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KARAMA Arab Dance & Music Troupe
SUNDAY SEPT 10
EPIPHANY CENTER CHICAGO
5pm - 6:30pm
All Ages
$20 & $10
Performing The Kufiya & The Quftaan a dance & music tableau from around the Arab world, with live music & group choreography
KARAMA (Arabic for dignity/respect) is an Arab heritage troupe based in Chicago IL. KARIM NAGI composes original music and choreography that authentically engage in the continuum of Arab tradition. With an ensemble of 8 musicians and dancers, the troupe endeavors to represent the diversity of Arab culture within this unique interpretation. The balance between ancestral customs and urban diaspora-based sensibility is vigilantly observed. The goal is to express the culture not as a standard tourist spectacle, but as a living art form created by inspired performers.
Their current program of THE KUFIYA & THE QUFTAAN is a pan-Arab dance excursion set to a live score of both traditional and original Arabic music. The iconic items of regional clothing create the scenes that feature dynamic community dances, along with performances on musical instruments of Arab tradition. The voyage starts with a humble interactive living room party, singing and dancing to traditional songs from various Arab regions. It continues onward to the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, Egypt and Near East with troupe dances and full ensemble musical accompaniment. Dancer & Musician KARIM NAGI guides the audience with educational oratory and participatory joyfulness.
THE ENSEMBLE
Karim Nagi - percussionist, dancer, composer, choreographer, orator
Ronnie Malley - oud lutist
Emad Ibrahim - keman violinist
Naeif Rafeh - nay flutist
Indrani Hadia - dancer
Phaedra Darwish - dancer
Azeema Naheed - dancer
Soumaya MaRose - dancer, guest choreographer
Arti Ishak - dance understudy
