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.

 

 

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December Blogs:

Arabian Knights Band, Lebanese dancers Nadia Gamal, Amani, Nabila Metwalli, Zar, Mohamed Fawzi, Ismail Yasin, Taheyya Karioka, Leila Murad, Sabah, Badia Masabni, Shadia, Adriana, Dina, Do'a, Fifi, Lucy, Angelica's Bistro, Sabriye Tekbilek, "At Night they dance", Husain Resan, Ahmed Adaweya, Jalal Takeh, Younes el Maqboul, Susu Pampanin, Faisal Zeidan, Sami Aly, Abdel Basit Hamouda, Kulu aal Kulu, Samiramis, Naz Minassian, Zildjians, Georges Lammam, Bagdad, Casbah, Al Masri, SFSU, Pasha, Soheir Zaki, Hossam Ramzy, Capp Street Music Cener, Hoda el Artiste, Jad Elias, Cairo Cats, Daria, Gregangelo, Dalal, El Valenciano, Soraiya Zaied, Mohamed Abdel Wehab, Ya Msafer Wahedek, Om Kalthoum, Pachamama, Pak Oriental Rugs, SOMA, MCCLA, Tarabiya, Dance Brigade, Brava Theater, York Theater, Tony Lammam, Dannhae, Kim, Hana, ART, Grapeleaf, Powell Station, King Tut, Ramadan, Sherihan, Mohamed Ali Street, Fawazeer, Sharia al Fan, Omar Khorshid, Firsan al Kurdi, Michael Jackson, Reda Darwish, MultiKulti, Sausan, Mohamed Amin, Nieman Marcus, Saks, Designer Consigner, PETA, Shik Shak Shok, Lessa Faker, Nagwa Fouad, Merryland, Seahorse, Rebecca, Sherry Brier, Arab Cultural Center, Elias Lammam, Linda,Walgreen's, Angela Ramzy, Arab Film Festival, Khader Keileh, Vince Delgado,Coralee, Shaabi, Andak Albi, Nass el Ghiwane, Gnawa, Djemaa el Fna, Rolling Stones, Sufi, Karim Nagi, Debbie Smith, raqs Egypt, BDUC, Chakib, Rachid Halihal, Deborah Kapchan, Rai, Maha Marouan, University of Alabama, lila, Museum of the African Diaspora, Michael Frishkopf, "Music and Media in the Arab World, "Traveling Spirit Masters", Mitchell's Ice Cream, Blum's, Atlantis, "Wahedeh we Noss" , Aswan Dancers

 

November Blogs:

Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, Saad el Soghayar, El Einab, Sittu Bess Basbusa, Ahmed Adaweya, Shokolata, Sami Ali, Mahalabeya, Hakim, Khokha, Riko, Koskosi, Essam Shabula, Koshary, Barur, Eshta, Said el Artiste, Khamra ya 'uta, Vitaminak, Hari Kari, Manga, El Hantour, Dinga, Giza Films, Gregory Burke, Jannah,Stasha, Karim Nagi, Susu Pampanin, King Tut, Sphinx, Yousef Mustapha, Hallah Safi, Hanan, Zizi Mustafa, Bagdad, Om Kalthoum, George Dabai, Hobi Eh, Lemby, Mohamed Saad, Fadil Shaker, George Wasoof, Nur Mhana, Nancy Ajram, Georges Lammam, Khader Keileh, Husain Resan, Gabriel Navia, Hala, Aisha Ali, Debbie Smith,Ghawazee, Rose, Pachamama, Mohamed Ali, Nicteha, Nicole, Rahda, Reabecca, Kim, Hana, Judi, Sausan, Giza Club, Terri Anne, "Rakasa", Sameh Abdl Aziz, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Tarabiya, raqs Egypt, Randa, Dina, National Geographic, Banat Maazin, Aswan Dancers, Aswat, Fort Mason, North Beach, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Aziza, Amira Restaurant, Enta Omri, Fantasy Nahawand, "The White Rose", "Wheat Song", "Satin Rouge", Zikr, Zar, Aswat, Arcane Dimension, Pepper Alexandria, The Ghawazee Gazette, Carnival of Stars, Sahara Sands, Cory Zamora, Mahsati, Susu Pampanin, Yousef Koyoumjian, Fatma Akef, Elena Lentini, Atlantis Long, Shu Shu Amin, Seahorse, Al Masri, Sinda, Rhea, Rana, Dr. Sary Dowidar, "Zahma dunya Zahma", Jesus, Tarabiya, Shaykh Sayed Makawi, Ya Msarahni, Koran, Sex Pistols, Frank Sinatra, Reda Darwish, Azza Sharif, Casino Opera, Badi Masabni, Farid el Atrache, Mohammed Abdel Mottaleb, Mohamed Fawzi, Taheyya karioka, Samia Gamal, Katie, Hoda Shamsadine, Naima Akef, Beba Ezzadine, Ibrahim Akef, Jodette, Kamellia, Busby Berkley, "Raqs el Hawanim", Kristo Klaadex, Naguib el Rihani, Sayed Darwish, S.K.Thoth, Nadia Hamdi, Najib Bahri, Basem Yazbeck, Katherine Dunham, Zack Thompson, Jimbo's Bob City, Perez Prado, "Drums on Fire", "Caravan", Art Blakey, Ahmed Khalil, "Kabareh", Samiramis, Nabila Mango, ICCNC, "Zikrayati", Hilda's, Mohamed el Qasbji, "Wedad", "I Loved you for your voice", Ahmad Rami, Glen Miller, Dexter Gordon, Elvis, Frankie Lymon, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Janis Jopliln, Sid Vicious, Selim Najib, Guitar Center, Marriott Santa Clara, "Du'ul Mazaher", Hamza el Din, Feiruz, "Arjii ya alf leila", "lamma bada yetathana", Mary Ellen Donald, Mahmoud Reda

 

October Blogs:

Arab Film Festival, "Hawi", Mohamed Ali, Karim Nagi, "Hobi Eh", "Ghanilli Shwaya Shway", George Wasoof, Farma Sirhan, Om Kalsoum, Ibrahim el Batout, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Dannhae, Hana, Fairmont Hotel, Faisal Zeidan, Jalal Takesh, Husain Resan, Younes el Maqboul, Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohamed Abdel Wehab, Nadia Hamdi, Marcela, "Fakkarooni", Abdel Wehab Mohamed, Raqs Egypt, Georges Lammam, Steve Jobs, Debbie Smith, Khader Keileh, Skyline College, Vince Delgado, Coralie, Loay Dahbour, Ozlem, Real Doner, Susu Pampanin, Georges and Tony Lammam, Leyla Lanty, Carnival of Star, Mahmoud Reda, Nabila Mango, SF City Hall, Hassania, Skyline College, "Ana Hurrah", Kan Zaman, Aswat, DJ Raffy, Mina House, Nadia Lutfi, "Abi foq il shagara", "Ganal Hawa", Nicole Ibrahim, Kim, Al Masri, Sausan, Bagdad, Aswan Dancers, Firqet Aswan, Devi Ja, Aswan Cultural Center, Jazayer, Mimi Spencer, "Lailet Hob", "Alf Leila wa Leila", Gawaher al Fan, Ahmad Rami, Tarabiya, "Zahma Dunya Zahma", "Du'ul Mazaher", Mahmoud el Leithy, "Eh il Hakaya", ART, "Mass Culture and Modernism in Egypt", Ahmed Adaweya, Michael Jackson, Cassanova, Travolta, Pasha Restaurant, Arabian Knights, Jacques al Asmar, Reda Darwish, El Valenciano, Cairo Cats, George Dabai, Fadil Shahin, Yousef Kouyoumjian, The Farm, Sir Lawrence Washington, Tropical Heat Wave, Tropical Outer Space, Sunset Scavengers, Carnaval, El Faro Taqueria, Marlene, Cole Valley Gym, Karem Mahmoud, Adela Chu, Tower Market, "Habibi Lasmar", Fee Youm we Leila", Hossam Ramzy, Chalo Eduardo, Jacque Barnes, Jose Lorenzo, Laura, Amr Diab, "Habibi Nur el Ain", Aisha Ali, "Procrastination", Zawaya, Omar Abbad, Curves, Hakim, Saad el Soghayer, Edwina aka Qamar el Moulouk, Habibi, Santa Fe Folklore Museum, SF Free Folk Festival, SF City Hall, Mayor Ed Lee, "Ya Zalemni", Riad al Sombati, "Salama", Munira al Mahdiya, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Dancing Drums - Live at the Giza Club, Sahar Hamdi, "Daret el Ayam", Samir Sumaidaiie Iraqi Ambassador, "Secret Ballot", gildedserpent.com, Faruk Sarsa, Naemet

 

 

Check out Tarabiya Show part 1 here

More Tarabiya video clips and reviews here

 

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.

*****

The Georges Lammam Band - at PenaPachamama

Advance tickets

Valentine's PartySunday, February 12, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 7 pm (Amina & Debbie perform)

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

*****

Amina's Dancers' Showcase at Al Masri Sunday Jan. 22, 2012

*****

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

*****

"aala wahedeh we noss"

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

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Live Music Nights at Al Masri

with the Pasha Band

Jalal, Husain, Younes, Chakib, Susu and Amina

Sundays at 7 pm

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

*****

Carnival of Stars

August 4 -5, 2012

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

New Additions at Side Show - zeffa-muled-panel

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

Costume Contest!

Workshop Sunday at COS with Atlantis

"How to dance to a drum solo"

contact Amina for details

*****

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

*****

Raqs Egypt

November 4, 5 and 6

Raqs Egypts is SOLD OUT

*****

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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    Bob al Asmar

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