TransDance 2013 opens in Cairo
TransDance festival resists cancellation and opens with a programme focused on Arab artists
Latest in Tag: Adham Hafez Highlight
Latest in Tag: Adham Hafez
Artists comment on the state of art after a year of Morsi’s rule
Adham Hafez, choreographer and music composer, and painter Nihal Whaby speak about the art scene in Egypt.
ARC.HIVE of contemporary Arab performing arts to open in Cairo
ARC.HIVE, a research centre on performing arts will open next September in Cairo.
TransDance: Puzzling and confrontational art at the British Council
“None of these pieces have ever been seen in Egypt, or anywhere in the Arab speaking world, we only know the outcome of the change they initiated. By asking Cuena to reenact some of the famous pieces the audience got to experience a live performed trip through history.”
TransDance breaks down barriers with Open Your Bags, Please
Open Your Bags, Please is a series of interviews where the audience is invited to participate and ask the choreographers anything they would like to know, “even if it is as simple as ‘why did you wear that costume in your last show?'” said Hafez.
TransDance Festival 2012 invites participants
Hafez said the objective of the festival is to explore how we take part in documenting a moment in history, a place in the world or a personal reality in such a hyper-documented reality.