Time

Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 9:00am – Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 8:00pm

Location

Poland – 17-20.03.2011– Katowice city

Euro Raks- International Oriental Dance Congress

Organizer: Academy of Arabic Dance “Suraiya”

Poland – 17-20.03.2011 – Katowice city
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CONTACT: show@suraiya.pl

1) Euro Raks Team:

Aida Nour (Egypt)
Nesma (Spain)
Ahmed Refaat (Egypt)
Suraiya (Poland) – organizer and artictic director
Mansour Ibrahim (Egypt) – co-organizer
Khalida (Belgium)
Farahnaz Holz (Germany/Iran)
Maikki Fonnelop (Norwey)
Selina Sevil (Sweden)
Yalia (Austria)
Marta Korzun (Ukraine)
Sowillo (Poland)
Abir (Poland)

2) Workshops:

4 days full of amazing workshops and lectures! Thursday to Sunday! Over 35 hours of classes!

Daily – before first workshop – Pilates and Stretch (20min) and after the last workshop Express Stretch (15min) – with Suraiya!

Schedule, prices- coming soon

3) Show:

* Thursday – Opening Party – dedicated to Euro Raks participants!!!! You can all get to know each other better! We also give you an opportunity to perform and show your talent (opportunity reserved for full pass holders – performing time limit 3 min)

* Friday and Saturday – Unforgettable Shows with Amazing Euro Raks Stars!!!!

* 2 options of tickets:

Show ticket
Show ticket with dinner

Details: soon

* During Euro Raks shows Suraiya will present her new international project! Professional oriental dance group – Euro Divas!!!
Members: Suraiya of Poland, Khalida of Belgium, Farah of Germany and Maikki of Norway!!!

* IF YOU WANT TO PERFORM ON THURSDAY YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW SO WE CAN PUT YOU ON THE LIST. NUMBER OF PLACES IS LIMITED! IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SURE PLACE PLEASE PAY FOR YOUR FULL PAS EARLY!!!
· TILL THE END OF DECEMBER SEND US YOUR STAGE NAME, COUNTRY YOU COME FROM, DANCE STYLE YOU WILL PERFORM, NAME AND LENGH OF THE MUSIC (MAX 3 MINS)
· THURSDAY – TILL 2 AM- BRING TO REGISTRATION POINT YOUR CD, WITH YOUR NAME ON IT AND ONE TRACK ONLY. HAVE A COPY OF IT WITH YOU!

4) Competitions:

Title: EUROPEAN BELLYDANCER/ BELLY DANCE DUO/ GROUP OF THE YEAR 2011

Competitions will take place on Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Categories and time limits:

Thursday:

* SOLO AMATEUR – 2:00 (no props)

* SOLO SEMI PRO – 2:30 (veil or zills only)

Friday:

* SOLO PRO – TABLA SOLO QUEEN – 2:30 (no props)

* SOLO PRO – 3:15 (veil or zills only)

* DUO – ORIENTAL- 3:00 (veil or zills only)

* GROUP – FOLKLORE – 3:00

Saturday:

* SOLO PRO- SHOW BELLY DANCE – 3:OO (various props allowed)

* SOLO PRO- FUSION (excluding Tribal Fusion) – 3:00 (fusion props allowed)

* DUO – FOLKLORE – 3:00

* GROUP – ORIENTAL – 3:00 (veil or zills only)

Sorry… No categories for Tribal!

JURY: EURO RAKS TEAM

Prizes – coming soon
Starting fees- coming soon

** IF YOU WANT TO COMPETE:
· TO BE ON THE COMPETITION LIST YOU MUST PAY STARTING FEE- NUMBER OF PLACES FOR EACH CATEGORY IS LIMITED! BE SURE TO PAY EARLY!
· YOU CAN COMPETE IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN MINIMUM 2 FULL DAYS OF EURO RAKS
· TILL THE END OF DECEMBER SEND US YOUR STAGE NAME, COUNTRY YOU COME FROM, DANCE STYLE YOU WILL PERFORM, NAME AND LENGH OF THE MUSIC (MAX 3 MINS), AUTHOR OF THE CHOREOGRAPHY
· TILL 2 AM – ON DAY YOUR CATEGORY WILL TAKE PLACE BRING TO REGISTRATION POINT YOUR CD, WITH YOUR NAME ON IT AND ONE TRACK ONLY!!! HAVE A COPY OF IT WITH YOU!
· PLEASE PREPARE IT SEPERATELY FOR EACH CATEGORY YOU COMPETE IN!!!!
· BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT MUSIC=PERFORMANCE AND DIFFERENT COSTUME FOR EACH CATEGORY!!!! (IF YOU START IN MORE THEN 3 CATEGORIES YOU CAN REAPEAT THE COSTUME)
· PLEASE RESPECT THE TIME LIMIT FOR EACH CATEGORY!!!!

5) Adresses / Acomodation:

Katowice is one of the biggest polish cities. You can easily reach this city from the whole Europe!
Airport- Katowice – Pyrzowice is 30 km far from the center (there are easy and cheap *airport-center* transfers)
Also most of busses and trains from all european countries have stops in Katowice city.
Poland is still in POLISH ZLOTY zone (not euro) so hotels, travels, food etc is easily available for foreigners

Workshops, show, competitions, lectures- everything will take place in one exclusive hotel :

Arsenal Palace ****
Beautiful luxurious interiors – the biggest room only for Euro Raks participants – IMPERIAL ROOM

Acomodation for Euro Raks Participants:

* Arsenal Palace****

Special deal for Euro Raks participants – info coming soon

* Bella Notce*** (next to Arsenal Palace)

Cheaper option – limited number of places!

Special deal for Euro Raks participants – info coming soon

YOU CANT MISS THIS EVENT!!!!!!!!
JOIN US AND SHARE OUR LOVE FOR ORIENTAL DANCE!!!

EURO RAKS TEAM:-)

Euro Raks - International Oriental Dance Congress