VIDEO: Al Hannouneh Multi-City Tour in Alexandria, VA

Al Hannouneh Society for Popular Culture
a performance of music, dabke and storytelling

at the
Schlesinger Concert Hall, Northern Virginia Community College
in
Alexandria, Virginia

Sunday, 8 September 2013

6:30 – 8:00 p.m. EST

Schlesinger Concert Hall, NVCC
Alexandria, VA

A performance by renowned traditional folkloric society Al Hannouneh in Alexandria, Virginia as part of an eight city tour across the United States. Specializing in dramatic choreography, music and dabke dance, Al Hannouneh seeks to preserve Palestinian culture and identity through artistic expression. Their performance in Alexandria was the second stop on an eight-city tour in the United States, including Montclair, New Jersey, Raleigh and Charlotte in North Carolina, Richardson and Houston in Texas, and San Diego and Downey in California.

About Al Hannouneh

Al Hannouneh is one of the most esteemed traditional dance groups in the Arab world. Formed in 1993 as a cultural response to the threat of the loss of identity among Palestinian youth, Al Hannouneh has dedicated itself to preserving the cultural heritage of the Palestinian people both in Palestine and in the diaspora. It is driven to teach and train the youth about their own cultural heritage, particularly through dabke dance, Arabic music and dramatic choreography that tells the Palestinian narrative through artistic expression. Al Hannouneh also functions as a cultural society that preserves craft forms such as traditional dress embroidery with its many creative variations based on village of origin.