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All Photos this page by Andre Elbing
Gamila made her debut as a choreographer at New York’s
prestigious Ethical Culture Society June 1992 with a
fantastic lineup of guest artists as well as a splendid array of her own choreographies performed by her dance company. She continued to build her repertoire and produce independent shows.
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By 1994 her work caught the interest of Dr. Mohamed
El Saadany, then Vice President of the Egyptian American Folkloric Society. Since then Gamila El Masri has been Manhattan’s best kept secret.
Unless you were one of the twenty some odd dancers who
had been in her dance company between 1994 and 1998,
you wouldn’t be familiar with her work.
Once she began working with the
Egyptian American Cultural Association’s Folkloric Group all of her works
were presented among the Egyptian American cultural
community at closed events.
As principal choreographer she was called upon to design
the dances required to represent specific areas of Egyptian
culture along the Nile from Nubia to Alexandria. She has done this to great acclaim.
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Notable Theater Engagements Included:
Resorts Casino Hotel Superstar Theater Atlantic City, NJ 1997
Nadia Hamdi Concert Morocco & the Casbah Dance Experience New York City 1997
Egyptian Independence Festival Egyptian American Folkloric Group New Jersey 1996
Queens Theater In The Park Egyptian American Folkloric Group New York 1996
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Queens Theater In The Park Egyptian American Folkloric Group New York 1995
Movement Afoot Performance Space with Ramzi El Edlibi New York City 1995
Ethical Culture Society New York City 1992
Early in 2000 Gamila sustained an injury which plagued her until she had
to succumb to inactivity while the injury healed. She began teaching
again in April of 2002 and is now in the process of recruiting a new dance company.
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