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