I'm delighted to announce that El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe will return to Trondheim to lead a series of dabkeh workshops which had to be postponed in August 2024 due to unforeseen circumstances.
On Sunday, 14th September, we’re hosting two workshops led by Shaden, one of the troupe’s lead trainers travelling from Palestine: one open to all levels, and another tailored for participants with dance experience.
WORKSHOP INFORMATION:
🗓️ DATE: 14. September 2025
📍LOCATION: Natalias Dans & Yoga, Bratsbergvegen 2, 7037
Open class, all levels welcome
🎟️ Tickets above
⏰Kl. 15:00-16:30
Advanced class, tailored towards dancers
🎟️ Tickets above
⏰Kl. 12:00-13:30
🇵🇸 This is a unique opportunity to learn about cultural resistance from Palestine’s leading dance troupe. These workshops are also a powerful way to show support and solidarity with Shaden and her colleagues, after all the challenges we've faced in bringing this cultural exchange to life. Please help us spread the word widely across the communities of Trondheim!
The Dabkeh Dance and Palestinian Cultural Engagement Team
Instagram: @palestinianculturalproject
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El-Funoun
Widely considered the lead Palestinian dance company in Palestine and the diaspora, El-Funoun was established in 1979 by a small group of enthusiastic, creative and committed artists. The Troupe has developed an innovative style of dance deeply-rooted in Palestinian and Arab folklore and informed by elements of contemporary dance movement. The Troupe’s repertoire includes 16 major dance productions and over 1,500 performances throughout historic Palestine, regionally, and internationally. In Palestine, El-Funoun has developed a school for contemporary Palestinian dance, training hundreds annually. It has carried out dabke workshops throughout the West Bank, in the Arab world and internationally.
Sustained almost entirely by volunteers for decades, El-Funoun is a non-profit dance company with close to 300 members. El-Funoun’s mission is to revive and innovate Palestinian music, song and dance. Recognizing culture as a tool of and for resistance, El-Funoun challenges the complicity of international aid agencies in the oppression of Palestinians by refusing politically conditioned funding from agencies that have failed to call for a ceasefire. The dance company is working toward becoming fully self-sufficient by raising funds through its dance productions and workshops.
Shaden Qous, born in 2002 and based in Jerusalem, is a proud member of the African community and a dynamic figure in the Palestinian performing arts scene. She has been a dedicated member of El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe since 2015, where she continues to contribute as both a dancer, trainer and assistant choreographer.
Shaden has worked extensively as a dance trainer, notably at the Popular Art Center Dabke School, where she taught children for several years. She also played a key role in training Bara’em El-Funoun, the youth division of El-Funoun, and has led dance workshops for children and youth in Jerusalem schools. Her teaching experience extends internationally, having delivered an online dance course for children in the United States.
Beyond dance, Shaden is a multifaceted artist with exceptional talents in singing and painting, often weaving her artistic expressions together to create unique, interdisciplinary works.
Academically, Shaden holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and is currently pursuing her Master’s in Law at Birzeit University.
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