Performances
Gulf Dance Performance Video
Sadira and Riad are regular performers at the Madison International Festival at the Civic Center.
This performance is a traditional Gulf dance. The dresses are called Thobes.
This video is a short clip from 2001 performance.
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Riad Dance Company at the Madison Dance Area Dance Festival
In 2003, the Riad Dance company appeared at the Mitby Theatre in Madison, WI.
They performed Egyptian Dance Theatre.
Sadira & Riad at Overture's International Fest Feb. 13, 2005
Sadira and the Riad Dance Company performed on the Rotunda stage at the Overture Center's annual International Festival, Feb. 13, '05. The Riad Comapny performed a dance that combined elements of debke and raks sharki. Sadira performed a raks sharki that included a segment of the 10/8 rhythm, samai.
Sadira and Riad Dance Co. at Arab World Fest, Aug. 7 & 8, 2004
Sadira and the Riad Dance Company performed at both the Cultural and the Arabian Nights stages at Arab World Fest in Milwaukee. Their program featured both traditional and contemporary women's dances from the Arab MIddle East.
Tahtiv
Sadira is one of the top performers of Tahtive, the Egyptian cane dance. It is based on an Egyptian martial arts form which use long sticks. Women in Egypt have created from this an intertaining dance.
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