The Giza
Academy of Music and Legends of Dance honors dancers and videographers
who have furthered the art of Middle Eastern Dance through film and
video. Documenting and sharing our dance provides opportunities for
learning, showcasing and furthering our art.
Eleventh Giza Awards
Sunday 1-7:30 pm
November 1, 2009
Since 1997 The Giza Academy of Music and Legends
of Dance has honored dancers and videographers who have furthered
the art of Middle Eastern dance through film and video. Documenting
and sharing our dance provides opportunities for learning, showcasing
and furthering our art.
The Giza Awards
hosted a day to discuss past awards, honor today's artists and discuss
the future of our art.
Video clips shown - The Layalli al Sharq musicians provided musical
entertainment.
The
Awards
People
Who Changed our World:
Lynette
Harris - www.gildedserpent.com
Carolena
Nericcio - Fat Chance Belly Dance
Best Documentary:
Zrareet! by Khadijah Chadly
Lifetime Achievement:
Journey Through Egypt: Performance & Research Sahra C.
Kent
Best Cultural
Documentary: Journey of Desire: A Foreign Dancer in Cairo
Yasmina of Cairo
Submissions
are considered in the fall each year
Contact
us for information
about participating.
We will be adding more information soon.
Gilded Serpent presents...
Welcome to the Eleventh Giza AwardsHonoring the Dancers and Videographers
of Middle Eastern Dance
by Gregory Burke
On Sunday, November 1, 2009, the members of the Giza Club gathered
to offer up their choices for the best of dance on video. Now mark
this, not the best dancers in the world necessarily, but the best
and most effective on video. That’s the rationale by which we
work.
Ever since the dark ages of 1997, the Giza Academy of Music and Legends
of Dance has honored dancers and videographers who have explored the
art of Middle Eastern dance through film and video. Documenting and
sharing our dance provides opportunities for preservation, teaching
and furthering our art. The following report was created from the
notes for that night...click
to continue
Gilded Serpent presents...
Articulating the Collective Dream:
The Giza Awards, and why the legacy-making process is important to
you.
by Amina Goodyear and Gregory Burke
In the distant past, the mid-nineties I'd say, Amina and I were editing
through old vhs tapes, eight-millimeter film, and two-inch broadcast
tapes in an attempt to salvage a documentary history of The Aswan
Dancers. The rationale was simple: was the image on the tape more
prominent than the fuzzy dots? Then we looked at the dancing; the
location and time in which it was done. With the help of first generation
digital editing tools, the video "Hizz Ya Wizz" became a
reality.
Along with that reality came a realization: the fragility of this
media. At that moment, The Giza Academy Awards of Middle Eastern Dance
Videos was alive and breathing...click
to continue
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Hall
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Amina Goodyear
Gregory Burke
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