If you have, then this might just be for you. Ya Raqs has been performing all over the UK for 10 years now and we love it too, and we are now looking for new members. As those of you who follow our blog will know, we specialise in the folkloric styles of Egypt mainly, but there is a dash of Tunisian and a sprinkle of Moroccan too!
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| Our Bedouin dancers in a show in East Grinstead, West Sussex |
When we look back at where we have performed over the years it makes for a quite an impressive list – top of it has to be the Great Court at the British Museum, but not far behind we have the World Museum Liverpool, Rylands Library in Manchester; the amphitheatre and Grosvenor Museum in Chester, Lancaster, Carlisle, Stockport, Wellingborough, Godmanchester, Welwyn, Henley on Thames, Warrington, Northwich, Wrexham, Doncaster and even up on Hadrians Wall. I could go on, but I think you get the gist.
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| Our Tunisian routine from a show in Henley on Thames |
What Ya Raqs offers is more than just a performance team but also mini-me dress up for the children; workshops for all ages and abilities; real henna tattoos and wash off glitter tattoos in the style of henna for the children, all of which adds colour and fun to a wide range of events. Everything from village fetes to charity events; birthday parties to corporate events.
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| Mini-me dancers at an event in Doncaster |
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| Henna and glitter tattoos during an event in Caergwrle |
Now the best bit – would you like to be part of this? Have you got what it takes to be part of Ya Raqs?
We’ve got lots of ideas for a fabulous 2016 dance season including the introduction of a little bit of Turkish and just a hint of Algerian to add to our ever growing repertoire! So we are looking for new dancers to join us. Therefore if you have a love of folkloric style dance; if you enjoy performing and if you can commit to just one rehearsal a month then get in touch to find out more - yaraqs@hotmail.co.uk - we’d love to hear from you.
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