Amina Goodyear

and

The Aswan Dancers

We are a San Francisco troupe

dedicated to entertaining and educating the public

about Middle Eastern, Arabic and Egyptian Culture

through Music and Dance.

 

Amina Goodyear Bio

ba olek eh (blog)

Tarabiya

Belly Dance Classes

Rhythm Classes

Workshops & Events

Giza Club

Bagdad Nights

Giza Awards

Giza Film Festival

Side Show at COS

Ghawazee

Videos for sale

Shaabi History &

Songs

Song Translations

Zeffa

Photos - Aswan Dancers

More Photos + Amina

Giza.org

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Bagdad Nights and Ghawazee

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Check out Tarabiya Show part 1 here

More Tarabiya video clips and reviews here

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START YOUR DAY WITH AMINA

BA OLEK EH (TELL YOU WHAT)

Sit down with your cup of coffee and enter the exciting world of dance and music and song. Ba olek eh (tell you what) is a daily blog

Please note: If you happen to be on the January 1 - 17 blog page, you may need to hit home to get to January 18 - 31 or other months.. Something crashed and I cannot fix the links on that page or other links that say January blogs. Sorry.

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The Georges Lammam Band -

at PenaPachamama

Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 8 pm

Sunday, June 10 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, July 22 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, August 19 at 7:30 pm

1630 Powell St. San Francisco (between Union & Green, near Columbus in San Francisco)

 

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SAHRA TEACHES

SAIDI AND BELEDY PROGRESSION

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUNE 9 & 10

Sahra Saeeda Workshops

June 9 and 10, 2012

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Save the dates August,17, 18, 19

Debbie and Amina teach workshops

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Live Music Nights at Al Masri

with the Pasha Band

Husain, Mohamed, Susu and Amina

Sundays at 7 pm

February 5, May 6, August 5, November 4, 2012

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Carnival of Stars

August 4 -5, 2012

Join the Side Show at COS- music, dancing, classes

Fashion Show, Coffee Bar,Zeffa, Mulid

Shop 'til you drop - Dance and/or be entertained-

Costume Contest!

Travelling Drum Solo

Also

Susu teaches rhythms on frame drums

Amina teaches "Dellae"

 

Register here

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BELLY DANCE OF THE UNIVERSE

Amina teaches How to dance to Om Kalthoum workshop at BDUC Sunday February 19, 2012

President's Weekend February 17, 18, 2012

Amina performs Friday and Saturday February 17 and 18

Competitions Saturday and Sunday February 18 and 19 2012

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"aala wahedeh we noss" - filled to capacity

a Workshop on

Musical Interpretation for Oriental Dancers

taught byAmina Goodyear and Debbie Smith

with Georges Lammam and Susu Pampanin

Saturday and Sunday March 10-11, 2012

NEXT WORKSHOP AUGUST 17, 18, 19

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SPECIAL EVENTS FROM 2011

Mosaic Productions & MCCLA present TARABIYA

Click here to see clips of show

Tarabiya

**Show was SOLD OUT**

EXPERIENCE THE TARAB

with

Ahava, Dannhae, Hana Ali, Nicole and Zahara

The Musicians:

Jalal, Husain, Younes, Faisal, Sandy and Amina

October 1, 2011

"A night to remember!"

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San Francisco Arabic Film Festival October 13-23 2011

see review here

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Raqs Egypt

November 4, 5 and 6

Raqs Egypts is SOLD OUT

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Sunday, January 22, 2010

Amina - Student Showcase at Al Masri

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December 4 - 9 2011

3rd Belly Dance Festival - Istanbul, Turkey

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Saturday and Sunday May 7 and 8

WORKSHOPS BY LEILA OF CAIRO - SOLD OUT

PENAPACHAMAMA SHOW May 7 - SOLD OUT

to benefit

THE MUSICIANS IN CAIRO

 

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    Amina in Morocco

     

    Bob al Asmar

    The Aswan Dancers
    829 Elizabeth Street
    San Francisco, CA 94114
    (415) 282-7910
    aminajune@aol.com

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    The Aswan Dancers is a performing dance company and sponsors regular dance, drum and rhythm classes plus special workshops and shows.


    The Aswan Dancers, established in 1975 and a California tax exempt 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization since 1984 also sponsors The Giza Club, The Giza Awards and The Giza Film Festival.


    If you already know of us, you will know that most of the work and donations have been provided by Amina Goodyear and Gregory Burke with more than a little help from their friends.


    With thanks to generous previous donations, hard work and a hoarding tendency, we are undertaking the project of sourcing, attaining, transferring and preserving media (music, documentary film, classic movies and Middle Eastern Dance)

    Included is the growing collection of books, photography and culturally important costumes and jewelry.


    The immediate goal is the open sharing of information and display at future GIZA CLUB events.

    The GIZA AWARDS review the best and most significant in Middle Eastern Dance on video, and give Awards to the most relevant and simply the best.

    TheGIZA FILM FESTIVALS reflect the best in cinema from the Arabic World, examined from a cultural point of view by an active and vocal audience.

    Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering or donating items of interest to one or more of these groups.


    Our hope is to educate while entertaining and our aim is to keep traditional dance and music culturally vibrant and alive in this time of globalization (a glib term suited to information media and commerce) which has created a fusion of business and culture, making each indistinguishable from each other.