Join US at CUMBE for an exclusive dance experience exploring one of
North Africa's popular traditional dances, MOROCCAN CHAABI. CHAABI
MEANS ‘of people’ and represents the culture, voice and spirit of
the people. While this dance has some similarities to Middle Eastern
belly dance MOVEMENTS LIKE SHIMMYING THE HIPS AND WAIST, CHAABI IS
DECIDEDLY AFRICAN. As is common with AFRICAN-rooted dance traditions,
MOROCCAN CHAABI IS BODY POSITIVE, women-centered, improvisational and
communal. Through muscle memory repetitions, students will learn the
fundamental MOVEMENT VOCABULARY TO LEARN THIS SOCIAL DANCE.ABOUT ESRAA
– Acknowledged as a talented dancer within her cultural community at
13 years old, Esraa Warda is now one of the premier North AFRICAN
PERFORMANCE AND TEACHING ARTISTS BASED IN NEW YORK CITY. Esraa is of
Algerian origin and professionally teaches and performs
Algerian/MOROCCAN STYLES SUCH AS CHAABI, Rai, Chaoui, Kabyle and
Reggada/Allaoui in NYC and around the world. Her teaching methods are
now focused on reproducing the same context in which she learned -
through ‘transmission’ via muscle memory within women’s dance
circles and jams. Despite being on the AFRICAN CONTINENT, MOROCCAN AND
ALGERIAN DANCES ARE OFTEN DISCONNECTED AND LUMPED INTO MIDDLE
EASTERN/Arab culture. Esraa aims to pioneer the representation of
these dances as African in the cultural landscape both institutionally
and informally.
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