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
Moving to the Gulf, Arabizing Bollywood
12019-11-07T21:57:51+00:00Naiti Bhattf4d687a674a5002408f10e5819e1299f4844199323118The Evolution of Bollywood Dance as it relates to Indian Labor Migration to the Arab Gulfimage_header2019-12-09T23:41:44+00:00Prof. Meiver De la Cruz3773975702a12986e98f9c5f47cf866ad997d3f8This project links shifting migration patterns from India to the Gulf Coast , to the adoption of representations of a belly dance aesthetic and movement in Bollywood film dance sequences and music videos. I make these connections through an analysis of how the first popular appearance of Arab movement in a Bollywood dance sequence in 1975 occurs right in the midst of the first oil boom in the Gulf Coast Countries (GCC), namely Saudi Arabia, in the 1970’s, which in turn led to an increase in Indian migration to the GCC. The subsequent development of GCC infrastructure to take advantage of the oil resources and exports increased the demand for Indian labor migration to the region and simultaneously created a reverse cultural flow, increasing the popularity of belly dancing aesthetics in Bollywood dance, which had previously primarily combined Western movement (i.e. ballet, swing dancing) with Indian classical movement (i.e. bharatnatyam, kathak). Here I argue that the continued integration of Indians and rise of the Indian diaspora in the Gulf Coast has corresponded with a rise in the popularity of Bollywood film in the region, which in turn, has gradually improved the authenticity of belly dance movement in Bollywood dance sequences. An important thing to note is that while Middle Eastern movement techniques have been incorporated into the Bollywood and Indian movement vocabularies, there are not actual teachers, classes, or dance festivals of pure raqs sharqi in India. Raqs sharqi merely exists as a component of Indian fusion dance sequences.
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