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Based on her years of research in Egypt and a strong academic base, Sahra has presented portions of this intensive for Middle Eastern dance students and teachers worldwide, as well as in institutions as diverse as
post-graduate university anthropology courses, museums and church groups.

Now in 2008 JtE is presented in full intensity for the first time.

Sahra's Background:
Academic background: Associate of Arts in Dance, Bachelor's of Arts in
Cultural Anthropology and Archeology from UCSB,
Master's Degree in Dance Ethnology from UCLA, specializing in Egypt.

Thesis research collected while living 6 years in Egypt: subject "Zeffat al Aroosa"
Sahra C. Kent lived and performed in Egypt 1989-1995 with continuous yearly research since 1995.

"Journey through Egypt" Basic 1 - Intensive weekend with Certification. JtE-1 presents an overview of the Dance Zones of Egypt with attention paid to movement and posture recognition, zone location, historical consideration and cultural diffusion. Includes free notebook and study materials, map, DVD and CD.

JtE-1

JtE-2

"Journey through Egypt" Basic 2: Movement Intensive. This Intensive weekend with Certification is an advanced "basic" overview, within which we base to our future research and specializations. In addition to instruction in core Dance Ethnography concepts, we address movement proficiency.
We aim to study and replicate each dance zone's movement at the levels of: authentic indigenous home-style, local performers, regional government groups, national government theater-stage troupes: both Reda and Kowmeya, and within Night Club shows. Pre-requisite JtE-1

JtE-3

"Journey through Egypt" 3: On-site Egypt. We tour the real Egypt, not just the marble floors of the 5-star hotels. Readied from our work in JtE-2 we will pick up the movement taught to us by a variety of indigenous peoples. Tour includes historical sites, our personal fieldwork, dance classes, and interviews with people in the know.
JtE-3 June 2009 will concentrate on Upper Egypt. After a couple days in Cairo and Giza we will travel to the Nubian and Saidi regions, as well as to the Ghawazee. (Sahra will be traveling to Egypt at the end of August to set up tour specifics. She will not be able to up-date this site until November. For current information sign up for her mailing list.) Pre-requisite JtE-1 and JtE-2