Raqs in the City: The Belly Dance Landscape of Cairo - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476690308ISBN-10:1476690308UPC:9781476690308Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:DanceBook Topic:Regional & CulturalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCA0WGES2Z
Raqs in the City: The Belly Dance Landscape of Cairo
In the city of Cairo, certain spaces bear strong historical associations with belly dance, belly dancers, and professional entertainment in general. Azbakiyah, Imad al-Din Street, and Muhammad Ali Street were all staging grounds for innovations in Egyptian belly dance, as well as in Egyptian music, song, and theater, at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and in the Egyptia...
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476690308ISBN-10:1476690308UPC:9781476690308Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:DanceBook Topic:Regional & CulturalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCA0WGES2Z
Heather D. Ward is a Middle Eastern dance instructor, performer and researcher based in St. Louis, Missouri. She specializes in Egyptian belly dance, and has conducted in-depth research into primary textual, photographic and pictorial evidence as well as on-site investigations in Egypt of this fascinating dance form.
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