Om jag var lika bra som min danslärare Beatrice Grognard
och om jag dansade den sortens dans.
Filmen är alltså från min dansskola Tarab. Den här sortens dans kallas Baladi. Själv dansar jag Sha'abi, en mycket mer kraftfull dans. Här är en förklaring om baladi, direkt från Beatrices hemsida.
Baladi" is the folk dance of the urban areas of Egypt.
This vibrant music, both structured and improvised, appeared at the very beginning of the 20th century. It roots are in the old songs and rhythms of the countryside. At that time important social and economic changes resulted in an exodus of fellahs to the towns. Along with their new-found urban prosperity they discovered the cultural and artistic exuberance of the new century.
Tradition and modernism joined hands: the peasants' musical repertories became more polished and complex, and took up new instruments like the saxophone, the accordion and the clarinet.
To the people of rural areas the significance of baladi is a little like that of jazz and blues to the black American community. It expresses the mood of a time and a community, and offers up to dance a whole new world of technical and expressive possibilities.
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