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Egyptian choreographer and dancer (–)

Mahmoud Reda (Arabic: محمود رضا; 18 March &#;&#; 10 July ) was an Egyptian dancer, choreographer, and Olympic gymnast known for co-founding the Reda Troupe.

Early life

Reda was born in Cairo, Egypt. He was the eighth of ten children and his father was the head librarian at Cairo University. His elder brother Ali was a dancer and through his influence (and that of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire films), Mahmoud became interested in dance. He originally trained as a gymnast, representing Egypt in the Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He attended Cairo University where he received a degree in political economics. However, his main interest was dance and he joined an Argentinian dance troupe after graduating and toured Europe. While on tour in Paris he resolved to start his own dance troupe back in Egypt, but due to lack of funds he had to work as an accountant for Royal Dutch Shell. He joined the Heliolido Club in Cairo, where he met Anglo-Egyptian baladi dancer Farida Fahmy, who became his dancing partner. After the two performed in the Soviet Union in , they decided to start a folk dancing troupe in Egypt with Ali Reda.

The Reda Troupe

When the Reda brothers and Fahmy founded the state-sponsored Reda Troupe in it consisted of only twelve dancers and twelve musicians. Reda's choreography combined traditional Egyptian folk dances with Western styles like ballet. Reda later described his style:

when you bring them, the real folkloric dancers, put them on stage, they look odd, they look strange. Their costumes, they don't know where to look, they don't know, and if they do their things, it's very monotonou

BIO

Dalylah Al-Qamar is a well-known Oriental Dance professional acknowledged internationally. With a strong background in Egyptian Oriental, due to her long-term and frequent exposure to teachers of the stature of Mahmoud Reda and Raqia Hasan, among others, her signature is her own unique style BellymCo, Oriental Dance with Spanish touch, where she gives Bellydance a new dimension, melting the purest classical and folkloric tradition with the flamenco flavour.

Dalylah has been Mr. Reda’s teaching assistant when he teaches in Madrid, because she has mastered his style knows his old choreographies. She has also mastered the Farida Fahmy elegant and classical style that made her famous in the Reda troupe musical movies in Egypt. Since , she has also been a dance assistant for Yousry Sharif, Mohamed Kazafy, Khaled Mahmoud when they were visiting guest teachers at Raks Madrid (a periodical dance festival in Madrid).

In addition to teaching regularly at Escuela Colorado and Al Andalus School (Madrid), Dalylah’ s artistic career involved teaching at several prestigious international events.

Dancing has been Dalylah Al-Qamar’s passion since birth. As a child, she learned ballet, Flamenco and natural dancing techniques, until she finally met the love of her life: Oriental Dance. Her university degree in Arabic Philology opened the door for her to the amazing Arabic culture, and its purest form of art: Bellydance. Dalylah’s unique style uses an accurate and diversified technique only to serve her best quality: expression. From a classical delight to provocative innovations, Dalylah Al-Qamar dares with a wide range of different artistic ways of expression.

Mahmoud Reda (Arabic: محمود رضا; 18 March  – 10 July ) was an Egyptian dancer and choreographer, best known for co-founding the Reda Troupe, and as an Olympic gymnast.

Early life

Reda was born in Cairo, Egypt. He was the eighth of ten children and his father was the head librarian at Cairo University. His elder brother Ali was a dancer and through his influence (and that of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire films), Mahmoud became interested in dance. He originally trained as a gymnast, representing Egypt in the Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He attended Cairo University where he received a degree in political economics. However, his main interest was dance and he joined an Argentinian dance troupe after graduating and toured Europe. While on tour in Paris he resolved to start his own dance troupe back in Egypt, but due to lack of funds he had to work as an accountant for Royal Dutch Shell. He joined the Heliolido Club in Cairo, where he met Anglo-Egyptian baladi dancer Farida Fahmy, who became his dancing partner. After the two performed in the Soviet Union in , they decided to start a folk dancing troupe in Egypt with Ali Reda.

The Reda Troupe

When the Reda brothers and Fahmy founded the state-sponsored Reda Troupe in it consisted of only twelve dancers and twelve musicians. Reda's choreography combined traditional Egyptian folk dances with Western styles like ballet. Due to the social connections of Fahmy and her family, the normally stigmatized profession of dance was deemed acceptable by Cairo society and both men and women attended performances by the troupe.

Although the Reda Troupe was well known in Cairo society, initially it was not in Egypt as a whole. That changed in , however, when Mahmoud Reda and Fahmy starred in the film Igazah nisf