Since the successful festival in December 2009 where we presented 60 performances in 5 Dutch cities, the Dancing on the Edge organization has been busy with a number of projects. These include training, symposiums, research and artistic residencies partly funded by both the European Commission and the Anna Lindh Foundation.
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The next festival is planned for December 2011. A call for entries will be publicized in the fall, but interested artists can contact us about their pieces.

A number of activities are planned for the fall/winter of 2010/11 . Details will be posted soon.

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Rima Khcheich



Rima Khcheich & Band
Rima Khcheich

Lebanese singer Rima Khcheich is a rising star of the Middle East. As a successor to the famous Lebanese singer Feiruz, Rima offers a new perspective to young Lebanese audiences. Rima first worked with the Yuri Honing trio in 1998, where she met Tony Overwater. Since then, she and Tony have been working together, creating a unique new style in Arab musical culture. The music is a beautiful fusion between traditional and modern Arab songs with contemporary Western arrangements.
On her debut solo CD, Yalalalli, Khcheich transgressed tradition, recording an Arabic Muwashah with Tony for the first time. This led to a duo project that has attracted great attention. Her second CD, Falak, has been well received throughout the Arab world and has set a new standard in Arabic singing, arranging and recording. The arrangements of modern and traditional Arabic songs made by Tony Overwater and guitarist Maarten van der Grinten are a perfect blend of Arabic lyricism and Western musical harmony.
(Length: 75 min.)

Performance schedule
2 dec 20.30 | The Hague – Korzo5HOOG
3 dec 21.00 | Amsterdam – Frascati (zaal 1)
4 dec 20.30 | Rotterdam – De Doelen
9 dec 20.30 (Masterclass) | Rotterdam – WMDC
10 dec 20.30 | Utrecht – RASA

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Rima Khcheich
Rima Khcheich started singing at the age of seven, and two years later became a member of the Arab orchestra and choir in Beirut under the direction of Salim Sahhab. At the age of eleven, she became a soloist with Sahhab’s group, singing the most difficult repertoire in Arabic vocal music. A graduate of the Lebanese National Conservatory of Music and the Lebanese American University, Rima has performed throughout the Middle East, Europe and the USA. She specialises in both the Arab-Andalusian Muwashahat form and in 19th & 20th-century Arabic traditional vocal repertoires. Since 1999, Rima Khcheich has been a teacher of classical Arabic singing at the Lebanese National Superior Conservatory of Music in Beirut and a faculty member of the Annual Arabic Music Retreat at Mount Holyoke College. More information can be found at www.rimakhcheich.com.