Geek Out with Nada El Masriya!

Beledi – The Music, The Dance & The Culture

Belly Dance Geek Clubhouse Episode #75: 
My guest, Nada El Masriya will talk with us all about beledi.

 

When you hear the word “baladi” or “beledi” (and other spellings as well), what do you think of? The dance, the music, the rhythm (more appropriately called masmoudi saghir)? Nada will chat with us all about the different aspects of baladi in Egyptian culture.

 

You’ll learn:

• The different parts of baladi music composition
• An in depth look at the baladi dance style
• Culture of the baladi people

We’ll also have some discussion time, so you can ask Nada your questions.
 

About Nada El Masriya

Nada El Masriya In the words of legendary dancer, actress and cultural icon Fifi Abdou and I quote, “Nada El Masriya is the Ambassador of Egyptian Dance in Canada.” A graduate of Cairo University with a degree in Law and a minor in the history of Egyptian Culture & Dance traditions Nada has spent most of her life training, teaching and performing internationally as a professional dancer.
Her international dance career began with the prestigious Reda Troupe School, Egypt’s first and most famous folkloric dance company. Nada El Masriya is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Egyptian Dance Academy based in Toronto and regularly teaches and performs around the world.

Check her out on Facebook at:
Nada on Facebook
And on her website at:
Nada on the web
 

Resources mentioned on the call –

Beledi accordion music selections that were mentioned on the call:

• Beledi Awadi
• Beledi Awadi with an eskandrani flavour
• Beledi Awadi perfect for using beledi cane and sagaat

Baladi style songs:

• Zeant El Banat – 2016 Music CD of Nada El Masriya
• Layali Masriya – 2019 Music CD of Nada El Masriya
• Ah Yanna
• Kieda El Ouzal
• That El Shebakk (but you can do it as full on baladi or as a second song in oriental costume )
• From Nada – -Also many artists like Tito Seif, Mohamed Shahin, Randa Kamel and many have their own CDs and usually include at least one baladi song on them-

Events:

• Toronto Folklore Intensive
• Live Music Cairo (coming soon!)
• Masriyatt Festival 2020 (coming soon!

 

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