For many dancers, the stage is a dream, the spotlight is a motivation and practice studios become more like home. In Egypt, a group of modern ballet and contemporary dancers took their artistic and creative talents to the urban spaces of Alexandria as part of Nassim el-Raqs festival. The streets of Alexandria have witnessed Nassim el-Raqs or ‘a breeze of dance’ exquisite performances, in its 7th edition, on 4 May until 10 May. The annual festival took place on the street of Alexandria hosting about 20 dancers, who are a combination of both professional and amateurs dancers. Hakim Youssef, dancer at Nassim el-Raqs, told Egyptian Streets about his experience performing for the first time on the streets of Alexandria. “At the beginning, I did not know what to expect, but then people started forming crowds and whispering curious comments among themselves,” said Youssef. Youssef continued that he practiced, with the rest of the dance crew, for four days in a row at the Cairo Contemporary Dance Centre (CCDC) followed by another rehearsal session that lasted for four days with the French Contemporary Dance Choreographer Olivier Dubois. “The rehearsals were not…
