Amy Sultan: We must see dance from another angle

The beauty of the dancer Amy Sultan was highlighted in her latest photo session as a special cover for Vector magazine, and she talked about this matter and her opinion on dancing.

Ray Victor expressed his happiness to cooperate with Amy Sultan, saying: “I was very happy to work with the dancer Amy Sultan on the cover project of Victor magazine for September 2024 with a wonderful team of Egyptian and Arab artists. It was an organized work with a great degree of professionalism and craftsmanship from everyone.”

Ray Victor talks about Amy Sultan He added: "I met Amy personally at the Taksim Center (which she runs)'s second anniversary party and learned a lot about her career, her goals and what she wants to achieve."

He continued: “I saw in Amy that she wanted to change the stereotypical image of the dancer among the general public, and from here I decided that the filming project would be in clothes different from the usual dance costumes that she appears in, and the interview with her would cover topics related to the UNESCO file that she is working on and many other things that highlight Amy’s personality more than her dancing, which I personally love and respect.”

Who is Amy Sultan? Amy Sultan established an institute for teaching belly dancing, the first institute accredited by UNESCO and the International Dance Council, and seeks to include Egyptian belly dancing among UNESCO’s intangible folk heritage.

She said that every person has a taste in art, and singing, dancing and acting are all art, but there are audiences for each type of these types, noting that the audience is not forced to attend dance parties or other things, and she continued, whoever wants to attend dance parties will pay the price of the ticket and attend.

She also explained that art, from her point of view, is a choice and not a compulsion like school, explaining that there are many people in Egypt who design dance costumes with the highest quality and efficiency, pointing out that Egypt is the leading country in oriental dance worldwide and for that reason she wants to change the name of oriental dance to the name of local dance, noting that she designs her own dance costumes and then sends them to the atelier to be implemented, saying: “I buy 14 dance costumes every season.”