Originally Posted by Maria_Aya

Hi all
Dawlat Ibrahim (i'm crying everytime in her class)
I believe Dawlat is not so well known.
She is one of the most famous egyptian choreographers. She was trainer and choreographer for the Khaomeya Troupe and later she become one of the trainers and choreographers for many famous egyptian dancers such as:
Fifi Abdo, Nagua Fuad, Zizi Moustafa, Sahar Hamdi, Samya Hamada, Hala Zafy, Dina and many many others.
I want to share my personal experience in her lesson.
She is quite aged and heavy so she cant move, her sons lead her to a chair and sits in the middle of the class. She arrange as in a way that she can see all of us. Unfortunately her classes are not full (or maybe fortunately for us that attend) as most dancers want the teacher to be very active.
Her son teach the choreo and she stops us and correct, stand with help and walk to us, hug us in the class, whisper in our ear... alf mabrouk habebti (and we go on tears), speak to us about her life and how was it dancing in the 40's at Cairo and Mohamed Ali street. For me she is the living soul of dance in Cairo now.

Originally Posted by Nabila Nazem

Hi All ...Don't forget Elena Lentini from New York. She is not as well-known as many of the big superstar Egyptian teachers, but she is a living legend nonetheless, and outdances everyone to boot!

Also, I've yet to hear anyone mention Yousry Sharif. Excellent master teacher, and certainly a genius. But maybe he's not yet chronologically old enough to be considered. Just a thought