Middle East meets upper East side.Where in the world--outside of the Middle East, of course--can one find a veritable tour of traditional and contemporary Middle Eastern dance The Middle East (Near East, Southwest Asia) has a rich and varied tradition of dance, spanning all of the Arab world, Anatolia, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and also much of Central Asia and South Asia. ? On Jan. 7, the Harkness Dance Center presents Beyond the Silk Road Silk Road Ancient trade route that linked China with Europe. Originally a caravan route and used from c. 100 BC, the 4,000-mi (6,400-km) road started in Xi'an, China, followed the Great Wall to the northwest, climbed the Pamir Mtns. as part of the 92nd St. Y's monthly Sundays @ Three series. The afternoon features dances by Blanca, Zenaide, Altagracia Bruno, and Layla in an array of genres: belly dancing, Turkish gypsy dance, and Egyptian folk dance folk dance, primitive, tribal, or ethnic form of the dance, sometimes the survival of some ancient ceremony or festival. The term is used also to include characteristic national dances, country dances, and figure dances in costume to folk tunes. , as well as traditional Middle Eastern dances influenced by flamenco flamenco, Spanish music and dance typical of the Gypsy, or gitano. Flamenco dancing is characterized by colorful costumes, intense and erotic movements, stamping of the feet (zapateado), and clapping of the hands (palmada , rock, and hip-hop, www.92y.org. |
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