Ras Nas aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi. Musician and poet from Tanzania
| Ras Nas at Spring Festival 2010 in Cairo and Lebanon | ||||
|
 Ras Nas is one of the headliners at this year's Spring Festival which is held simultaneously in Egypt and Lebanon. Ras Nas plays at Sunflower Theatre in Lebanon 14th May and at El Genaina Theatre in El Ashar Park in Cairo 15th May. Ras Nas ' line up include Urie Seri (Ivory Coast, drums), Chuck Frazier (Texas, lead guitar), Larry Skogheim (Norway, bass), Dag Pierre (Sweden, rhythm guitar) and Karlos Rotsen (Martinique, keyboards).The Spring Festival is organised by Culture Resource Organization (Mawred) in cooperation with the Cultural Co-op for Youth in Theatre and Cinema (Shams). The festival will present a large group of artists and authors from 15 countries presenting their work for the first time in Egypt. Other artists are dub poet and musician Benjamin Zephaniah (UK) and Thandiswa (South Africa) as well as Omar Sosa (Cuba/Spain).The program also includes many theatre performances such as "City of Mirrors" by the Lebanese Director Roger Assaf. The play is inspired by the paintings of the artist Paul Giragosian (1926 – 1993) and by the documents on Jerusalem before 1948. Ziya Azazi the famous Turkish dancer and choreographer will present is contemporary dancing performance titled "Dervish" in Cairo and Beirut. This year, the Spring Festival includes a sub- program, titled “Tomorrow”, which will be held at Le Veinnois Hotel and Rawabet Theatre in Down Town. The program includes theatrical performances, art exhibitions, literary readings and film screenings by a large group of young Arab artists who have received production support from Culture Resource. “Tomorrow” will open on Sunday the 9th of May with the solo performance “Squeek” by Kholoud Nasser (Lebanon) followed by " Upstairs" by Jad Hakawati and Roaa Bzeih ( Lebanon) on the 10th of May. The program continues till the end of the festival on the 22nd of May. 
Share Link: 
|
Google
Facebook
Twitter
Del.icoi.us
Blogger
Rain Concert