[LCM Events] El Funoun Show on Sunday Nov 12

[Hanan Karam]

Hello everybody, 

The El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe is coming to Cambridge.   The show is at MIT's Kresge Auditorium on Sunday November 12.  They are AMAZING.  
You can find out more about them and see photos and videos of their shows on http://www.el-funoun.org/
Student tickets are $25, **but you can get discounted tickets ($15) this week, through Thursday, in MIT's Lobby 10**.  General Admission is $40.  Buy your tickets online, since they will be more expensive at the 
door.  There are also discounted group rates online.  Tickets cover the expense of bringing the group of 50 dancers in addition to supporting musicians and personnel to MIT from Palestine.  If you want a discounted ticket, but can't make it to Lobby 10, let me know. 

Cheers,
Hanan

More info about the show follows..  


  Palestine at MIT
  The MIT Arab Students' Organization 
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Present

  FREEDOM DANCE 
  By El-Funoun Popular Dance Troupe 

  "A Mediterranean 'Riverdance' " - ABC News 

  "Radiant" - The New York Times 

  Sunday - November 12, 2006 - 8pm

  Kresge Auditorium, MIT 

  Purchase Tickets in Advance - http://palestine.mit.edu/



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  Since its inception, El-Funoun has aimed at expressing the spirit of Arab-Palestinian folklore and contemporary culture through unique combinations of traditional and stylized dance and music. The Troupe's repertoire comprises folkloric dance forms, called "dabke", in addition to more elaborate choreographed forms that embody El-Funoun's own unique vision of Palestinian dance. 


  El-Funoun is widely recognized as the cultural entity that has played the most significant role in reviving and reinvigorating Palestinian dance and music folklore. This accomplishment is particularly important, since it effectively countered the systematic attempts by the Israeli occupation to suppress the Palestinian national identity through banning or expropriating any forms of Palestinian cultural expression. 


  El-Funoun is composed of fifty dancers, singers, musicians and support personnel. It is an independent, non-profit organization that is virtually entirely volunteer-based. The members are therefore motivated by the vision of the Troupe more than by any other factor. This not only keeps the Troupe's administrative cost quite low, but also ensures a strong sense of belonging to and ownership of the group. This resolve, coupled with a driving commitment to artistic excellence and an authentic Palestinian vision have all afforded El-Funoun its current leadership status. 


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