Thread: Lebanese Cane and Saidi Raks Assaya

I love this clip of Rindala. So much energy!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlkDy8VS4JE&feature=related]YouTube - Rindala Raks Assaya[/ame]

And this, very traditional:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zt5elKdV5s&playnext_from=TL&videos=KsPi52 Ysfeo"]YouTube- yasmina of cairo Saidi dance[/ame]

Thanks for these clips Norma!

I can't pull up the clips just now (slow connnection) but I have been wondering for a while what distinguishes Lebanese cane dance from Saidi Raks Assaya- where did it come from? how is the movement vocabulary different? Can't wait to get to a computer with better internet speed!

I'm not sure where it came from exactly, but the first dancer I saw dance to cane to debke music was Howaida Hachem. My teacher, who was Syrian really liked her because she danced with a lot of energy.

I remember arguing with my band to play me debke music for cane. They thought I was crazy and said, "no you need Saidi!" LOL. Now it is common place to hear a band play debke for cane.

This is one of 2 clips that inspired me.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvw6Orc-png]YouTube - Hawaida Hachem, Lebanese Dancer, Cane Dance, Green Bedlah[/ame]

Here's a great clip of Fifi:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqPL1tJAWRc&feature=related]YouTube - Fifi Cane routine[/ame]

Mona El Saaid:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3ZyhwwAhlY&feature=related]YouTube - Mona El Saaid Egyptian Bellydancer[/ame]

canes also get used for the men's baladi style, tet. i don't know much about it beyond what was on Ranya's baladi DVD, but you can see her perform a men's baladi taxim with a cane on it.
also curious about the stylistic differences between saiidi asaya and debke-cane. i remember a thread about the differences between Lebanese and Egyptian style in general ("Lebanese is NOT a cross between Turkish and Egyptian!") but nothing about this

Here's another clip of Hawaida Hachem. This is the first time I saw cane work done this way:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKTTzZr2qbM]YouTube - Hawaida Hachem, Lebanese Dancer, Cane Dance, Silver Bedlah[/ame]

I just realized my videos have a horrible buzz sound when they converted. Dont know why.

I found Carovan's posting of the green bedlah video:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAhJKBUgUPA&feature=related]YouTube - Howaida Hashem (green bedlah) Pt 2[/ame]