The Giza Awards
The Giza Academy of Music And Legends of Dance
presents
The Tenth
Giza Academy
Awards of
Middle Eastern Dance Videos
February 17 and 18, 2007.
In this, our 10th
year of honoring our fellow dancers and dance videomakers, The Giza
Academy chose to present our first non-competitive festival spanning
2 days.
Saturday included viewing of key videos of the last decade and informal panel discussions, including past, present and future dance trends and Sunday's panel included recent literature on the dance, the making of dance videos and the role of the internet. there was also additional screening of the best of the last 10 years of Festival entries.
The Sunday event also included a presentation of special awards for this commemorative 10th Annual Giza Academy Award Festival.
The Tenth Annual Giza Academy Awards
presented Sunday, February 18, 2007
Best Performance
- Little Egypt Presents Randa Kamel - Sat. Eve. Gala Miami, Florida, May
2006
- Randa Kamel
Best Instructional
- Little Egypt Presents Randa Kamel - Oriental Workshop - Miami, Florida,
May 2006
- Randa Kamel
Best Show
-Expectaculo "De el Cairo a Bagdad"
-Eva Chacon,Mohamed
El Sayed, Khamis Khenkesh
Most Inspirational
"Rhythms of Oriental Dance"
-Nesma, Khamis Henkesh and Gustavo Salmeron
Lifetime Achievement
Edwina Nearing
Edwina with the
Banat Mazin (click on photo for more)
Gilded Serpent presents...
Rhythms of Oriental Dance
Starring Nesma and Khamis Henkesh,
DVD Review by Leyla Lanty
In February, 2007, Amina Goodyear and Gregory Burke, co-founders of the
Giza Academy, held a 10th Anniversary and First Non-Competitive
Awards Celebration in San Francisco, California. Amina honored "Rhythms
of Oriental Dance" as the"Most Inspirational" video in
this 10th Anniversary program. Intrigued by the excerpts they'd
selected to show that evening, I soon watched the whole DVD and found
it to be innovative and inspiring. For years, I've wished for an instructional
DVD that would give non-Arab dancers a deeper understanding of the rhythmic
foundation of Arabic dance music and the why's and how's of the interactions
of the rhythms, drummer, and dancer. "Rhythms of Oriental Dance"
is the fulfillment of that wish...click to continue
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Amina Goodyear
Gregory Burke
Giza Academy of Music And Legends of Dance
829
Elizabeth Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 282-7910 aminajune@aol.com