At a glance: Egypt's arts and culture in January 2016

Ahram Online , Sunday 31 Jan 2016

Ahram Online brings you Egyptian and regional culture through interviews, features, news and reviews. Revisit January 2016 with the articles linked below

'Egypt is within me': Prima ballerina Magda Saleh on her career and the gilded years

Renowned ballerina, a graduate of the Bolshoi ballet academy and Cairo's Academy of Arts, former dean of the Higher Institute of Ballet, and a founding director of the new Cairo Opera House -- Magda Saleh talks about her career.

Magda Saleh, Egypt's legendary prima ballerina, to be featured in a documentary

Egyptian director Hisham Abdel Khalek's documentary A Footnote in Ballet History will look into Egypt's ballet history through one of its most remarkable figures, Magda Saleh.

Confronting fear: how year 2015 brought Egypt's audiences closer to classical music

The belief 'you are not expected to like everything,' seemed to be at the heart of approach to the audiences in past year, a fact which might yet lead to many interesting transformations in the classical music scene.

'Nomination to Oscars already a success': Palestinian director Basil Khalil on his film Ave Maria

Ave Maria, which is listed in the Live-Action Short Films section of the 2016 Oscars, will be the first film in Arab cinema to run for an Oscar in this category.

Backed into a corner: Egypt's independent culture five years after the revolution

The revolution has triggered a profusion of artistic expressions and opened a vigorous struggle between the independent culture players and those in power. Today, the creators find alternative refuges.

From words to dance and vice versa: Hamlet through contemporary Egyptian eyes

Directed and choreographed by Monadel Antar, the contemporary dance performance Hamlet revisits the iconic Shakespearean play through body movement.

'Youth': A human record renegotiated through emotionally-rich cinematic work

Far from being an over romanticised view of youth, Paolo Sorrentino's latest film screened in Cairo's Zawya ponders life and commonly-held wisdoms.

Revisiting films about Egypt's 2011 revolution

On the fifth anniversary of Egypt's 2011 revolution, Ahram Online revisits some of the most important cinematic productions that either documented the revolution or were inspired by its events.

If they want war, we want peace': Artist Basiouny, who left us on the Friday of Anger

One of the most important artists of his generation, Ahmed Basiouny was killed in the 28 January battle during the 18-day uprising against Mubarak five years ago.

Remembering Ziad Bakir, the Opera designer who died in the 2011 uprising

Five years have passed since Ziad Bakir, a remarkable artist and designer at the Cairo Opera House, left his home on 28 January, the fourth day of the revolution, never to return.

Politics a key theme at Sharm El-Sheikh's youth theatre festival

The newly established International Festival for Youth Theatre that ran in Sharm El-Sheikh between 7 and 15 January brought 20 theatre troupes from around the world.

Closed by authorities, Cairo Townhouse gallery's fate remains unknown

The arts space remains closed after a surprise inspection was carried out by a number of state authorities in December 2015.

Osiris: One-year-old venue enlivens Cairo's independent theatre scene

The nascent culture space is now moving on to bigger projects catering to the theatre scene.

Men Dahr Ragel: Plausible cinematic effort despite flaws in script

Though Men Dahr Ragel, directed by Karim El-Sobky, might not make an imprint in Egypt's cinematic history, it still deserves to be seen in movie theatres.

At a glance: Egypt's arts and culture in January 2016

Ahram Online , Sunday 31 Jan 2016

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