Béatrice Grognard divides her time between Europe, Cairo and Brussels where, in 1998, she founded the "Tarab, School of Theatrical Dances of Egypt". Throughout Europe and in Egypt, she passes on the spirit and technique of traditional female dances and offers regular workshops in England, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain and Finland.

Trained as an archaeologist, Béatrice has always had true passion about arts and dance. Since 1991, Beatrice has devoted herself exclusively to dance and choreography and, thanks to her tremendous enthusiasm, has dedicated herself to defending the beauty and the authenticity of traditional Egyptian dances.

Her quest today is directly linked to her original interest in archaeology: to bring forward Egyptian dance and the music of the past, redefine their boundaries and breath new life into them with theatricality introduced on stage, therefore ensuring them new life and a future. During her frequent trips to Egypt, Béatrice travels to many towns and villages in search of traditional music and movements.

As a complete, graceful, dignified artistic discipline, the theatrical dance of Egypt is a refined and complex art standing apart its "orientalised" alternatives prevalent over the last decades.  Whether on the stage or through her teaching, the work of Béatrice can be compared with that on flamenco several decades ago:  how to breathe life back into a universe of dance which has been forgotten and misinterpreted, how to preserve the quintessential nature of the dances of Egypt whilst infusing them with a rich and refreshing modernity at the same time.

On stage and in her teaching, Béatrice offers a personal and creative vision of the dances of Egypt by blending tradition and modernity. She holds weekly classes, workshops and thematic evenings with a teaching method based on attentive tuition and gradual learning and respect for the pace of the individual go hand in hand.

Event-based workshops are also organised in Brussels and allow participants to meet remarkable musicians from Egypt, such as "Les Musiciens du Nil".

Béatrice also organises innovative trips: Cairo in June 2000, Luxor in May 2002, Cairo-Alexandria-Fayoum Oasis in March 2004, Aswan in May 2005 and Luxor in May 2007. These visits offer the opportunity to participants from all over Europe to discover an Egypt which is often inaccessible: original excursions, workshops accompanied by exceptional musical ensembles - baladi, classical, sufi, saïdi and ghawazy -  and cultural evenings with talented artists, who are true representatives of the Egyptian traditional artistic world.

Finally, through a long collaboration with exceptional classical groups of the Cairo Opera and sha'abi musicians, including the world renowned group, the Musicians of the Nile and Sheikh Ahmed Al Tuni and his troupe, Béatrice is continuously developing a new artistic language, the theatrical dances of Egypt, and has set up several performances, including, "Al Wegdann" (2008) "Mousaferoun" (2002, re-invented in 2006 and 2007), "Zamal el fan el gamil" (2005 and 2006), "Nesmet Hob" (2000) and "Tarab" (1998 and 2001).

The challenge has been launched. These dances and music, alive for centuries, have had the strength to withstand the passage of time, but today, in order to thrive and to survive, they must open themselves up to a modernisation which does not betray their essence. This is the ambition of Béatrice as she develops a new and rich language of expressions which subtly translate the music, whilst staying faithful to its traditional roots. This way, she presents a personal vision of the dances of Egypt, achieving osmosis between tradition and modernity.

Art should make links between cultures and between people: Béatrice, with her European insight, pays spirited homage to Egypt's artistic refinement.