ChicagoRaks™
ChicagoRaks™ is the annual event where Raksanna sponsors an international Middle Eastern dance artist.
The goal of ChicagoRaks™ is to provide dancers with the opportunity to study in an intimate setting with a world class instructor and performer. With no more than 30 students permitted, each dancer receives individual attention and feedback from the instructor.
Additionally, informal gatherings in Raksanna’s home give workshop participants the opportunity to get to know the artist on the human level, as well as the professional level.
This year marks the 5th annual ChicagoRaks™. To celebrate the milestone, Raksanna is pleased to once again present the living legend: MOMO KADOUS!
Registration is limited. Click here for more details!
- Date: Saturday & Sunday, Oct 8 & 9, 2011
Times: 10:00 am to 2:30 pm
Tuition: One day – $150; Save $50 with both days – $250 (payment plans available; email raksanna@raksanna.com)
Location: Fry Family YMCA, 2120 W 95th Street, Naperville IL 60564
Why: Take your dance to the next level by training with the Grand Master MOMO KADOUS!
Download Registration Form: 2011ChicagoRaksRegistration
Need lodging? Hotel nearby and limited number of rooms available at dancer’s homes.
Coming from Chicago and need transportation to/from Rt 59 train station? Arrangements can be made!
About MOMO KADOUS
Momo Kadous was born in El Mahalla, Nile Delta, near the center of the Ghawazee “Sumbat” where he studied dance, drama, choreography, tabla and regie since his early youth. As choreographer of the national folklore group ” El Mahalla Lel Fenoun El Shabeyah” he experienced great success during his performances in Egyptian theaters and throughout many Arabian Countries. In addition, Momo Kadous is an experienced actor and dancer and has worked in various cinema and televisions productions in his native country.
Women from in and around Germany regularly attend his various dance projects in order to learn from his immense knowledge, repertoire of different dance styles and his unique style of interpreting Oriental music. Momo Kadous is known and respected as an institution of art not only in European and Arab countries but worldwide. He is guaranteed to offer the most authentic, modern and creative presentation of Oriental dance art form.
In the early 80′s he founded his own dance theater group “Wadi Nil” and further developed his own unique style. Then in 1986, after a tour throughout Tunisia, he went to Frankfurt, Germany and joined the famous Studio Arabeska El Main. During this time he created many of the most wonderful and exciting dances for the well-known Araveska Dance Theater and performed at the premier at the traditional O.T.F.E. Festivals in Frankfurt. From here he went on to become a star choreographer, admired dancer and excellent teacher, not only on the German Oriental dance scene, but around the world. Momo took over the operations of the Studio El Karnak in Aachen, Germany in 1991, while he had intensified his engagement with Arabeska. In 1995, he not only became the artistic director of Studio Arabeska but the owner as well, a true follower of the famous Dietlinde Bedauia Karkutli.
In 1997, the dance community was treated to one of the highlights of his artistic inspiration “ZARO, A Drama on Love and Possessedness”. This extraordinary Oriental dance theater production involved 21 dancers using different styles including modern, Oriental and ballet. “ZARO” premiered at the Art Oriental ’97 Festival in Frankfurt and was performed throughout Germany during 1998. The success of “ZARO” is regarded worldwide as a real breakthrough in dance theater and an inspiration for art into the 21st century!