Hazem Header (Egipat) ─ Egyptian-izing your movements, dance workshop
19.5.2024. | 15:00 – 19:00
20.5.2024. | 16:00 – 20:00
MO Voćarska, Voćarska cesta 71
In this workshop, Egyptian choreographer Hazem Header will teach several contemporary dance and physical theater frameworks for improvisation and participants will come away with a robust set of exercises, games, and scores to create their own choreography and performances. The workshop will consist of several approaches to choreography and creational methods for contemporary dance, physical theater, and “Egyptian-izing” your creative impulses. This all-levels workshop is appropriate for professional dancers and movers from all artistic backgrounds as well as dance and theater enthusiasts seeking to learn more about contemporary dance and physical theater for the first time.
Hazem Header is an Egyptian contemporary dancer and choreographer. With a BA of Physical education, studies of Personal training, Biomechanics and Kinesiology and a long career as a personal trainer and volleyball coach, Hazem studied dance at the governmental center “Cairo Contemporary Dance Center (CCDC)” at Cairo Opera House. There he gained experience in choreography. In 2013 Hazem founded NÜT Dance Company’ (NDC). With NDC, Hazem has produced over 100 cultural events and performances since 2013 to this date that have been presented in Egypt, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Italy, Rwanda, Tunisia and Sri Lanka. From 2018 till 2020; he conducted lessons of Theater and Contemporary Dance at Cairo University’s creative center. In 2017 Hazem founded “Breaking Walls Festival” to be the first international festival for site specific performances in Cairo. In 2021 Hazem created “Breaking Walls Dance Film Festival” to be the first festival of Dance Films in Egypt and in the region.
