School · Cairo, Egypt · since 2009 · demo
Cairo Dance Academy
Intensive training in Egyptian raqs sharqi, baladi and folklore, with live musicians and a teacher-training track for visiting professionals. (Demo school.)
What they teach
- Group classes
- Private lessons
- Teacher training
Practical
Cairo, Egypt
Taught in Arabic, English
Curriculum
Styles taught
Egypt
Raqs Sharqi
The classic Egyptian stage form — 'dance of the East'. Born in Cairo's early-20th-century music halls and refined by Golden Era cinema, it blends baladi roots with orchestral music and theatrical staging.
Egypt
Baladi
'Of the homeland' — the urban Egyptian social dance that grew when rural families moved to Cairo. Intimate, witty and grounded; often called the soul of Egyptian dance.
Egypt
Saidi
The folkloric style of Upper Egypt, inseparable from the assaya (cane) and the martial game of tahtib. Proud, playful and rhythmically bouncy.
Egypt
Shaabi
Street-smart popular dance of working-class Cairo — direct, humorous and tied to shaabi music's blunt poetry, later feeding into mahraganat.