Movement as Culture: Dance in the Middle East, North Africa, and the DiasporaMain MenuMovement as CultureAn Introduction to the CourseMoving to the Gulf, Arabizing Bollywood: The Evolution of Bollywood Dance as it relates to Indian Labor Migration to the Arab GulfSplashBreakin' & Bolstering Cultural Norms: Breakdancing's Role in Contemporary Moroccoby Rose GelfandContemporary Copts and Dance in Egypt: Ethnicity, In/Visibility and Nationalismby Demiana IbrahimPalestinian Dabkeh and Nationalism: An Inquiry into the Israeli Claim to Indigenous Dance FormsA Historical Analysis of the Colonial Response to Powerful Devadasi and Ouled Naïl Dancers During the First Half of the 20th centuryAcknowledgementsWe worked closely with many library partners in developing this project and warmly thank them for their critical contributionsBiographiesProf. Meiver De la Cruz3773975702a12986e98f9c5f47cf866ad997d3f8Naiti Bhattf4d687a674a5002408f10e5819e1299f48441993Rose Gelfandceb56d07ee22e6e4cb6ce128db14425724c1ec43Demiana Ibrahim8ff5d38ae5f27bd0ec3653590ea03fb6425c5d1aBinita Pandyacb57cdb287e13fd28b80deb9c47234c7e4d5a762Katalina R Petersonabf30c9024456720ba45f6039f90c501b11103a2
Movement as Culture
1media/3.jpg2019-10-09T22:50:56+00:00Prof. Meiver De la Cruz3773975702a12986e98f9c5f47cf866ad997d3f823111Dance in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Diasporabook_splash2020-04-02T18:44:17+00:00Leigh Anne Lieberman6d50006ee8ed7c3f79ca48a7780ef2c27a99cb3fThe course comprises a broad survey of dance forms from the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENAT) as well as the diasporic and hybrid forms of these dances found in the US. The course will be 70% reading/writing and 30% movement/practice. The movement portion of the course will devote itself to an exploration of varied social, folk, and stage dances from Egypt, the Levant (common to Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine), the Khaleeg (Persian Gulf), Morocco, Iraq, and Turkey. These specific forms have been chosen because they are the most cited movement sources for what in the US is known as the belly dance show. Through our readings we will attend to the many questions that histories of colonialism, and concerns around the performance of race, gender, and sexuality – bring to the global spaces of performance and circulation of these dance forms. Readings draw from the fields of Dance Studies, Anthropology, Post-Colonial/Decolonial Studies and Dance Ethnography, as well as first person accounts written by dancers. We compliment the texts with an assortment of video and sound objects that we will collectively enjoy and discuss. The course examines how various people and groups throughout the world use dance to (re)present highly politicized (gendered, raced, classed, national and transnational, diaspora, sub-cultural, intersecting, hybrid) identities. The thematic inquiry of the seminar investigates the concepts of Orientalism, authenticity, transnational feminisms, innovation in dance, Western vs. Eastern understandings of virtuosity in movement, cultural appropriation, sexuality and gender in dance, and the politics of representation through dance.
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1media/3.jpg2019-12-08T21:59:01+00:00Leigh Anne Lieberman6d50006ee8ed7c3f79ca48a7780ef2c27a99cb3fMovement as Culture16An Introduction to the Courseplain111802020-01-22T23:00:07+00:00Prof. Meiver De la Cruz3773975702a12986e98f9c5f47cf866ad997d3f8