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Egypt dances

Title
Egypt dances [electronic resource] / produced by Egyptian Cinema Organization International Productions ; project conceived and conducted by Magda Saleh ; directed by Ibrahim El Moky.
Publication
1977.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Saleh, Magda
  • El Moky, Ibrahim
Subject
  • Dance > Egypt
  • Belly dance
  • Tahteeb (Dance)
  • Exorcism
  • Sufism > Egypt
  • Mambootieh (Dance)
  • Motion pictures. Egypt dances
  • Clapping dances
  • Ritual and ceremonial dancing > Egypt
  • Wedding dances and music
  • Zār
  • Stick dances > Egypt
  • Combat dances
  • Horse ballets
  • Arabs > Dances
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • For a detailed discussion of this film, see Magda Saleh's 1979 thesis, A documentation of the ethnic dance traditions of the Arab Republic of Egypt (in: *XMD-67)
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Language (note)
  • Titles in English and Arabic.
Local note
  • Former call number: *MGZIA 4-8096
Contents
Vicinity of Mersa Marruh: Haggala (clapping dance of Western Desert Arabs); Shettaywa dance -- Siwa Oasis: Bormeyya (dances of Zaggaleen Palmgrove laborers) -- Port Said: Bumboateyya -- Suez: Henna el suweisi (wedding dance) -- Alexandria: Sohba -- Cairo: Sham'edan (chandelier dance); Lesson in "Baladi" (belly dance) -- Luxor: Welad Mazen Ghawazi dance -- Cairo: Almah -- Cairo: Zar (exorcism ritual) -- Cairo: Dhikr (ecstatic dance ritual of the Sufi rifai sect); "Dababees" skewers (ritual thaumaturgical exercise) -- Giza: Dancing horse -- Sohar Governorate, Maragha district: Gohena; Wahda wa nûs; Arabi; Tahtib (stick dance) -- Aswan, Baharif village: Kaf (clapping dance) -- Aswan, Tushka village: Dances of the Fadigga Nubians -- Qena, Nag el Sudaneyya: Rongo -- Aswan: Hosseb (martial dance of the nomad Ababda tribe).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1491
OCLC
NYPY827033577-F
Title
Egypt dances [electronic resource] / produced by Egyptian Cinema Organization International Productions ; project conceived and conducted by Magda Saleh ; directed by Ibrahim El Moky.
Imprint
1977.
Description
2 streaming video files (NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Documentary film representing a first major attempt to collect the traditional folk dances of Egypt. Presents 17 communal, ritual, and entertainment-oriented folk dances from rural, urban, and desert areas recorded 1975-1977.
Language
Titles in English and Arabic.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIA 4-8096
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Local Subject
Motion pictures. Egypt dances.
Clapping dances.
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Egypt.
Wedding dances and music.
Zār.
Stick dances -- Egypt.
Combat dances.
Horse ballets.
Arabs -- Dances.
Added Author
Saleh, Magda. Conceptor
El Moky, Ibrahim. Director
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1491
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