Connect with Music, People, Dance, Culture – on stage, in the studio and on the dance floor – ALL with live music.

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Friday 14th June

Opening Show: “CologneLive Overture” | 19:30-22:30

€15 on the door (Abendkasse)

Opening show and live music hafla with Guy Schalom, the Baladi Blues Ensemble and special guest performers.

@ Hinterhof Salon, Aachener Str. 68, 50674 Köln

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Saturday 15th June

Theatre Show: “CologneLive Climax” : La Noche Oriental | 20:00-22:30

€25 on the door (Abendkasse)

Guy Schalom & the Baladi Blues Ensemble welcome national and international guest artists on stage.

@ Urania Theater, Platenstraße 32, 50825 Köln

ARTISTS

GUY SCHALOM (Musical Director & Teacher)

Guy Schalom, is mentor and coach to hundreds of dancers the world over. He is internationally recognised for teaching musicality and culture like no one else.  He can usually be found teaching at the highest music institutes in England but when he has the time he also travels to dance festivals around the world to teach and perform with his many groups. As everyone who has studied with him knows, after one of his classes you begin to hear, feel and dance to your music in a whole new way.

Guy is the founder of LondonLive – the biggest live music festival for Arabic dancers in Europe, he is course director of the Real Music Academy live music dance development programme and is bandleader of the all-acoustic Egyptian dance band the Baladi Blues Ensemble (who will accompany all workshops and shows during CologneLive).  He has appeared on more than 400 CD recordings and has produced 10 in his own name (you can even hear the latest, “TEN” in-flight when you next fly British Airways).

Guy is highly regarded internationally for his incisive and empowering teaching style and for bringing together the artistic wisdom of the east alongside state-of-the-art teaching methodologies of the west.  His aim, both for dancers and music students around the world, is to help more people appreciate, enjoy and master the rich and diverse world of music and dance!

KARIOCA (Host / Performer)

Karioca is an international oriental dance artist based in Cologne, originally from Granada (Spain). Her main inspiration is Mom Kadous but she travels very often to enrich her dance and knowledge. Teacher, performer and event organiser, Karioca has performed and taught throughout Europe and performed oriental dance as a soloist at the opera Bonn. Karioca is the Cologne hostess for CologneLive and will perform and will assist Momo Kadous during his class.

ANGELINA (Performer / Feedback)

Originally from Russia, Angelina fell in love with Oriental dance at childhood. Several education programmes and masterclasses later, she teaches and performs internationally as well as in her home town of Frankfurt and is realising ideas for events such as DanceDate-Frankfurt. Due to her distinctive style, skill and stage presence, Angelina is established as the most in demand and highly paid bellydancer in the Franfurt area and will be sharing performance tips and feedback for CologneLive performers who request it.