Belly Dance

Belly Dance

For most of the past decade and a half, madame Samasem has been one of the Middle East's top oriental dancers. Having performed at all the quality venues:　both five star hotels and famous nightclubs, she brings a unique presence on stage. She incorporates everything from modern Arabic pop to traditional, slow orchestrated pieces.

She slides easily from elegant classics to playful folklore. Her ear for Arabic music is uncanny, and her subtle isolations catch even the tiniest nuance. Sensuous and slow, she incorporates quick, percussive steps and hip-work seamlessly into the most breathtaking of oriental movements.

Based in Cairo, she has been engaged for extended contracts at all the five star hotels such as the Nile Hilton, Mena House, Meridien Cairo, Seminramis and so forth. Samasem has also regularly performed at the top nightclubs, including such prestigious venues as Cave de Roi, Sun-set and Tivoli as well as the night clubs on Pyramid Street. Her audiences have included dignitaries like the last two presidents of Egypt, the Royal families of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. She was working with famous singers like Ehab Tawfiq, Mohammed el-Helw, Ahmed Adawiya and Khaled Agag.

Having gathered and categorized an infinite number of steps and moves, Samasem is a natural dance anthropologist. Her knowledge of steps used by great artists such as Suheir Zaki, Nelly Fouad & Aza Sherif is mesmerizing. She has toured four continents, as both a performer and instructor of Raqs Sharqi, from Japan and Malaysia in the Far East through Europe to America. Samasem's ability to break down the movements, and teach the technical aspect, to be able to execute it with an Egyptian feeling & meaning to the melody – not only the rhythm – has now made her one of ten most sought-after master-class teacher in Europe and USA. She is known for her warm, down-to-earth personality combined with a wicked sense of humor.

Madame Samasem of Cairo
in Prague, Czech Republic
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Data publikacji: 2008-03-17