Arabic-Andalusian dance

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The Arabic-Andalusian dance is also known as muwaschahat ('verse poem').

This dance is one of the courtly dances. It was originally not performed as a solo dance, but as a group dance and was danced in Al-Andalus at the time of Moorish Spain (between about 711 and 1492) at the courts of Córdoba and Granada .

Muwashahat

The rhythms of the music used vary from 4/4 and 8/4 to 10/8 time . But other rhythms such as B. 2/4, 3/4 or 6/8 time are common. 32/8 bars are also used for the vocal pieces. For Egypt, Arab-Andalusian music was reconstructed in this style by Fuad Abd el Magid in Cairo in the 1970s . Another type of muwashahat has survived in Morocco and Tunisia . The old tradition of this dance form has been preserved in Syria . Here this form of music (both with singing and also as pure dance music) is still cultivated (e.g. by the well-known Omeija group).

There are almost no surviving images of the dancers' clothes. The dancers certainly looked similar to what is still common in Syria today. The reconstructions of the Muwaschahat costumes of the well-known Egyptian Reda group are also possible. Half-length long trousers, hip-length blouses or jackets, with or without emphasizing the hips, may have been worn. As headgear, hats are known (similar to the page cap ).

The Arab-Andalusian dance is danced with many arabesques , overall the style is strongly influenced by Bellett. A movable backbone, small steps, very sophisticated and graceful arm and hand movements are typical components of the dance. Less hip movement is used than is usual in oriental dance, and when it does, it is rather soft. The installation of floor parts is possible to a limited extent. The use of tambourines or two cloths can also often be seen.

See also

literature

  • Wendy Buonaventura: Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World . Interlink Publishing, 1998, ISBN 1-56656-300-3 .
  • Wendy Buonaventura: Belly Dance . Kunstmann, 1998, ISBN 3-88897-106-3 .
  • Eluan Ghazal: The sacred dance. Oriental dance and sacred eroticism . Simon and Leutner, 2005, ISBN 3-922389-95-3 .
  • Eluan Ghazal: snake cult and temple love. Sacred eroticism in archaic societies . Simon and Leutner, 1995, ISBN 3-922389-63-5 .
  • Dietlinde Bedauia Karkutli: The Belly Dance Book . Rowohlt, Reinbek 2002, ISBN 3-499-61328-X .
  • Karin Van Nieuwkerk: A Trade Like Any Other: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt . University of Texas Press, 1995, ISBN 0-292-78723-5 .