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Creativity Center • 6 min read
Dance like a monkey, a fish and a wet zombie
Amany Ali Shawky | I stand stiffened like the 1980s Barbie, watching others gracefully glide across the glinting black floors
18 December 2014
Cairo Contemporary Dance School (CCDC) • 9 min read
Contemporary Dance Center up in the air
Mai Elwakil | The Cairo Contemporary Dance Center, the first professional training program of its kind in Egypt, opened
26 November 2013
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