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eally care about dance? Want new inspiration & excitement?

Come to Egypt for the exciting Ahlan Wa Sahlan Dance Festival & take the Optional Nile Cruise!

Join “Morocco” on a Casbah Dance Experience: June 24 to July 5 (Festival) or July 9 (plus cruise), 2005

Friday, June 24 -Day 1: Meet MOROCCO (known as Rocky to her students, fans & friends) at JFK airport for check-in & orientation, then onto our EgyptAir jet for our overnight flight. Dinner, movie, nap. Wake up

Saturday, June 25 – Day 2: in CAIRO!! Have $20 in cash ready to pay for your visa & change some additional money. We meet our Cairo agency representative, go through Passport Control, get our bags, pass through Customs, get on our bus & transfer to our five-star MENA HOUSE HOTEL, in Giza, overlooking the Pyramids!

Unpack & wash up a bit, then meet in Rocky’s room for that all-important orientation lecture! Dinner on your own: the hotel has restaurants, but come back quickly because in the

Early Evening we are going to a fabulous DERVISH SHOW under the stars at the magnificent CITADEL.

Go right to bed, because we start in earnest tomorrow morning!

Sunday, June 26 – Day 3: Buffet breakfast in the hotel & onto our private bus for a great half day CITY TOUR, visiting the Sphinx & Pyramids, Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Salah El Din &Mohamed Ali Mosque.

Lunch stop at the world famous Felfela Garden Restaurant (pay for your own lunch).

Afternoon in KHAN EL KHALILI, at marvelous Mahmoud’s “AL WIKALAH”, a hidden 4-story building filled to the rafters with beaded & sequinned dance goodies: everything from whole costumes to scarves, shoes, canes, parts & pieces. Shop till you drop! It’s up to us to balance the Egyptian National Budget!

Dinner/ Evening at leisure.

Monday, June 27 – Day 4: Buffet breakfast, then

Off to register & pay for the classes you selected at Raqia Hassan’s AHLAN wa SAHLAN FESTIVAL! (Registration fee & cost of individual classes not included, since it totally depends on your own individual choices!!!)

Evening: GALA OPENING SHOW & Buffet Dinner, starring Cairo’s current favorite ORIENTAL DANCERS included!!!

Tuesday, June 28 – Sunday, July 3 – Days 5 – 10: Buffet breakfasts at the hotel.

Whichever SEMINAR CLASSES you paid for & shopping you choose to do on the premises (there will be several Cairo dancewear merchants in the Mena House hotel, vending at the seminar) or work on your tan at one of several pools.

Lunches & dinners on your own: there are several restaurants in the hotel & a great pool that also has a cafe.

EVERY EVENING during the Festival: a DANCE SHOW by the seminar participants *&* time to get up & boogie to live music!!! (Speak to Rocky about participating & what she strongly advises …). There is a limited food & drink menu available in the dance room …

On July 3, the last Festival evening there’s the optional almost never-ending GALA FINALE & Buffet Dinner with ORIENTAL DANCE Galore! MORE of Cairo’s favorite dancers!!!. (In prior years, the Closing Galas have cost $60 each)

Monday, July 4 -Day 11: those taking the NILE CRUISE: VERY early buffet breakfast at the hotel. Be smart & pay your extra hotel charges the day before. Transfer to Cairo National Airport for your quick flight to Aswan

For those staying in Cairo: Buffet breakfast, then onto the bus that will take us back to KHAN EL KHALILI. Pick up your finished costumes at Mahmoud’s & shop till you drop!

Be smart & pay your extra hotel charges when we return this evening, pack, try to sleep…

Tuesday, July 5 – Day 12: Very early buffet breakfast for those not on the optional Nile Cruise,

Transfer to Cairo International Airport for your flight home. Bon Voyage.

 

OPTIONAL NILE CRUISE: JULY 4-9, 2005

$775 additional cost (single supplement: $200)

Monday, July 4 – Day 11: VERY early buffet breakfast at the hotel. Be smart & pay your extra hotel charges the day before.

Transfer to Cairo National Airport for your quick flight to Aswan & Abu Simbel, which I am thrilled to announce, I can INCLUDE at NO extra cost!!! Back from Abu Simbel &

Transfer to pier for the embarkation on your wonderful 3 night’s cruise.

CRUISE PROGRAM AS FOLLOWS:

Check in before lunch, in ASWAN: lunch on board

Visit the High Dam, Unfinished Obelisque & Philae Temple.

Dinner on ship

Tuesday, July 5, – Breakfast, lunch & dinner on board

Early sail to KOM OMBO: Visit Temple of Sobek .

Sail to EDFU: Visit Horus Temple,

Sail to LUXOR

Wednesday, July 6 – Breakfast, lunch & dinner on board

AM visit the West Bank

PM Visit Luxor & Karnak Temples

Evening: Morocco will arrange for a private performance of Ghawazi & Saidi music & dance

Thursday, July 7 – Breakfast on board

Check out & transfer to Luxor Airport for flight back to Cairo,

Transfer to the Victoria Hotel (not fancy, BUT very friendly & located in downtown Cairo!!!) for check in.

Evening: Rocky will see if there’s a good dance show to go to in Cairo,  in which case, each one pays their own tab …

Friday, July 8 – Buffet breakfast at the hotel

Half day bus transfer to Khan El Khalili Bazaar & Al Wikalah!

Saturday, July 9 – VERY early buffet breakfast at the hotel

Be smart & pay your extra hotel charges the day before ….

Transfer to Cairo International Airport & bye bye Cairo, hello JFK ….

 

Nile Cruise package Includes:

Roundtrip airfare CAIRO/ASWAN & LUXOR/CAIRO

ASWAN/ABU SIMBEL/ASWAN: Abu Simbel tour ***included***!

Transfers from & to hotels/ National Airport
Transfers: from the airport to Cruise Ship in Aswan & back to airport in Luxor,

Ship cabin – double occupancy (additional single supplement $200) with daily meals
Excursions listed as included

NOT included in Optional Additional Nile Cruise:
Anything not specifically listed as included
Personal mineral water & other drinks
Phone calls & internet costs, Tips
Cost of any/ all additional personal items

YOU DESERVE THE BEST! GO WITH THE PROVEN TOUR ORGANIZER: MOROCCO ALWAYS DELIVERS ALL SHE PROMISES & MORE

A CAIRO CASBAH DANCE EXPERIENCE  JUNE 24 – JULY 5, 2005: $2,275.00 

(Land Only: $1,275.00) (Single Supplement $450)

JUNE 24 – JULY 9, 2005 with NILE CRUISE: $3,050.00 

(Land Only: $2,050.00) (Single Supplement $650)

deposit: $500.00 (balance due due by May 15, 2005: $100 cancellation fee.)

 

June 24, 2005 – July 5, 2005 Cairo Includes:
Roundtrip airfare JFK/ CAIRO/ JFK
Transfers: from Cairo Airport to Mena House Hotel & back,
Hotel room – double occupancy (single supplement $450) with daily buffet breakfasts
Dervish Show at the Citadel – Opening Gala Dinner/Show
Excursions listed as included

Nile Cruise package Includes:
Roundtrip airfare CAIRO/ASWAN & LUXOR/CAIRO
ASWAN/ABU SIMBEL/ASWAN: Abu Simbel tour ***included***!
Transfers from & to Hotels/ National Airport in Cairo
Transfers: from the airport to Cruise Ship in Aswan & back to airport in Luxor,

Ship cabin – double occupancy (single supplement $200) with daily meals
Excursions listed as included

NOT included:
Cost of Visa in Cairo Airport

Cost of Registration & Individual Seminar Classes at Ahlan wa Sahlan
ALL lunches & dinners not specifically listed as included
Dance shows not listed as included
Personal mineral water & other drinks
Phone calls & internet costs, Tips
Cost of any/ all additional personal items
for further information e-mail/ call: MOROCCO
6 West 20 St. – 2nd floor
N.Y., N.Y. 10011
phone: 212/727-8326
E-mail: morocco@casbahdance.org

MOROCCO & the CASBAH DANCE EXPERIENCE

Proudly Present an Unparalleled Opportunity

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED INSTRUCTOR & PERFORMER

SABUHA SHAHNAZ

in an evening CONCERT Saturday, April 8, 2006 & a 1-day SEMINAR Sunday, April 9, 2006

TURKISH CIGULI (Roma/Gypsy)

(4 hours of teaching)

11-1:30 Class/ Lunch 1:30-2:30/ 2:30-4:00 Class
(+other folk – if there’s time)

German-born SABUHA SHAHNAZ was fascinated by dance from childhood. Her research focuseS on Oriental and folk dances from the Near and Middle East. She is a truly talented and amazing woman. Director of her own dance company and school in Augsberg, producer of her own videos and a CD, she has danced and conducted research all over Turkey (performed there extensively, including in Istanbul with real Roman musicians!) and Albania (star of several concerts in Tirana) and studied with other experts in areas of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and North African dance.

One of her favourite styles is Turkish Oriental and Roma. She will teach a choreography to Ciguli/Roma music that includes moves from Turkish folk, Oryantal and Roma dances – a lot of fun to do and so different from classic Egyptian.

Sabuha has been performing for over 23 years and was twice a special guest teacher at Morocco’s Weeklong Intensives. Her performances and classes were so well-received, that the students and audiences are clamoring for her return. Therefore this concert and seminar!

Sabuha speaks fluent English and has published articles in academic and popular German-language dance magazines. Go to her website: http://www.sabuha.de and see some of her rave reviews (there is an English version). She is a wonderful, caring and meticulous teacher … I could go on & on…
DON’T MISS OUT ON A FABULOUS AND FUN SEMINAR AND SHOW!!!

Want new inspiration & excitement? Come, join “Morocco” on a Casbah Dance Experience:

Ahlan Wa Sahlan Festival & Captivating Cairo

June 24 to July 7, 2007 only $3,095.00 (land only: $1,845.00) optional Cruise July 4-9 only $700!!!

BASIC TOUR INCLUDES:
AIR FLIGHTS: JFK/CAIRO/JFK (Land only package does NOT include any flights)
ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDES & AIR CONDITIONED MOTORCOACHES
ENTRANCE FEES to INCLUDED HISTORICAL SITES
5 STAR MENA HOUSE & 3 STAR VICTORIA in CAIRO (double occupancy)
AHLAN WA SAHLAN REGISTRATION FEE (all classes extra)
DAILY BUFFET BREAKFASTS/ *4* DINNER/ DANCE SHOWS
including the OPENING & CLOSING GALA DINNER SHOWS in CAIRO
DERVISH SHOW/ FESTIVAL DANCE SHOWS AS LISTED/ COSTUMERS/ DANCING
HOTEL SERVICE CHARGES/STATE & LOCAL TAXES

DOES NOT INCLUDE:
VISA FEE/ FESTIVAL DANCE CLASS FEES/ LUNCHES/ DINNERS NOT LISTED AS INCLUDED/ PERSONAL EXPENSES/ TIPS to GUIDES, etc.
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YOU DESERVE THE BEST! GO WITH THE PROVEN TOUR ORGANIZER:
Morocco ALWAYS delivers all she promises & MORE

COME CAPTURE CAIRO!!! JUNE 24 – JULY 7 or 9, 2007

June 24/DAY 1: Meet “MOROCCO” at JFK airport for check-in & orientation, then onto our Egyptair jet for our overnight flight. Dinner, movie, nap.

June 25/DAY 2: CAIRO!!! Have $15 in cash for your visa, change some additional money, meet our Cairo agency rep for Passport Control, get our bags, go through Customs & onto our bus to the five-star MENA HOUSE HOTEL, in GIZA, right at the PYRAMIDS!

Unpack & explore the lovely hotel grounds – gaze at the pyramids from afar – you’ll see them thisclose tomorrow!

Dinner on your own, then meet in Morocco’s room at 9 pm to give her your class selection sheets/ pay for your classes in US $ cash. Early to bed – we start in earnest tomorrow morning!

June 26/DAY 3: Buffet breakfast & onto our private bus for an all day CITY TOUR: the Sphinx, Pyramids, Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Salah El Din & Mohamed Ali Mosque.

Lunch at world famous Felfela Garden Restaurant (pay for your own lunch), while Morocco registers & pays for the classes you selected at Raqia Hassan’s AHLAN wa SAHLAN FESTIVAL! (Cost of individual classes not included, since it totally depends on your own individual choices!!!)

June 27/DAY 4: Buffet breakfast, then bus to KHAN EL KHALILI & marvelous Mahmoud’s “AL WIKALAH”, a hidden 4-story building filled to the rafters with beaded & sequinned dance goodies: everything from whole costumes to scarves, shoes, canes, parts & pieces. Shop till you drop! It’s up to us to balance the Egyptian National Budget!

Evening: GALA OPENING SHOW/DINNER included!, starring Cairo’s current favorite ORIENTAL DANCERS!

June 28/DAY 5 – July 3/ DAY 10: Buffet breakfast, then whichever SEMINAR CLASSES you paid for & shopping you choose to do on the premises (several Cairo dancewear merchants will be vending at the seminar.)

Lunches & dinners on your own: there are several restaurants in the hotel & a great pool that also has a cafe. Plenty of nearby restaurants too.

EVERY EVENING during the Festival: a DANCE SHOW by the seminar participants, (Speak to Rocky about participating & what she strongly advises …). There is a limited food & drink menu available in the dance room …

On JULY 3, the last Festival eve, there’s the included GALA FINALE DINNER with ORIENTAL DANCERS galore! MORE of Cairo’s favorite dancers!!!

July 4/DAY 11: Buffet breakfast. Transfer to the downtown Cairo VICTORIA HOTEL our home for the rest of our stay – not fancy but VERY friendly & conveniently located. Check in & unpack, but don’t loiter – because we have an

Afternoon tour to the amazing CAIRO MUSEUM, then

Early eve we are going to a fabulous DERVISH SHOW at the magnificent KHAN in KHAN EL KHALILI.

July 5/DAY 12: Buffet breakfast, then onto our bus to KHAN EL KHALILI & a second visit to marvelous Mahmoud’s “AL WIKALAH”. Shop till you drop! It’s up to us to balance the Egyptian National Budget!

Early eve we are going to a wonderful DINNER CRUISE/ DANCE SHOW on the enchanting NILE PHAROAH.

July 6/DAY 13: Buffet breakfast, then day at leisure.

Evening we are going to another fabulous DINNER & DANCE SHOW.

July 7/DAY 14: Early morning transfer to the Cairo airport for our Egyptair flight back to JFK.

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OPTIONAL CRUISE PACKAGE- July 4-9 2007 add $700.00 (single:$850.00) INCLUDES:

Air: CAIRO/ASWAN & LUXOR/CAIRO + all transfers
5 STAR CRUISE SHIP (4 days/3 nights: all meals) & 5 STAR LUXOR HOTEL (1 night+breakfast)
ENTRANCE FEES & TRANSFERS to all INCLUDED HISTORICAL SITES
Aswan Dam, Philae, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Luxor&Karnak Temples, Valley of Kings, Hatshepsut’s Tomb
English-speaking, licensed guides on all tours & air conditioned motorcoaches
CAIRO: 3 STAR VICTORIA HOTEL – 1 night + breakfast (double occupancy)
HOTEL SERVICE CHARGES/State & local TAXES
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YOU DESERVE THE BEST! GO WITH THE PROVEN TOUR ORGANIZER:
MOROCCO ALWAYS DELIVERS ALL SHE PROMISES & MORE

MOROCCO & the CASBAH DANCE EXPERIENCE

Proudly Present an Unparalleled Opportunity

YOU LOVED RAQIA HASSAN’S SEMINAR – HERE’S THE PERFECT FOLLOW-UP: INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED INSTRUCTORS & PERFORMERS

ATEF & MAGDA

in a 2-day SEMINAR: 11am – 4pm
Saturday, February 23 & Sunday, February 24, 2008:
(1 hour lunch: 1-2pm)

Sat: Nubian Choreography & Oriental Technique,
Sun: Haggalah Choreography & Milaya Leff Technique

ATEF & MAGDA are master teachers with over 30 years experience teaching all types of Egyptian folkloric and Oriental dance. Based in Cairo, this wonderful husband and wife team is known and loved internationally for the quality and range of their instruction and choreography. They’ve revitalized and improved the Reda Troupe, which languished for 10 years after Mr Reda’s forced retirement & when I saw a performance at the Balloon Theater this December, I could truthfully say that it was better than ever!!!

Both performed continually with the Reda Troupe from 1975-95, Magda taking over Farida Fahmy’s most complex, acclaimed solos & they are extremely popular teachers at Raqia Hassan’s Ahlan wa Sahlan & Winter Intensive seminars, longtime directors of the American University of Cairo’s Egyptian Folkloric Troupe & have presented Egyptian theater folk dance at 45 international folk dance festivals all over the world including Germany, France, Spain, Turkey, Italy and the USA.You know my standards and I can’t say enough about them in 1 flyer.

 

For an interview with ATEF, go to: http://www.gildedserpent.com/art31/Debatef.htm
For an interview with MAGDA, go to: http://www.gildedserpent.com/art35/debmagdaintrv.htm

DON’T MISS OUT ON A FABULOUS AND FUN SEMINAR in MOROCCO’s beautiful STUDIO
and a CONCERT in her CASBAH THEATER!!!

Want new inspiration & excitement? Come, join “Morocco” on a Casbah Dance Experience:
Captivating Cairo & Incomparable Istanbul
June 24 to July 4 or 14, 2009 pricing below (land only: take off $1,200.00)
Cairo June 24-July 4: $3,100.00 Istanbul July 3-13: $3,200.00 Both: June 24-July 14 $5,100.00

 

HAVE IT ALL III – *JUST* CAIRO, *JUST* ISTANBUL or BOTH!!!!

GO WITH THE PROVEN TOUR ORGANIZER: MOROCCO WAS THE VERY FIRST TO PLAN & ORGANIZE DANCE TOURS FOR DEVOTEES OF MIDEASTERN DANCE.

YOU DESERVE THE BEST & SHE ALWAYS DELIVERS ALL SHE PROMISES & MORE

I: CAPTIVATING CAIRO *ONLY*: JUNE 24-JULY 4, 2009 $3,100.00 – 11 days, 10 nights

June 24/DAY 1: Meet “ROCKY” at JFK airport. Check-in & orientation, then onto our Egyptair jet for our overnight flight. Dinner, movie, nap.

June 25/DAY 2: CAIRO!!! Have $15 in cash for your visa, change some money, meet our Cairo agency rep. get our bags, go through Customs & get on our bus to our 5-star MENA HOUSE hotel, right AT the Pyramids!. Unpack & explore the area.

Dinner on your own, then meet in Morocco’s room at 9 pm to give her your class selection sheets & pay for your classes in US $ cash. Early to bed – we start in earnest tomorrow morning!

June 26/DAY 3: Buffet breakfast & onto our bus for an all day CITY TOUR: the Sphinx, Pyramids, Egyptian Museum, Citadel of Salah El Din & Mohamed Ali Mosque Lunch at world famous Felfela Garden Restaurant (pay for your own).while Morocco registers & pays for the classes you selected at Raqia Hassan’s AHLAN wa SAHLAN FESTIVAL! (Cost of individual classes not included, since it totally depends on your own individual choices!!!)

June 27/DAY 4: Buffet breakfast, then bus to KHAN EL KHALILI & marvelous Mahmoud’s “AL WIKALAH”, a hidden 4-story building filled to the rafters with beaded, sequinned dance goodies: everything from whole costumes to scarves, shoes, canes, parts & pieces. Shop till you drop! It’s up to us to balance the 2009 Egyptian National Budget.

Evening: GALA OPENING SHOW/DINNER included!, starring Cairo’s current favorite ORIENTAL DANCERS!

June 28/DAY 5 – July 4/ DAY 11: Buffet breakfast, then the SEMINAR CLASSES that you paid for or shopping on the premises (several Cairo dancewear merchants vend at the seminar.) Lunches & dinners on your own: there are restaurants in the hotel & a great pool that also has a cafe. Plenty of nearby restaurants too.

July 1/EVE 8: Early eve we are going to a fabulous DERVISH SHOW at the magnificent KHAN THEATER in KHAN EL KHALILI.

EVERY other evening during the Festival: a DANCE SHOW by the seminar participants, (Speak to Rocky about participating & what she advises …). There is a limited food & drink menu available in the dance room …

JULY 3/EVE 10: The last AHLAN wa SAHLAN Festival eve, there’s the optional FINALE GALA DINNER with ORIENTAL DANCERS galore! MORE of Cairo’s favorite dancers!!! Rocky will collect from those interested.

July 4/DAY 11: Breakfast. Early a.m. transfer to Cairo airport for your Egyptair flight back to JFK.

CAPTIVATING CAIRO TOUR INCLUDES:
AIR: JFK/CAIRO/JFK (Land only package does NOT include *any* flights)
ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDES / AIR CONDITIONED MOTORCOACHES /
ENTRANCE FEES to INCLUDED HISTORICAL SITES
5-STAR HOTEL in CAIRO with DAILY BUFFET BREAKFASTS
AHLAN WA SAHLAN REGISTRATION FEE (all dance classes extra)_
OPENING GALA DINNER SHOW / DERVISH SHOW/ FESTIVAL DANCE EVES AS LISTED/ VISIT TO COSTUMER/ HOTEL SERVICE CHARGES / STATE & LOCAL TAXES

DOES NOT INCLUDE: VISA FEES/ FESTIVAL DANCE CLASS FEES/ LUNCHES & DINNERS NOT LISTED AS INCLUDED/ PERSONAL EXPENSES/ TIPS to GUIDES, etc.

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II: INCOMPARABLE ISTANBUL *ONLY* JULY 3-13, 2009 $3,200.00
DANCE CLASSES & MOST MEALS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE!!! 11 days, 10 nights

July 3/Fri: For those only doing the Tantalizing Turkey portion, check-in for your flight at the airport, fly to Istanbul. Be at the airport at least 3 hours before departure time!

July 4/Sat: Arrive in Istanbul. Have $20 in cash ready for your visa. Get your luggage then you’ll be picked up and transported to our hotel. Unpack. Dinner in our Hotel Erboy www.erboyhotel.com/en/.Evening at leisure to change money and see the area.

July 5/Sun: Breakfast in hotel, guided tour of the amazing Aya Sofia and Cisterns. Lunch and afternoon on your own. Dinner in our Hotel. An orientation meeting with a fun and informative talk on Turkey and Turkish customs after dinner.

July 6/Mon: Breakfast in hotel, change money, guided tour of the amazing Grand Bazaar. Founded in 1453, it has over 4000 shops, restaurants, factories, banks and mosques. Lunch. Shop to your hearts content, then dinner in our hotel. Afterwards, we will loosen up with a party in the Turkish bath (“Hammam Sefasi”) with fruit refreshments, nargile (water pipe), live music and open dancing (optional massage too!).

July 7/Tues: Breakfast in hotel. A.M.: 1 1/2 hour dance class. Lunch in hotel. Two dance classes (1 1/2 hours each) in the afternoon. Master dance teachers include Sema Yildiz, Hale Sultan, Reyhan Tuzsuz, Tayyar Akdeniz and Egyptian master MOROCCO!

Eve: Oriental and Folk Dance show with dinner in a typical Turkish Cabaret known as a “Gasino”.

July 8/Wed: Breakfast in hotel. A.M.: 1 1/2 hour dance class. Lunch in hotel. Two dance classes in the afternoon.

Eve: Night out on the town to listen to some local music and practice our new dance moves!

July 9/Thurs: Breakfast in hotel. A.M.: 1 1/2 hour dance class. Lunch in hotel. Two dance classes in the afternoon. Dinner in hotel.

Eve: Boat tour – Istanbul by night! Cruise between two continents serenaded by our own live band! Lots of dancing and breathtaking views.

July 10/Fri: Breakfast in hotel, 1 1/2 hour dance classes in the morning Lunch in hotel. Two dance classes in the afternoon.

Eve: Dinner in KUMKAPI – the bustling seaport – serenaded by live Romany musicians.

July 11/Sat: Breakfast in hotel. A.M.: 1 1/2 hour dance class. Lunch in hotel. Two dance classes in the afternoon.

Dinner on your own, evening free to explore Istanbul – we will have lots of suggestions!

July 12/Sun: Breakfast in hotel, day free to make last minute purchases, or explore, lunch and dinner are on your own. Our hotel is in walking distance of Topkapi Palace, Aya Sofia and the Underground Cistern – all sights not to be missed!

Eve: our Goodbye Party and Teacher Show with live music – students are welcome to perform, lots of open dancing!

July 13/Mon: Breakfast in hotel, transportation from hotel to airport, beginning of optional tours.

All meals are included in your package deal (except *1*lunch a& *2* dinners during your free time).

Note: Day and evening activities are subject to change due to weather and other unforseen circumstances that will require flexibility in the schedule. For example, if it rains, the boat tour may have to take place on another night. We cannot tell you which days each dance instructor will teach because it is possible that a plane may be delayed, or an instructor may feel ill. We can, however, tell you when each class will be offered.

All music classes will be arranged on an individual basis by appointment with our instructors. Daily class schedule and itinerary will be posted in the lobby of the hotel every day. Our friendly staff has plenty of helpful suggestions and advice and we are happy to answer any questions you may have during our time together!

INCOMPARABLE ISTANBUL TOUR INCLUDES:
AIR: JFK/ISTANBUL/JFK (Land only package does NOT include *any* flights)
ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDES / AIR CONDITIONED MOTORCOACHES /
ENTRANCE FEES to INCLUDED HISTORICAL SITES
3-STAR HOTEL with DAILY BUFFET BREAKFASTS, MOST LUNCHES & DINNERS
ALL DANCE CLASSES AS LISTED!!!
DANCE & MUSIC EVES AS LISTED/ VISIT TO COSTUMER/
HOTEL SERVICE CHARGES / STATE & LOCAL TAXES

DOES NOT INCLUDE: VISA FEES/ 1 LUNCH & 2 DINNERS NOT LISTED AS INCLUDED/ PERSONAL EXPENSES/ TIPS to GUIDES, etc.

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III: HAVE IT ALL III – BOTH CAIRO *&* ISTANBUL – June 24 to July 14, 2009 $5,100.00
Leave JFK June 24 / arrive Cairo June 25
leave Cairo July 4/ arrive Istanbul July 4
leave Istanbul July 13/ arrive Cairo July 13
leave Cairo July 14 / arrive JFK July 14
21 days, 20 nights

HAVE IT ALL III TOUR INCLUDES:
Airfares: JFK/CAIRO/ISTANBUL/CAIRO/JFK (Land only tour does NOT include *any* flights)
Hotels: Cairo/ Giza – Mena House (5 star) & Istanbul (3 star: www.erboyhotel.com/en/), double occupancy.
Single supplement available.
Meals: Cairo: All buffet breakfasts & Opening Gala dinner show included
Istanbul: Meals included except for two lunches and three dinners during your free time!
Tours: those listed in Itinerary included
Dance shows: Cairo: Opening Gala & Dervish show at Khan
Istanbul: 5 eves include live music some with dancers or WE dance, Hamam
Dance classes: Cairo: pick & pay for your individual choices at Ahlan wa Sahlan
Istanbul: 5 days of classes, 4 1/2 hours a day, INCLUDED in price

Put both itineraries back-to-back & you have it!!! except for:

July 4/DAY 11: Buffet breakfast & off to the airport & our flight to ISTANBUL. Get your visa ($20) and go through Passport Control. Meet our agency rep & onto our bus to the 3-star, comfy & friendly ERBOY HOTEL. Check in, unpack & explore.
*&*
July 13/DAY 20: Buffet breakfast, morning & early lunch on your own. 12 noon off to the airport & our flight to CAIRO! Meet our Cairo agency rep for Passport Control, n.b.:additional $15 visa fee upon re-entering Cairo for the last night. Get our bags, go through Customs & onto our bus to the 3-star, comfy & friendly VICTORIA HOTEL, in downtown Cairo. Optional Egyptian dinner with Rocky in Alfi Bey, a famous local restaurant near the hotel. Cheap *&* fun!!!

July 14/DAY 21: Breakfast, then early morning transfer to Cairo airport for your Egyptair flight back to JFK

DOES NOT INCLUDE: VISA FEES/ CAIRO FESTIVAL DANCE CLASS FEES/
CAIRO LUNCHES & DINNERS NOT LISTED AS INCLUDED/
ISTANBUL: 2 LUNCHES & 3 DINNERS NOT LISTED AS INCLUDED
PERSONAL EXPENSES/ TIPS to GUIDES, etc.

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MOROCCO & the CASBAH DANCE EXPERIENCE

Proudly Present an Unparalleled Opportunity

YOU LOVED YASMINA’S SEMINAR – HERE’S THE PERFECT FOLLOW-UP: INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED INSTRUCTOR & PERFORMER

***CAROLINE of CAIRO***

in a 2-day SEMINAR, 3 – 2 1/2 hour workshops:
Saturday, October 9: 4-6:30pm & Sunday, October 10, 10:30am-1:00pm & 2-4:30pm

(1 hour lunch: 1-2pm)

Where: Morocco’s marvelous Studio
6 West 20th Street – 2nd floor
(take the stairs)
between 5th & 6th Avenues, New York, NY

Sat: Shaabi Awi Choreography
Sun: Modern Oriental Choreography & Khaleegy Technique

Caroline Evanoff has been a fully-licensed Raqs Sharqi performer in Egypt since 1998 in 5-star venues and weddings as well as appearances on television. With a strong background in ballet she moved to Egypt to study Egyptian style dance with the great master teachers such as Raqia Hassan, Aida Nour, Ibrahim Akef, Mahmoud Reda, etc. and appears in 7 volumes of Raqia Hassan’s technique DVDs (vol 4- 10). She has also performed under contract in India, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE and Mediterranean cruises. She is a teacher at the annual Ahlan wa Sahlan festival in Cairo and this year at Raqs Britannia in England. Caroline regularly travels abroad to teach workshops in Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore as well as running holiday courses in Dahab (Sinai Red Sea).

Caroline is known for her pure Egyptian style choreographies because of her understanding of the language, music and feelings. Her choreographies are beautifully elegant, fun and sometimes a bit cheeky! Her ability to breakdown the challenging Egyptian Oriental technique makes her workshops a truly valuable experience. Caroline also teaches the various Egyptian and folkloric styles from Modern and Classical Egyptian, Shaabi, Baladi, Tarab, Saidi, Nubian, Alexandrian, Ghawazee, Shamadan as well as modern and traditional Khaleegy styles from the Gulf region.

DON’T MISS OUT ON A FABULOUS AND FUN SEMINAR
in MOROCCO’s beautiful STUDIO
and a CONCERT in her CASBAH THEATER!!!

MOROCCO & the CASBAH DANCE EXPERIENCE

Proudly Present an Unparalleled Opportunity

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED INSTRUCTOR & PERFORMER

OZGEN

in a 2-day SEMINAR: 12:30 – 5pm (1/2 hour break 2:30-3:00pm)
Saturday, September 15 & Sunday, September 16, 2012:

Sat: a great, fun, energetic DRUM SOLO,
Sun: *2* ROMAN CHOREOGRAPHIES

OZGEN is known and loved internationally for the quality and range of his instruction and choreography. He has performed, taught, choreographed and directed for the last 15 years. In Istanbul, he starred in “Night of the Sultans”, combining contmporary dance, ballet and Oryantal dance and taught them for several years.

He is now based in London, teaching and performing Turkish
Oryantal and Romany dance internationally.

In January, 2009, when OZGEN was a surprise guest performer in my weeklong opening concert, he had the audience screaming for more. It took this long to get him back here! Charisma, technique, drama, choreography, looks and so, so sexy!!

TAKE YOUR OWN DANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL AT THIS SEMINAR!!!

On Saturday, Ozgen will teach how to interpret the rhythms in the music and wow the audience with your moves, undulations, travelling steps and shimmies.

On Sunday he will teach deep technique and steps of Roman dance and how the movements work in that special 9/8. It’s important to know the cultural background of this dance, to understand the gestures and hand moves and their meaning and significance.

DON’T MISS OUT ON FABULOUS AND FUN SEMINARS

CAP21 STUDIOS
18 West 18 Street – between 5th & 6th Avenues
6th floor/ The Shop

His YouTube links are at: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ozgen+belly+dance&nfpr=0

You know my standards and I can’t say enough about them in 1 flyer.

CONCERT SUNDAY EVE at DROM!!!

LIMITED dance slots in the show open to those taking the seminar.Preference given to those taking both days.

To My Fellow Dance-Demented Darlings,

I only (& rarely) produce seminars by other teachers if I respect what they are doing and believe in their expertise. Those who have taken these seminars have been lavish in their praise of my guest teachers.

Over the years we have had many fine teachers of Egyptian style come to NYC, but as yet nobody who really knows Lebanese Raqs Sharqi from the inside.

NOW we have such an expert & I have seen & very much enjoyed watching her clear, fact & fun-filled teaching style, so I invited her to teach for me at an easily-reached Manhattan Studio on Saturday & Sunday & in my Brooklyn location on Monday eve.

***FROM BEIRUT TO BASRA***
LEILA MOLAEI in *3* SEMINARS in NEW YORK CITY!!!

Lebanese Oriental Style a la Samara (3 hours)
Saturday, May 10 from 12 noon – 3:30 (two 15-minute breaks)

Born in Basra, and adopted by the Lebanese, Iraqi dancer Samara was one of Beirut’s hottest stars of her time. She was a glamorous icon of her day and even though she has stopped performing, she is still popular.
Graceful, feminine and innovative, Leila grew up admiring Samara’s performances. She will be sharing some of her signature technique and combinations that made Samara so popular.

Performance Sat. eve, May 10, 6:00pm – $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

Levantine Cane Dance Choreography (3 hours)
Sunday, May 11 from noon – 3:30 (two 15-minute breaks)
(this timing leaves the rest of Sunday for celebrating Mother’s Day!)

Incorporating elements of oriental, bedouin and folkloric styles, this fun choreography provides an equally lively alternative to Egyptian cane dance. Please bring a cane.

Saturday’s and Sunday’s Seminars & the performance showcase are at
CAP21 STUDIOS
(18 West 18th Street – 6th floor)
between 5th & 6th Avenues

The seminars are in studio 603, the performance is in “The Shop”, also on the 6th floor.

Transport:
Trains: 14th Street/ Union Square stop on the Q, N, R, 4, 5, 6, L, 1 (18th Street stop), 2, 3, A, C, E, F, M (most have a 16th Street exit that gets you even closer to the studio!)

Buses: all 5th, 6th & 7th Ave buses, 14th & 23rd Street crosstown buses, any bus that stops in the vicinity – there are dozens!

& in Brooklyn:
Iraqi Romany Dance (Raqs Ghajari) (2 1/2 hours)
Monday, May 12, 7-9:30 pm at my private studio in Brooklyn.
(Q & B trains to Newkirk Plaza station, #49 & 8 buses – I’ll give specific directions to those attending)

***Monday’s class size is limited to 8 students, so sign up ASAP!!!

Info:
For the fourth time, Leila Molaei, a native and expert on Iraqi dances and a lover of Lebanese folklore, will be teaching another series of workshops in New York.

Leila will once more be teaching Raqs Kawlee on Monday – this class is ideal if you are either new to this style or want a refresher (new material). You will cover dagger work, hair tosses and head spinning, as well basic technique and combinations. Leila will support this with information on musical interpretation, improvisation and choreography.

This workshop is the perfect introduction to Iraqi gypsy style or to solidify your technique.

What to bring/wear/prepare:
– Comfortable clothing, minimal jewellery
– Dance shoes – bare feet for Monday’s Ghajari only.
– Hip scarves are optional
– Note pad/pen

For Monday’s Raqs Kawlee/ Ghajari:
– Hair down, and if possible, straightened
– Hair extensions are great if you want to feel/see the real effect of hair tossing
– Two butter/plastic knives (Monday’s Ghajari only)
– Refreshments

For sale at the workshops: costumes, thobes, CDs and accessories, payable by cash or PayPal (no checks).

Special Packages: early bird price good till March 31 only!
(that means the money is in my Paypal account or the check, made out to MOROCCO/ CASBAH, is in my hands by then!!!)

One workshop $75
Two workshops $130
Three workshops $190

ALL payments for the seminars go to morocco@casbahdance.org by PayPal. Send it as “friends and family” to avoid fees.
If you must send a check for the seminars, e-mail me for my snail address.

Performance slots will be given to those attending at least 2 seminars.

Leila will also be available a limited number of private lessons.

For the Performance & special private classes with Leila, arrangements & payments go through Mark Balahadia: Please contact markbalahadia@gmail.com for those details & also send it as “friends and family” to avoid fees.

About Leila Molaei
With her Arab/Iranian roots from the Persian Gulf (Al Ahwaz), Leila Molaei has been internationally performing and training students in Arabic dance since 2005. Based in the United Kingdom, she runs Layali Academy, one of the busiest Arabic dance schools in London covering the dances of Iraq, Iran, the Persian Gulf, Egypt and the Levant.

One of only a few natives of Iraqi, Arabian Gulf and Iranian dances outside the Middle East, and popular in the Arab community, Leila has taught and performed various high profile clients around the world, including the Bellydance Superstars at Raqs Britannia, Sheraton Hotels and the Destinations Show at Earls Court.

Her aim is to preserve and promote the authentic roots of Arabic dance, and this feeling is conveyed in her performances and teaching.

I hope to see many of you there!!!

Dear Fellow Dance Lovers,

You simply can’t miss *this* seminar – a total of 12 hours (4 three-hour classes) of great learning, dancing, sharing your dance souls with a truly exceptional young woman & dance artist + a concert!:

JOANA SAAHIRAH, who spent 9 years performing daily (often 5-6 hour-long shows a day!) & to great acclaim in Cairo. She was also assistant to the great Mahmoud Reda….

Dance your heart out & learn at a great seminar. Morocco presents the fabulous

JOANA SAAHIRAH of CAIRO IN HER VERY FIRST US/ NYC TWO-DAY SEMINAR

Saturday, September 27, 2014 – 10:30am-1:30pm & 2:30-5:30pm 

10:30-1:30 – The Soul of Modern Oriental style: Technique & Combinations – breaking down movements & revealing secrets of the streamlined look of today’s stars.

2:30-5:30 – Hearing, understanding & dancing to Om Kolsum: how to ace the true “test” of  an Oriental dance artist.

Sunday, September 28, 2014 – 11:00am -2:00pm & 3:00-6:00pm

11:00-2:00 – Saidi technique & combinations

3:00-6:00 – Milaya Leff & Baladi – flirtatious fun & technique: how to achieve it easily & smoothly

(1 hr break – pizza & Persian food downstairs or bring lunch)

 

12 hours of class by an amazing artist with a highly successful 9-year career in Cairo (& her emotional book about how she did it: “The Secrets of Egypt: Dance, Life & Beyond” will be available for purchase at the seminars!)

$90 @ 1 class/ $100 at door (if available);

2 classes: $165 / $180 at door (if available);

3 classes:  $245 / $270 at door (if available);

all 4 classes: $310 / $340 at door (if available) ***add 3.5% to pay by PayPal

 

Classes & show will be at CAP21 studios

18 West 18th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)

6th floor – Studio 606

 

Convenient to all subways (14th Street stop, 16th St. exit):

4, 5, 6, Q, N, R, L, F, 2, 3, 1 (18th Street stop), A, C, E, PATH

 

Saturday eve show – 8pm (in studio 606 at CAP21): $20 in advance/ $25 at door

(Limited dance slots in the show open to those taking the seminar. Preference given to those taking both days.)

DO NOT MISS THIS ONCE -IN-A-LIFETIME CHANCE!!! Register NOW! You’ll be glad you did!

Out-of-towners: cheap, safe, nearby hotel list on request

e-mail: morocco@casbahdance.org to reserve your spot,

then either make out a check to *MOROCCO*

& mail it to:

MOROCCO

1110 Ocean Ave – fl 2

Private House

Brooklyn, NY 11230

OR pay by PayPal to morocco@casbahdance.org

Your spot is certain ONLY when payment is received.

The Soul of Oriental Dance: Joana Saahirah, Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer of Egyptian Oriental and Folkloric Dances, Actress and Author

After almost a decade of performing in Egypt with her own orchestra – Joana Saahirah has created a style of teaching, choreographing and performing that combines the best of Egypt and the best of  the West: technique, expression and Art.

She has also studied and worked (as a choreography and teaching assistant) to Master Mahmoud Reda from whom she learned his Theater Folklore styles.

Joana’s dream & mission is to share the soul of Oriental Dance and Egyptian Folklore with the world, revealing the true richness and ancient knowledge hidden in this art form. She has been invited to teach and perform all over the world & this will be her first time teaching in New York & the US.

Joana has written several articles for newspapers and magazines (about Egyptian culture, music & dance) & 2 books about The Magic of Egyptian Oriental Dance and her Paths of Discovery in the Land of the Pyramids. One of these books – “The Secrets of Egypt – Dance, Life & Beyond” has been published this January. Another one – “Diary of Egypt” trilogy –  will be published this Summer.

For a glimpse of Joana´s Dance please check the links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3KC90IpaPw

You can find Joana Saahirah of Cairo on her official  Facebook Fan Page: <http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Joana-Saahirah-of-Cairo-Fan-Page/183318258358726>

Space is limited, so register early. I *so* hope to see you there.

Yours in total dance dementia,

Morocco