Four artists step on stage. Once the light of the spotlights has found its way to their skin, they start turning. Their movements mark the official beginning of the fourth edition of Egypt’s Contemporary Dance Night (CDN), setting off in Cairo on November 21st. The 2014 series are of astonishingly higher quality, show more commitment than ever, and move within a much larger framework in comparison to last year. Egyptian Streets met up with Ezzat Ismail Ezzat and Barbora ‘Bashka’ Jombikova , two of the driving spirits behind and in the event. Who’s who In 2008, Studio Emad Eddin Foundation organised the Cairo Contemporary Dance Workshop Program. It was developed for four years and trained a new generation of dancers specialised in contemporary dance. From the platform it created, contemporary dancers with various backgrounds spread and made the Egyptian scene grow bigger together. Ezzat Ismail Ezzat was one of those people. In 2010, he consciously decided to dedicate his life to contemporary dance, in Egypt. He didn’t regret this carreer switch for a second: “I’m very happy that I chose dance to do in my life. I was working as…
