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3 Things that Instantly Change Your Life

Joana Saahirah World
3 Things that Instantly Change Your Life
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The obvious isn´t that obvious - here´s something experience has taught me; something I tell my students, frequently.

In other words, in our search for the extraordinary, we ignore the power of the ordinary, the simple, what´s right in front of our eyes.

 

In a time when everyone and everything seems to exist at a high speed - too fast, if you ask me -, we need to slow down, take a step back, and reconnect with what truly matters.

 

In this blog post - 3...

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The Poetry of Egyptian Rhythms

 

There´s poetry in Egyptian Rhythms.

I´m aware that´s not how most dancers, and even musicians, see rhythms but that never changed the facts: rhythms aren´t just rhythms.

 

They´re Poems. 

Each Rhythm, a Poem.

Each Rhythm, a flavor, a story, a mood, and a feeling.

Each Rhythm, a cultural context with an entire world on its back.

 

Maksoum (click here to listen to it) tastes like honey. It´s a poem about a sweet, happy love affair.

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An Intimate Portrait of Mahmoud Reda

 

 

We´re on the highway, between Cairo and Alexandria, and Abdel Wahab is playing on the radio.

There´s light - a light you only find in Egypt, attached to a scent of past and hope - peaking through my window in the backseat of the car. A soul-comforting light; one of the reasons why I lived and worked in Egypt for almost a decade of my life; a return home. 

 

  There's me, Mahmoud Reda, and his wife, in the car.  

 

I´m singing...

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Do THIS today🧚

 

Do THIS today.

If nothing else, do it today. 

(Curious? Keep reading this post)

 


I can only share what I´ve become and, therefore, learned.

 

And here´s an interesting thing I´ve learned:

Not everyone wants to evolve.

All of us grow older - that´s mandatory - but few actually grow up - that´s optional. 

 

Outch.

Take a second.

Yep, that one hurts. 

 

Saying no to growth - dance and/or personal growth - is...

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What kind of Egyptian Dance Student are you?

Joana Saahirah World
What kind of Egyptian Dance Student are you?
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What kind of Egyptian Dance student are you?  I mean, for real. 

Also, does it matter? (spoiler alert #1: it does)

 

In all these years of career in Egyptian Dance - more than 20 years of non-stop performing, teaching, lecturing, judging, and learning from every front, first in Egypt and then around the World - I´ve noticed there are different kinds of students. 

 

I´ve also noticed how those different kinds of students behave and how their attitude...

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