Karim Nagi Workshop
Freemason's Hall Edmonton
10318 100 Avenue.
Workshop Fees: 85.00/day or 160.00/weekend
Optional Lunch: 15.00/day
Sample of classes being offered: Arabic Folkdance Intensive, Zills, Lauren of Arabia (discussion), Maqam for Dancer and more!!!
Performance Saturday night @ Freemason's Hall
Tickets: 20.00 in advance or 25.00 at the door
Download the registration form (pdf)
Contact: Hala 780-430-1536 or Geela 780-908-4388
E-mail:
donnacucheran@shaw.ca
bellydance_with_geela@hotmail.com
BIO
Check out Karim at:
www.karimnagi.com
www.turbotabla.com
Karim Nagi is a native Egyptian drummer, DJ, and folk dancer. He is the creator of Turbo Tabla, and has released two internationally distributed CDs of this unique brand of Arab House/Electronica using acoustic instruments. Karim has authored instructional DVDs for the Tabla/Doumbek and Riqq tambourine, as well as two rhythm compilation CDs. He is also well versed in the ultra-traditional styles of music and dance as the leader of the Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble, and
the Arab Dance Seminar. He has recorded music for Bellydance Superstars, Bellyqueen, and the Bellytwins, as well as mainstream artists like Alicia Keys, and The Urban Griot Project. He performs Arab folkdances including Tahtib (Saidi cane) and Dabke (stomping line dance). 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. Karim Nagi is a true crossover artist, uniting the Traditional and the Modern, the Ethnic and the Urban.
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