Cairo Contemporary Dance Center

Cairo Contemporary Dance Center (CCDC) is an independent space for contemporary dance in Egypt. It’s the first contemporary dance school in Africa and the Middle East, offering a 3-year full-time professional training program for young dancers, choreographers and dance teachers.[1] It also provides artistic residencies, as well as open classes and workshops in different kinds of dance and activities.

History

Cairo Contemporary Dance Center was founded in 2012 by Karima Mansour, under the patronage of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, at the Creativity Center on the ground of Cairo Opera House.[2][3][4]

It moved to its current location in January 2014, and currently operates as an independent project under the umbrella of MAAT for Contemporary Art.[5]

The school

Cairo Contemporary Dance Center was the first professional contemporary dance full-time school in Africa and the Arab world. The 3-year full-time professional training program is officially recognized by the UNESCO International Dance Council.[6] The first generation of students graduated in June 2015, and a new generation started the three year program in September 2016.

CCDC welcomes every year a diversity of international and Egyptian teachers, including Laurance Rudic,[7] Vincent Mantsoe,[8] Mark Tompkins, Olivier Dubois,[8] and Claude Brumachon.[8]

Other activities

In addition to its professional training, CCDC also offers to the general public open classes and workshops for adults and children in several disciplines covering dance, martial arts and other activities.[9] Workshops are also regularly organized with invited local and international artists, in different disciplines including contemporary dance, contact improvisation, acting, tango,[10] and yoga.

Cairo Contemporary Dance Center participates in the independent contemporary art scene in Egypt, and regularly organizes performances or dance presentations. In the recent years, CCDC has participated in or organized the following events:

  • Hal Badeel Arts Festival (April 2013)[11][2]
  • Kalamonology exhibition at Cairo’s Ofok Gallery (May 2013)[2]
  • Contemporary Dance Night 2013 (November 2013)[2]
  • CCDC Platform, an international gathering of dancers from all over the world (December 2014)[12]
  • D-CAF (April 2015)[13]
  • Dance in Transit/ Mahatat (February 2016)[14]

'5 ra2s' Festival

In February 2017, CCDC organized the '5 ra2s' festival, to celebrate the graduation of the first generation of students from its full-time training program and its 5th anniversary[15]. Many events took place in various independent art spaces in Cairo, such as Zawya cinema, Zigzag club or Room Art Space and Cafe[16].


References

  1. ↑ "Cairo Contemporary Dance Center - drosos(…) Foundation". drosos(…). Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Contemporary Dance Center up in the air". مدى مصر. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  3. ↑ "Contemporary dance programme in peril". Daily News Egypt. 2013-07-07. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  4. ↑ "The Right to Dance". Cairo Scene. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  5. ↑ "The Arduous Journey to An Egyptian Contemporary Dance Utopia". Cairo Scene. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  6. ↑ "Register of Members". www.cid-portal.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  7. ↑ "The promising future of contemporary dance". Daily News Egypt. 2013-03-10. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  8. 1 2 3 "Cairo Contemporary Dance Center مركز الرقص المعاصر - 1 Mousa Galal Square Mohandesin 12655 Cairo Egypt | etrigg.com". etrigg.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  9. ↑ "CCDC Open Classes, Workshops and Activities!". TotallyEgypt. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  10. ↑ "A Taste of Tango in the Heart of Cairo". Cairo Scene. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  11. ↑ "Cairo's Hal Badeel festival ends on a positive note with bright future ahead - Stage & Street - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  12. ↑ "Cairo's Contemporary Dance Meets the Rest of the World". Cairo Scene. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  13. ↑ Dancers Flood Sednaoui
  14. ↑ "Mahatat to infuse Egyptian city streets with contemporary dance - Stage & Street - Arts & Culture - Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  15. ↑ "CCDC to hold 5 ra2s festival". Ahram Hebdo. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  16. ↑ "CCDC celebrates the end of 5 ra2s". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
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