of dance

Rowan El Shimi | "My whole life, personality, approach changed because of dance, and this is my main motivation for anything

3 May 2015

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

10 April 2015

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