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Newly updated, lavishly illustrated classic book that celebrates the female dancers of the Arab world and their impact on the West. "I think it is the most eloquent of female dances, with is hauntinglyricism, its fire, its endlessly shifting kaleidoscope of sensualmovement." With these words, Wendy Buonaventura explains her ownfascination with Arabic dance and gives the reader a thorough understanding of the origins, history and development of this ancient art, which has survived in the face of commercialism, religiousdisapproval, and changing times.
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'A delight to browse through and just as interesting to read...sumptuously illustrated.' Time Out 'A lively and lavishly illustrated excursion into the history of the solo woman's dance.' The New York Times Book Review
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Dancer and writer Wendy Buonaventura has pioneered the development of Arabic dance as a theatre art in the West and her work has been featured at festivals throughout Europe and in the United States. Her last book, on the history of Arab women's dance, Serpent of the Nile, was chosen as The Observer Book of the Year.
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- PublisherInterlink Pub Group Inc
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1566561175
- ISBN 13 9781566561174
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