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Born
in Cairo,Egypt in 1952,Midu El Gohary started his professional
ballet education at the Cairo Ballet Academy. |
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After
some years he left Egypt to continue his studies in Paris/France
where he was educated from Andrei Glegolski (classical
ballet) and the "jazz dance legend" Matt Mattox.
His teacher Matt Mattox inspired him to learn more about Modern
Dance,so Midu El Gohary
went to the United States to study with Alvin Ailey
and José Limon. |
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his return to Europe he completed his studies in Great Britain and
France with teachers like: Robert North (Modern),Milton
Myers(Horton),Carlos Orta(Modern),Wayne Sleep (Jazz) and Alvin
McDuffy(Jazz). |
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the 70´s he started to teach in different countries in Europe and
at the same time he staged his first choreographies. In this time he
also co-operated with his best friend Raza Hammadi.
After ten years touring around he settled in Austria where he
founded his company "Ballet Sphinx" and the Vienna Dance
Center. |
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Since
this
time he
is working as choreographer and teacher with the Ballet Conservatory
Vienna, Principal dancers of the Kirov Ballet (Anastasia
Volochkova,Diana Vishniova,Vijascheslav Samodurov and others),Cairo
Opera Ballet and since 1999 also with the Europe Ballet Conservatory
St.Poelten/Austria |
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