Ya Amar! Dance Company Credits
Awards
Best Troupe 2004
"Nubian Joy"
Music: "Ah! El Nouba" "A Girl's Prayer" The Music of Nubia CD, prod. Caravan Institute. "Mambo Sudani" Sahra Saeeda CD, prod. LYP
Video: "Sixth Awards of Belly Dance" Video, Producer: IAMED, 2004
Awarded by: The Giza Academy of Music and Legends of Dance
Best Troupe Live Performance Video
Video: "Al Dunia" Video, Layali Yasmine Productions, 1999
Awarded by: Gamal Awards; from The Giza Academy of Music and Legends of Dance
Videos
Al Dunia (The World)
Live performance Video of Sahra & Ya Amar! in full concert, Hollywood, California, July 1999. Layali Yasmine Productions, 1999. 14 Dances.
www.LayaliYasmine.com/videos
Video Appearances
The Sixth Awards of Belly Dance
Video of Sixth Awards of Belly Dance, IAMED, produced by Susan Evans, 2003
"Nubia Joy" a 3-part dance: "Ahl el Nouba" and "A Girl's Prayer" from "The Music of Nubia" CD (2003), and "Mambo Sudani" from "Sahra Saeeda" CD (1994).
The Official Conference Video, Vol. 1
Video of the 2nd International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance, May 25-28, 2002
"Layali Zaman" performed as opening dance on Saturday Concert, May 26, 2002
"Layali Zaman" from "Layali Zaman" CD, Layali Yasmine Productions, 1998
The Official Conference Video, Vol. 3
Video of the 2nd International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance, May 25-28, 2002
"Ya Gharieb El Dar" performed as opening dance on Friday Tribute to Mahmoud Reda and Farida Fahmy, May 25, 2002
"Ya Gharieb El Dar" Music and Video from "Muwashahat - Reda Troupe" starring Farida Fahmy, Choreography by Mahmoud Reda. Originally taped from live TV performance New Years Eve 1969.
Komatsu Dance Concert, Japan
Live performance video of Komatsu Dance Company, Sahra & Ya Amar! guest stars, April 28, 1999. Tokyo, Japan.
"Zaina" from "Layali Zaman" CD (1998), "Saidi Routine" with "Ala Nar" from "Sahra Saeeda" CD (1994), Sahra performed "Sahra Saeeda" from same CD and "Shamadan" from "Music for Egyptian Dance" CD (1996), all Layali Yasmine Productions.
Performance Highlights
2003 - The Sixth Awards of Belly Dance Concert
IAMED, produced by Susan Evans, 2003 "Nubia Joy" a 3-part dance: "Ahl el Nouba" and "A Girl's Prayer" from "The Music of Nubia" CD (2003), and "Mambo Sudani" from "Sahra Saeeda" CD (1994).
2002 - "Ra - The Eclipse of the Sun" Dance Theater Concert
Produced, directed, and choreographed by Sahra C. Kent, music by Solace. Starring Ya Amar! with many World Dance artists.
2001 - Second International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance
Co-coordinated by Sahra C. Kent, Angelika Nemeth, and Shareen el Safy, with honored stars Farida Fahmy, Mahmoud Reda, Nagwa Fouad, and Mohammed Khalil
Ya Amar! performed "Layali Zaman" as the opening dance on Saturday Concert, May 26, 2001 and a mutimedia work "Ya Gharieb El Dar" as the opening dance on Friday's Tribute to Mahmoud Reda and Farida Fahmy, May 25, 2001
2000 - The Nations of San Diego International Dance Festival
2000 - Carmel Performing Arts Festival
2000 - "Rivers of Light" Concert
1999 - "Al Dunia" ("The World")
Produced, directed and choreographed by Sahra C. Kent.
Starring Ya Amar! in a full length theater concert of Folkloric and Orientale Dances of the Middle Eastern World. Recieved the Gamal Award from The Giza Academy of Music and Legends of Dance for best Live Troupe Performance video.
1999 - Komatsu Dance Concert
Produced by Karima Komatsu, Tokyo Japan.
Sahra & Ya Amar! performed four dances as guests of the Komatsu Dance Company
1996 - "Egypt comes to America" Tour
Ya Amar! accompanied “The Sahra Show,” (an ensemble of Egyptian musicians, singers and dancers from Sahra's show in Cairo, Egypt) on the West Coast leg of their US Tour in 1996, including dates in the Escondido Performing Arts Center (Escondido, California), Winchester Theater (Las Vegas, Nevada) and The Robert B. Moore Theatre (Orange Coast College, California).
Reviews
“Their performance was beautiful, a lovely tribute to the legendary work of Mahmoud Reda.”
Farida Fahmy, on Ya Amar! at the Second International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance. May, 2001
“... a love letter to Egyptian Dance.”
SAMEDA, (San Diego Area Middle Eastern Dance Association) on Ya Amar! and “The Sahra Show” at the Escondido Performing Arts Center May, 1996