Name Nagwa Fouad Role Belly Dancer | Parents Mohamed Agamy Bayoumi Albums Princess of Cairo | |
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Spouse Ahmed Ramzy (m. 1963–1963) Movies and TV shows El‑Baydha Wal Hagar, Agazet gharam, Zezenia, Mamnou Fi Laylat El‑Dokhla, Ehtaressi Men El‑Regal Similar People Ahmed Ramzy, Taheyya Kariokka, Soheir Ramzy, Fifi Abdou, Naglaa Fathi | ||
Nagwa fouad bellydancer
Nagwa Fouad (Arabic: نجوى فؤاد, palestine Arabic: [ˈnæɡwæ foˈʔæːd]; born 1936) is an Egyptian belly dancer.
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Nagwa Fouad - Danseuse orientale
Family
Nagwa was born in Alexandria to an Egyptian father and a Palestinian mother who originally hails from Jaffa.
Career
She began belly dancing in the 1960's. In 1976, the composer Mohammed Abdel Wahab wrote an entire musical piece exclusively for her belly dancing show titled Qamar Arba'tashar (meaning the full Moon of the 14th), it was her transition from traditional oriental dance to a choreographed stage performances.
When Nagwa's marriage to Ahmed Fouad Hassan, the violin player, composer and conductor, she dances in the sixties stage show Adwoua Al-Madina (City Lights), which had featured such performers including Abdel-Halim Hafez, Fayza Ahmed, Shadia and Sabah. Nagwa featured on many of the covers of the Ahmed Fouad Hassan LP's/CD's.
Nagua says: "Hassan nurtured my amateur's talents... He taught me the importance of studying and working on my talent if I wanted to be a big star".
She trained at the Nelly Mazloum Dance School and I joined the National Dance Troupe to study folklore with Russian teachers." Nagoua Fouad learned showmanship and eye-catching techniques which were obvious in her performances of "Ayoub Al-Masri" and "Bahiya wa Yassin".
In 1976, composer Mohamed Abdel-Wahab wrote "Qamar Arbaa-tashar" (Blue Moon or 14the moon) for her. Her stage performance to this piece allowed her to change the way belly-dancing was presented on stage, transforming it from traditional oriental dance to more of a choreographed lavish spectacle adding more dramatic elements to it than ever before.
The composition served as a transition for Nagwa: "I was able to combine the oriental dancing of Tahiya Karioka and Samia Gamal with Na'ema's acrobatic style and created a stage show like a dramatic piece" she says. Najwa established her own dance group but it did not last long and later tried to retire dancing to become actress. She played on the stage and in the cinema and finally became cinema producer.