Egypt dances
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Title
Egypt dances
Collection
Names
Saleh, Magda Ahmed Abdel Ghaffar (Conceptor)
Mūjī, Ibrāhīm (Director)
Date / 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 Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1491
Subjects
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
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (90 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Abstract
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.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY827033577-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12159646
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2f554e80-f879-0130-e56b-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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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/2f554e80-f879-0130-e56b-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1975 - 1977). Egypt dances Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2f554e80-f879-0130-e56b-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Egypt dances" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2f554e80-f879-0130-e56b-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
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