Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009
Time: 19:30-21:00
Speaker: Karim Nagi
Location: B1 Auditorium, Taipei City Council
(No. 507, Section 4, Jen-Ai Road, Hsinyi District, Taipei City)
By Appointment only, NT$200 per person
Well renowned musician Karim Nagi, a native Egyptian as well, will give a 90-minute lecture on the dominant role of music, dance and drumming at Arab culture. He will start the lecture by giving audience the geographical introduction of 23 countries in Arab world. Several Arab percussion instruments will be introduced and demonstrated during this lecture. Nagi will also introduce two Arab folk dances: Tahteeb (a martial dance with stick) and Dabka (Arab line dance) to give audience a general vision of the tight association of dance and life in Arab world.
Nagi is born at Cairo and grew up at America. Carrying both Western and Eastern culture backgrounds and life experiences, he truly wishes to bridge between the two worlds for better understanding with each other. He hopes to present his beloved Arab culture to the world and let people know the fact that Arab world is not merely terrorism and wars: there are beautiful things worthy of sharing too.
The income of lecture will be donated to benefit children in rural area for their meals and textbooks. We accordingly invite all to share a night of wonderful cultural feast while support those children in need!
For further information please check Hand Dance & Drumming Sky at blog: http://blog.yam.com/crazydrum
For booking enquiry please contact Christine Du at HandDrum@gmail.com or 0952-523-235/ Lisa Chen at lisachen806@hotmail.com or 0970-071-411
Time: 19:30-21:00
Speaker: Karim Nagi
Location: B1 Auditorium, Taipei City Council
(No. 507, Section 4, Jen-Ai Road, Hsinyi District, Taipei City)
By Appointment only, NT$200 per person
Well renowned musician Karim Nagi, a native Egyptian as well, will give a 90-minute lecture on the dominant role of music, dance and drumming at Arab culture. He will start the lecture by giving audience the geographical introduction of 23 countries in Arab world. Several Arab percussion instruments will be introduced and demonstrated during this lecture. Nagi will also introduce two Arab folk dances: Tahteeb (a martial dance with stick) and Dabka (Arab line dance) to give audience a general vision of the tight association of dance and life in Arab world.
Nagi is born at Cairo and grew up at America. Carrying both Western and Eastern culture backgrounds and life experiences, he truly wishes to bridge between the two worlds for better understanding with each other. He hopes to present his beloved Arab culture to the world and let people know the fact that Arab world is not merely terrorism and wars: there are beautiful things worthy of sharing too.
The income of lecture will be donated to benefit children in rural area for their meals and textbooks. We accordingly invite all to share a night of wonderful cultural feast while support those children in need!
For further information please check Hand Dance & Drumming Sky at blog: http://blog.yam.com/crazydrum
For booking enquiry please contact Christine Du at HandDrum@gmail.com or 0952-523-235/ Lisa Chen at lisachen806@hotmail.com or 0970-071-411
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