Welcome to episode #40 of "The Oriental Café" podcast with Dr. Mo Geddawi, a legend in the field of Egyptian Dance (aka "belly dance"), hosted by Joana Saahirah.

In this episode, I pick Dr. Mo´s amazing brain and ask him about his exceptional career as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher; his beginnings in the "Reda Troupe" and what we learned from Mahmoud Reda in those early years; which star, in our field, inspired him the most; what makes exceptional art; and what it´s like living between Egypt and the rest of the world.

I, your host, didn´t want this conversation to end. And I´m sure you´ll feel the same.

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🎤References shared by our guest:

Books:

"The Creative Habit" by Twyla Tharp "Ancient Egyptian Dances" by Irena Lexová

Movie:

"Steps through Time" about the evolution of Egyptian Dance

"Shabab Emraa" (A Woman's Youth) (1956) with Tahia Karioka

Music:

Saidi (Upper Egypt) Music

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