「Taiwan News」新聞報導英文版,08年宜璇老師受邀至全世界最大肚皮舞盛會「埃及肚皮舞節」教授中東肚皮舞
Cultural exchange by way of belly dance performance
Taiwan NewsPage 17
Belly dance has been a global trend and even Egypt wants to engage professional exchange with Taiwan. Taiwan belly dance instructors were invited to Egypt to instruct courses in the Ahlan Wa Sahlan (Belly Dance Festival).
Ahlan Wa Sahlan, the belly dance festival held by Ragia Hassan, attracts more than 4,000 professional belly dancers from over 50 countries every year to Cairo, Egypt to perform and exchange experience with local dancers.
Eva Shen, founder and president of Taiwan Belly Dance Association, was invited by the festival host to lead the “R.O.C. Ahlan Wa Sahlan Delegotio” (Taiwan belly dance delegates to the festival) to participate in the festival in Egypt, during June 26 July 6. Eva Shen was the very first Chinese instructor invited to Egypt. There were 30 belly dance delegates from all over Taiwan to perform and exchange experience in Egypt.
Eva Shen indicated the current belly dance development in Taiwan when she was in an interview carried by local media in Cairo. Eva and the delegates engaged in performance and experience exchange with professional belly dancers from Spain, Germany, Britain, France and Netherland. Eva invited these international professional belly dancers to observe and instruct in Taiwan in the near future. That will definitely cause another major wave in Taiwan’s belly dance. It will also benefit Taiwan’s international cultural diplomacy.
今年(2008)中華民國中東肚皮舞推廣協會理事長沈宜璇,應埃及肚皮舞節主辦單位之邀,率領中華民國代表團,於6/26-7/6前往埃及參與盛會。
沈老師為第一位應邀到埃及授課的華人教師,到中東肚皮舞的發源地-埃及,進行授課。代表團共有台灣從北到南的30位肚皮舞者,遠赴埃及進行演出及交流。
沈理事長將台灣原住民舞蹈結合至傳統中東肚皮舞中,教授給來自世界各國的舞者,以介紹台灣原住民舞蹈之美,開創台灣以肚皮舞文化外交首例。並且沈老師在開羅受到海灣投資公司的邀請於開幕會中表演,受到當地媒體專訪,在海外展現台灣舞者的實力。
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