Thread: Youtube: National Egyptian Dance Troupe - Tour 2007

Fun video clip for those interested in Egytian folkloric dances for the stage.

Dance numbers in order: El-Melaya, El-Hagalla, El-Mijwiz, El-Shamaadan, El-Menbouteya, El-Tanoura, El-Assaya, El-Hosan (the horse), Om El-Khulool

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFDFSl6z14U]YouTube - National Egyptian Dance Troupe - Tour 2007[/ame]

Wow you get so much from watching that 10 minute clip...thanks for posting. I wish I could have seen this show, how beautiful. I hope they come back. The dancing and costuming were absolutely fabulous!!

yes, thank you for posting! love the shamadan piece, haven't seen anything like it before.

Thank you I like that clip. Great dancing! El Menbouteya - I've never heard that! Is it inspired by Vaudeville? The costumes, especially the women with those old fashioned lycra aerobic-trousers, I can't interprete that style.

They are doing some the "fisherman's moves" that we learned in JtE and playing spoons, so I think that is a Greek-influenced dance that's supposed to represent the coastal areas. Yes?