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Egypt dances

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
Egypt dances
Names
Saleh, Magda Ahmed Abdel Ghaffar (Conceptor)
Mūjī, Ibrāhīm (Director)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1975 - 1977
Table of 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).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1491
Topics
Dance -- Egypt
Belly dance
Tahteeb (Dance)
Exorcism
Sufism -- Egypt
Mambootieh (Dance)
Genres
Filmed dance
Motion pictures
Documentary films
Music
Notes
Statement of responsibility: produced by Egyptian Cinema Organization International Productions ; project conceived and conducted by Magda Saleh ; directed by Ibrahim El Moky.
Citation/reference: 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)
Language: Titles in English and Arabic.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
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.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Arabic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY827033577-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12159646
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2f554e80-f879-0130-e56b-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1975: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Egypt dances" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975 - 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30153e10-f879-0130-94b7-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Egypt dances" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30153e10-f879-0130-94b7-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1975 - 1977). Egypt dances Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/30153e10-f879-0130-94b7-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Egypt dances