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Guest Speakers: Charlotte Desorgher

Charlotte Desorgher has danced since the age of five and gained a degree in Dance and Education from London University . She has been bellydancing professionally since 1981, learning from watching dancers in the Arab clubs at the height of London’s nightclub boom and then subsequently living for a year in Bahrain.   She now teaches eight classes a week in Croydon as well as organising highly regarded haflas and other events. She is also in demand as a performer and teaches at festivals such as Fantasia and Celebrating Dance. Charlotte continues her professional development by taking private lessons with Serena Ramzy, by attending master classes and by travelling regularly to Cairo to keep abreast of the latest trends and take private lessons with her favourite dancers.

Video Seminars

Chosen Topics
Egypt 1960s to 1970s
Dancers of this period include Suheir Zaki, Nagwa Fouad, Fifi Abdou, Hannan, Mona Said and Nelli Also the various national folkloric troupes such as the Reda Troupe and Kawmiyya (National Folkloric Troupe of Egypt).

1990s to 2000s  Modern Cairo Style
Dina, Lucy, Randa Kamal, Soraya, Asmahan, Yasmina, Dandesh, Camellia. The era of Modern Cairo Style has dawned! We will look at why this dance differs so much from the past decades. Many of the dancers are Reda trained and have choreographies done for them by Reda trained teachers. 

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