Events

Summertime! :)

Happy Summer for all of you! :)

NEW BEGINNER CLASSES has started (teacher: Krisztina Órai) in Hölgyválasz Dance Studio on 25 March (every Thursday 18.00-19.00). It is still possible to join! more info here.

2nd CAIRO! FESTIVAL (workshops, gala show and international competition) is finished, you can already order the professional two discs dvd about it! At info @nietomercedes.com Teasers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKAXS3z95CQ , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pOIpH4LIa0&feature=related

 

Congratulations to the students of the studio: Nymph Oriental Dance Company - 1st place winner of the Stockholm Bellydance Festival, May of 2010, and 1st place winner of the Nile Group Festival in Cairo, Egypt, June 2009; Bernadett Farkas -  3rd place winner at Nile Group Festival in Cairo, June 2009; and Viktória Szigeti - 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winner (in different categories),  IDO World Championship 2009, Spain!

 

MERCEDES - INVITED GUEST ARTIST AND TEACHER of the Heshk Beshk Festival, Venice, 2010 :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86X9__IqhzU

Several other performances abroad - see hereinafter .

Lots of new photos in the gallery!


 

Mercedes in Cairo, June 2009 


 

 

Upcoming performances

 

 Premiere of the Musical "AIDA"

Budapest, Open Air Stage of Margitsziget, 2nd of July

with the participation of the Nymph Oriental Dance Company

 

Egyptian National Day

Budapest, Military Museum, 22 of July 2010

Show of the Nymph Oriental Dance Company

 

SZIGET Festival

 Budapest, 11-15 August 2010
Belly Dance classes with Mercedes every day in Afro-Latin Stage and World Village  Afro-Latin Színpad és Világfalu ,

  

Bellydance Camp with Mercedes

Lake Balaton, 19-22 August 2010, Hungary

more infos: mercedestaborok@ yahoo.com

 

Past events:

 

2nd CAIRO FESTIVAL

International Oriental Dance Festival, Budapest, 23-25 April, 2010

We were proud to present the Egyptian star guest artists: the legendary AIDA NOUR and the world-famous MOHAMED KAZAFY! Workshops in many styles and levels, gala show, parties and much more :) Celebrating the spring, the Cairo feeling, and the real oriental dance! More infos at www.nietomercedes.com Demos from previous festival: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taWty38NTqQ , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmYOF4Iatac

  

"Zay el Asal" - Year Closing Gala Show of the Studio

Mercedes Nieto Mercedes and her students - an evening of the Egyptian Dance Style!

29 May 2010

Danube Palace, Budapest

  

Photo: András Mayer 

 

 

 

 

Oriental Exhibition and Bazaar

8-9 May 2010

Workshops and performance with the Nymph Oriental Dance Company

www.orient-expo.hu

 

Khalifa's Daughters
27 March 2010

Dunaújváros

Theatre style oriental dance show with Khalifa Music Band and the Nymph Oriental Dance Company, organizer & main performorer: Wolmae Dance Company

 

Tutankhamon Exhibition- VAM Design Center, Budapest

13-21 December 2009

 

"The Renessance of Oum Kalthoum in Europe"

Concert serial, part 2: Daret El Ayam

Unique concert and show with Khalifa music band, in a wonderful place

5 December 2009

Mucis: Khalifa Band, dansers: Mercedes and the Nymph Dance Company, Krisztina Németh and Amira Art Company

more info on the poster

  

 ORIENTAL DINNER PARTY with HADIA

Budapest, 3 October 2009; 20.00, Rotana Reastuarant

Performer: HADIA, as well as Mercedes and the Nymph Company -

 

Africa Day

26 May 2010

Budapest Congress and World Trade Center, Budapest

with performance of Mercedes, organizer: the hungarian Egyptian Embassy



 

Belly dance camp in Balatonlelle, 27-30 August 2009

This year belly dance camp will be in Balatonlelle (Southern Region of Balaton) again. The venue is a 3 start hotel reconstructed from a family house with an outdoor swimming pool and big garden. The whole establishment is reserved just for us!

Programmes:

Twice a day two hours long belly dance classes with Mercedes – intermediate/advanced level – with lots of technique and practice. Two choreographies will be teached: one classical Egyptian and one folklore.

Extra classes during morning and afternoons: Pilates, contact dance and afro dance with drum accompaniment.

During the breaks: possibility to swim in lake Balaton (the coast is not far away, 10-15 minutes of walk) or sunbathing next to the outdoor pool in the garden. Very close to the hotel there is the best ice-cream place – worth to try!

Evening programmes: massage-teaching (this time Thai massage), oriental film shows, henna, séances under the open sky, parties, talks and chats, etc.

More detailed programme comming soon!

Price is 145 €, which includes 3 nights, full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner, fruits in-between, etc., starting with lunch on Thursday and finishing with lunch on Sunday), all dance classes, evening programmes and extra classes.

Deadline of application and paying first instalment (70 €):

27 July 2009

Deadline of paying second instalment (75 €):

18 August 2009

Of course paying in instalments is not necessary. If you wish (and can) the whole amount can be paid at once (deadline: 27 July 2009). But don’t forget that the first instalment is the guarantee towards the accommodation, so please transfer the amount only if you are sure you will participate!

Modes of payment: bank transfer (the account number will be sent by e-mail after registration) or cash paid to Mercedes or Anikó during the summer classes or the summer workshops.

 

Apply via info @ nietomercedes.com to Anikó or +36-30-337-9129 cell.

Should you have any professional questions please contact Mercedes via nieto_mercedes @ yahoo.com.

Thank you in advance for your participation! :-)

 



 

 

Upcoming workshops with Mercedes

Hungary: CAIRO Festival, Budapest, 23 April 2010, Orient Expo, Budapest, 9 May 2010

near past workshops: Szentes (7 Nov 2009), Zalaegerszeg (11-12 Oct 2009), Nagykanizsa (31 May 2009), Budapest (Intensive Beginner Course, Hölgyválasz Dance Studio, 25 Apr 2009), Szentes (Khaligy choreography, 26 Apr 2009)

 

Workshops and Shows Worldwide with Mercedes in 2010:

Ukraine, Ungvár (Uzshorod): performances with Wolae, Khalifa Music Band, Mercedes and the Nymph Oriental Dance Company, 9-10 April 2010

Sweden, Stockholm: Workshop and performance at the Stockholm Belly Dance Festival with Mercedes and performance of the Nymph Oriental Dance Company, 13-16 May 2010

Poland, Katowice: Workshop, performance and member of the jury on the Egyptian Fever Festival, 4-6 June 2010 (with Leyla Jouvana and Suraiya)

 Cairo, Egypt: Mercedes's performance on the Nile Group Festival's Opening Gala Show, 14th of June, 2010

Netherlands, Amsterdam: Workshops and performance at the I. Amsterdam Belly Dance Congress, 18-20 June 2010 (with Jillina and Tito)

Spain, Madrid: Workshop and performance on Raqs Madrid Festival with Mercedes and performance of the Nymph Oriental Dance Company, 29 June - 2 July 2010

Italy, Venice: workshops and performance on the Heshk Beshk Festival, 2-4 July 2010 (with Randa Kamel, Yousry Sharif, Tito, Mohamed Kazafy, Khaled Mahmoud and Wael Mansour)

England, London: Performance with Arabic live band at the Bloomsbury Theater,  4 September 2010 (with Melanie Norman, Khaled Mahmoud, Shafeek Ibrahim, Bashir Abdel Aal)

Spain, Tarragona: Workshops and show with Mercedes, 10-12 September 2010

Tokyo and Osaka, Japan: workshops and shows with Mercedes and live Egyptian band, 21-26 October, 2010

Slovenia, Ljubljana: Workshops and performance , 12-14 November 2010

Spain, Barcelona: Workshops and performance , 10-12 December 2010

 

Workshops and Shows in the near past:

Slovenia, Ljubljana: 3 workshops and performance with Mercedes, 19-21 March 2010

Estonia, Tallinn: 3 workshops and show with Mercedes, 26-28 February 2010

Spain, Canet de Mar (Barcelona): Maresme Oriental, workshop, competition judging, show, 23-30 November 2009

Sweden, Stockholm: Stockholm Belly Dance Festival, workshop and performance 21-24 May 2009

Latvia, Riga: 3 workshops, competition judging, show, 3-6 April 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

"CAIRO! Festival"

27-28-29th March 2009 Budapest

Workshops and gala performance with master teacher Lubna Emam and Ahmed Refaat in organization of Mercedes Nieto and the Nymph Oriental Dance Company.

In terms of folklore, authentic and the feeling of CAIRO

More information here

Videos about the artists: Lubna, Ahmed