Performing Arts in Egypt

Dawar Arts & Development

Dawar is based in Cairo, Egypt. We utilise participatory theatre, therapeutic drama and other arts-based processes for healing, dialogue and societal transformation from the grassroots up. Our practitioners include artists, educators, psychotherapists and health workers from Egypt and abroad. Together we offer a range of initiatives that promote creativity, critical thinking, civic engagement and community cohesion. We also hold regular cultural events including theatre performances, film screenings, art exhibitions, live music and poetry readings. In addition to this, we provide therapeutic services for individuals and communities impacted by violence, adversity and collective trauma. Our training branch offers workshops, seminars and professional training programs in psychodrama, applied theatre, psychotherapy and the performing arts. We also provide consultancy services, internships and research opportunities for students, scholars and practitioners.

11 to 50 staff

Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival D-Caf

Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) is currently Egypt’s only international multi-disciplinary contemporary arts festival, established in Spring 2012 as an independent cultural platform and taking place each year in March/April. The aim of the festival is to showcase the many different art forms that make up the contemporary art movement worldwide and to support local and regional artistic development, both by giving local artists the opportunity to see world class art in their own country, but also by showcasing outstanding local and regional artistic productions. D-CAF also aims to engage the general public with Downtown Cairo in a new way and to contribute to its revival as a cultural hub by using both outdoor and indoor spaces across Downtown that have either never been used for cultural activities before or that have not been used for many years, thus encouraging audiences to think about both their city and about contemporary art in new and original ways. The idea is thus to present high quality, innovative works in a variety of spaces across Downtown, thus challenging and broadening the general Egyptian public’s ideas about contemporary arts, performance spaces, and community engagement.

11 to 50 staff

Afca Arts Center

AFCA Arts Center is a contemporary arts and culture organization for the youth and the young at heart based in Cairo, AFCA provides a space for exploration and experimentation for the youth and artists alike for a more culturally and artistically enabled future generations through multiple contemporary arts disciplines such as Theatre and Performing Arts. AFCA Arts Center was founded in 2004 by the theater director Mohamed El Ghawy with the aim of promoting arts and cultural education for children in Egypt and ever since AFCA has worked on nurturing projects and initiatives that offer a comprehensive arts experience for children across Egypt. AFCA has three bodies of operations that encompasses different projects such as AFCA Arts School which is the pedagogical arm of operations that focuses on incorporating arts and cultural workshops for children 0-18, and AFCA productions, through which AFCA has worked with multiple local and international artists to produce top-notch productions tailored to the young people. and Finally AFCA Arts Center is the Organizing body of Hakawy International Arts Festival for Children, the only Festival of its kind in Egypt.

1 to 10 staff

Mulberry Tree

Mulberry Tree seeks to create an access point for marginalized persons in the art and culture scene in Egypt, in an inclusion environment and a safe place for expression to discover and promote their talents, contributes to raising public awareness of their artistic issues, through providing more opportunities for them in Acting and Drama Education, Creating Drama and theater casting opportunities, participating in arts inclusion awareness campaigns and events.

1 to 10 staff

Motionstudios.Eg

Our story started in 2011 when we decided to construct our studio. We thought that the true measure of success is not what we dream of, but what we aspire to be; a dream is nothing without action. Whether one fails or succeeds is irrelevant; all that matters is that there was motion in his life. That alone affects the world. so we decided to name our studio “ Motion”. We decided to be specialized in what we offer, to focus deep on technique and the academic learning. So we decided to divide the studio into two departments, Music & Dance, each has its own supervisor who has his own academic curriculum. We managed to lead the market in a few years and our annual recital is the best proof of who we are. We always have a message for you : “You are not learning anything new, Living is learning. If you are not learning anything new that means you are not growing as a person. Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. It is never too late. Motion Team

11 to 50 staff

Perform Arts

Our mission is to establish a performing arts practices’ lab that will provide a training and educational service for performance arts, outside the formal educational frameworks. This will open up wider horizons for the performing arts. That allows creating creative concepts that are rich in terms of diversity, within an artistic and exploratory approach that includes caring about providing accessibility to the performing arts and developing its practices.

1 to 10 staff

Nesma Productions

Producción y promoción de las artes escenicas, principalmente música y danza traditional de Egipto y España. Nesma Music es una sello discográfico y editor músical de música de Egipto Nesma Dance organiza y produce formaciones de danza oriental y andalusí y espectáculos. Nesma Events organiza y produce eventos como sus propios festivales como espectáculos y eventos para terceros. La compañía está ubicada en Madrid y desarolla sus actividades en todo el mundo.

1 to 10 staff

Botc Dance Center

Our vision : is to enrich the dance community we serve, locally and globally, by providing the very best in all things dance. We strive to open the heart, mind, body and soul to the joy of expression and connection through dance. To us anything is possible once joy is experienced. We are committed to sharing the passion and paying it forward Our Mission :BOTC Dance Center is dedicated to developing talent at the recreational, competitive and professional level. We provide a caring, family environment where a child or adult can feel free to express themselves. In every class we give your student the encouragement and direction they need to excel. At BOTC Dance Center we believe children learn best in a positive, happy and creative environment. We are dedicated to offering classes with a high standard of technique, style and performance. We believe that dance promotes self confidence, artistic expression, respect for themselves and others, a healthy body, hard work, time management and the ability to understand how the body works and moves. We strive to inspire our students - living, loving, learning and developing an appreciation for the arts. Our Classes - Breakdance // Hip Hop // K-Pop // Popping // Modern // Salsa // Ballet // Zumba // Tango.

11 to 50 staff

Cairo Contemporary Dance Center

The Cairo Contemporary Dance Center (CCDC) is an independent space for Contemporary Dance in Egypt and hosts the first full-time Contemporary Dance school in Africa and the Arab world. In addition to a 3-years full-time professional training program, CCDC offers artistic residencies, classes and workshops open to the public in various dance and movement disciplines. It also organizes and participates in public performances and festivals. Founded in 2012 by Egyptian choreographer, dancer and teacher Karima Mansour, CCDC is operating under the umbrella of MAAT for Contemporary Art, and is recognized by the UNESCO International Dance Council. CCDC’s Vision: Contemporary Dance has grown its roots in the Egyptian society and is in exchange with the world. CCDC’s Mission: To become a hub for Contemporary Dance in the region. To provide vocational training, open classes, a repertoire, and employment opportunities to the steadily growing community of performers, choreographers, teachers, learners, and audience To broadly reach out to less exposed communities. Values CCDC embodies: • Professionalism & high quality: All CCDC teachers and trainers are certified and experienced. Artistic and social quality is of highest importance. All staff work and communicate professionally with CCDC’s community and beyond. • Fair treatment: All CCDC staff and community members are treated with respect, fairness and diversity is valued. • Trust & community-building: CCDC actively seeks to build a trusting community that gathers around contemporary dance. • Personal growth: CCDC encourages all staff’s and community members’ personal development.

1 to 10 staff

Shelter Art Space

SHELTER is an art space established in June 2019 in Alexandria aiming to promote the artistic scene in the city and support its young artists by offering a dynamic space for contemporary visual arts and design along with an interactive program addressing a wide audience. The space involves a 285sqm as gallery area originally was an old rundown bunker built in 1928 by Egyptian/Greek Architect P. Gripari, a spacious office area fully furnished that includes a pop-up exhibition space and an artist-atelier area in addition to 3 artist residential renovated studios located in a Venetian building built in 1929 built by Egyptian/Italian Architect Giacomo Alessandro Loria.

11 to 50 staff

Shakesphere Cultural Hub

ShakeSphere (SCH) is an Egyptian cultural hub that started to perform theater in 2013 and was officially registered in 2019. SCH consists of nine core members aiming to enrich the Egyptian theatrical scene by producing modern Arabic plays based on contemporary adaptations of renowned global texts.

1 to 10 staff

Rozza By Rodinelmasry

Our products ranges from abstract pieces to bold modern designs, all tailored to fit the aesthetic and energy of our clients environments. whether its a luxury hotel, a corporate office, or a cozy home.

1 to 10 staff

Sitfy Eg

Introduction: Sharm El-Sheikh International Theatre Festival for Youth( SITFY) is a meeting and exchange space for youth theater Makers, especially which developed in schools of dramatic art, universities and other training centers all over the world. SITFY is the first international, competitive festival for youth, held in Sinai, Sharm El-Sheikh "the land of peace". SITFY represents a legendary carnival celebration aiming at reviving the touristic, cultural, and artistic aspects of South Sinai. On our beloved land, world stars participate in a cultural, artistic, and civilized celebration, reflecting the significant and invaluable roles of culture and art in developing tourism and economy and opening new prospects for the region's development.

51 to 200 staff

Art Scene Egypt

Egypt’s Artistic Heartbeat •Explorin Egypt’s diverse artistic tapestry •Promoting Artists in all fields •Spotting Live Events

11 to 50 staff

Artkhana

NGO/NPO that believes art inspires change, aims to empower arts, art ideologies, and artists through social contribution and other projects. Additionally, it focuses on the forgotten communities and places, and how to make an impact through the use of art by using different tools. We do empower the community also through our continuous events, talks, exhibitions, and others.

51 to 200 staff

Makan Aamm

Makan Aaam, a newly established arts and culture project that aims to provide holistic artistic experiences with the value in making it available and digestible for everyone. We organize music performance, arts workshops and visual arts exhibitions.

1 to 10 staff

Wasla For Performing Arts

Wasla is a registered Egyptian company that works to develop the Arab performing arts scene in the Arab world, by supporting artistic ideas, providing special services to performing artists and their creative production. Wasla works to support performers through facilitating accessibility to artists opportunities “writing projects and translation, distribution of performances, siminars, artists meeting, platforms”. We also work on creating networking between different groups of artists in artistic projects to create different creative products. In addition, we organize artistic activities, which through the network of relationships open new opportunities for the artists in the Arab region in terms of production, performing venues and other benefits.

1 to 10 staff

Vice Versa Arts And Theater

11 to 50 staff

Tohfgia Theatre

فرقة مسرحية مصرية تعمل علي انتاج عروض مسرحيه متنوعة بأنتاج ذاتي

11 to 50 staff

Elmadina Arts - مؤسسة المدينة للفنون

ElMadina Arts is an Egyptian cultural institution founded in Alexandria in It supports independent arts through production, training, research, and digital transformation, while collaborating with international partners across the Mediterranean.

1 to 10 staff

Centre Rézodanse Egypte

Centre Rézodanse Egypte is an independent cultural centre dedicated to the promotion and development of the art of dance in Alexandria. Established since 2008, Rézodanse has initiated, co-organised, and implemented numerous projects around dance. Our scope of activities includes arts education, dance training programmes, organising performances, and artistic international collaborations.

1 to 10 staff

Hanan The Storyteller الحكواتية

A professional storyteller dedicated to reviving the art of storytelling and promoting the culture of narrative in the Arab world.

1 to 10 staff