Munique brings Egypt to Spain Again
7th International Festival of Egypt in Barcelona 2013
photos by Gabriel Monserrat Lopez
posted June 17, 2013
This 7th annual event is sponsored by Munique Neith, a dancer and teacher in Barcelona. Barcelona welcomed teachers and lucky participants for a festival that brought Egypt to Spain with well attended lectures, workshops, and galas during four days of fun and learning, January 31st until February 3rd, 2013. This event provided a unique opportunity to learn the art of Oriental dance from the best names in Egypt. Randa Kamel (Egypt), Mo Geddawi (Egypt), Gamal Seif (Egypt), Bozenka (Cuba/USA), Amar Gamal (Cuba/USA), Amaru Sabat (Spain), who together with Munique Neith ran workshops throughout an intensive weekend.
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A crowed room in Munique Neith Academy for the Opening Gala event.
Munique Neith (the sponsor) and the guest teacher Gamal Seif.
Séverine of Switzerland
Competition and Performances
Grupo Razyia of Pama de Mallorca, Spain
Carolina Sandra
Ballet Munique Neith of Barcelona
Nashyra
Vanesa Moreno of Asturias, Spain
Grupo Yalla Mayurqa of Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Folklore Group of Munique Neith
Warda el Malayka Group of France
Malayka Lea of France
Alimah d’Alessandria of Russia
Roberta Kelly of Brazil
Randa Kamel (Egipt)
Winners of the competition categories
Workshops
Munique Neith
Workshops
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Loved the pictures. Especially the ones of Helwa and Amar Gmal. All are fabulous though. Great job.