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Anche l’Egitto ama la danza classica

Anche l’Egitto ama la danza classica

10 Giugno 2017 di Redazione

In this April 14, 2017 photo, Cairo Opera Company's Italian artistic director Madame Erminia Kamel poses for a photograph at her home in Garden City, Cairo, Egypt. Erminia, is the widow of Abdel-Moneim Kamel, the giant of Egyptian ballet who rebuilt the company in the 1990s, mentored many of its current dancers. The national ballet company is rebuilding after years of political turmoil and economic pain in a society, which has grown more religiously conservative and xenophobic. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

In this March 30, 2017 photo, Egyptian longtime friends and ballet co-stars Ahmed Nabil, left, Hani Hassan, center, and Mohammed Hamed, pose on stage after a performance of

In this March 23, 2017 photo, Egyptian ballet dancer Hani Hassan, right, and a foreign ballerina take a selfie during a break from rehearsals at the Cairo Opera House, Egypt. The national ballet company is rebuilding after years of political turmoil and economic pain. Ballet may be an elite Western art, it may be far removed from Egyptian society, which has grown more religiously conservative and xenophobic. But it’s still a powerful passion for the Egyptians who dance it and watch it. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

In this March 23, 2017 photo, Fady el-Nabarawy, center, practices during a rehearsal at the Cairo Opera House, Egypt. Egypt’s national ballet company is rebuilding after years of political turmoil and economic pain. Ballet may be an elite Western art, it may be far removed from Egyptian society, which has grown more religiously conservative and xenophobic. But it’s still a powerful passion for the Egyptians who dance it and watch it. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

In this March 23, 2017 photo, Ahmed Nabil, left, Hani Hassan, practice during a rehearsal, in the Cairo Opera House, Egypt. The national ballet company is rebuilding after years of political turmoil and economic pain. Ballet may be an elite Western art, it may be far removed from Egyptian society, which has grown more religiously conservative and xenophobic. But it’s still a powerful passion for the Egyptians who dance it and watch it. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

In this March 30, 2017 photo, Egyptian ballet dancer Ahmed Nabil, left, performs

In this March 30, 2017 photo, Egyptian ballet dancer Mohammed Hamed, center, performs during

This April 14, 2017 photo, shows a display of old photographs of the late Abdel-Moneim Kamel and his wife Madame Erminia Gambarelli, the current artistic director of Egypt’s national ballet company, at their apartment in Garden City, Cairo, Egypt. Kamel, the giant of Egyptian ballet who rebuilt the company in the 1990s, mentored many of its current dancers and died in 2013. The national ballet company is rebuilding after years of political turmoil and economic pain. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Nell’immaginario collettivo non è uno dei paesi che associamo normalmente alla danza classica: ma anche l’Egitto vanta delle punte di diamante in questa disciplina. A dare un grande impulso è la direttrice dell’Opera del Cairo Erminia Kamel (nella foto), peraltro di origine italiana, vedova del ballerino Abdel-Moneim Kamel che ha ricostruito la compagnia nel 1990.

La donna ne ha racoclto l’eredità a partire dal 2013; e oggi anche la danza sta diventando per molti strumento di riscatto dopo anni di turbolenze economiche, politiche e sociali. Nelle immagini vediamo momenti sia delle prove che degli spettacoli, a cui partecipano ballerini da tutto il mondo.