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Event
Charleston Raqs - 2016
EVENT INCLUDES WORKSHOP AND PERFORMANCE
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This project was funded in part by the city of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs and the city of North Charleston Cultural Arts Program through their joint administration of the Lowcountry Quarterly Arts Grant Program and the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC.
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Karim Nagi is returning to Charleston, SC for a weekend of workshops. Andrea de la Torre is also returning with her famous drum solo workshop. This time it will be to a Karim Nagi song. She will also teach a French Cancan dance workshop.
Karim Nagi is a native Egyptian drummer, DJ, composer and folk dancer. He is the creator of Turbo Tabla, and has released four internationally distributed CDs of this unique brand of Arab House/Electronica using acoustic instruments. Karim has authored instructional DVDs for the Tabla/Doumbek, Riqq tambourine, Maqam & Taqsim, Drum Solo for Dance, and Arab Folk Dance. He is well versed in the ultra-traditional styles of music, and has lead the Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble since 1999.
He promotes and fosters the study of Arab dance in the USA as the director of the Arab Dance Seminar. Karim performs and teaches Tahteeb Cane Dance, Dabka Line Dance, and Zikr Sufi Dance.
He taught at the New England Conservatory of Music for 5 years, and has lectured and presented at Harvard, MIT, Yale, Bowdoin, Princeton, Stanford, William & Mary, Georgetown, and several Community Colleges. Additionally, Karim Nagi's Arabiqa program has conducted over 300 school assemblies across America, exposing young audiences to Arab traditional arts. His performances boast a dynamic concoction of live drumming and dance, done in unison.
Because of his proficiency in both music and dance, his workshops deliver students to a new physical understanding of the connection between these two disciplines. As a dance and drum teacher, Karim has taught in dozens of festivals in the United States, Asia, Europe and Cairo, as well as all major Arab Culture festivals in the USA.
Karim Nagi is a true crossover artist, uniting the Cabaret and Tribal, Traditional and the Modern, the Ethnic and the Urban.
HIS EXPERTISE
Arab Hand Percussion, Music Ensemble Performance, Arab Folk Dance,
Arab Performing Arts and Culture, General Public Lectures & Discussions.
This weekend workshop is open to all levels - Instructors, professional dancers, students and dance enthusiasts.
This event is Hosted by DancingBeena (843) 906-1610 Beena@DancingBeena.com
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LocationThe Dance Arts Studio (View)
1150 Hungryneck Blvd
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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