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Marya
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Boy everybody I can think of does cane dance differently, Fifi does a rousing, over the top cane dance, Sohair Zeki is nice too, very different, very lady-like of course. The Gawazees have a nice country feel, I tend to like to watch the men with Taktib and then adapt those moves. You might also try to find home style videos of weddings or celebrations that might have a few shots of cane dancing, those are the best. Maybe Gypsy or Tarik can point you in the right direction.
Marya
Maria_Aya
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These are from my favorite "Raqs al Assaya" = dance with cane.
It could be Saidi, or Dabke music, or Baladi style or Ghawazee etc.
On Maya's video there were attached these very interesting info:
The Saidi dance is from Upper Egypt, between Gizeh and Edfu.The Saidi people are upper Egyptian farmers. Usually a Saidi dance is lively, energetic and earthy. The dancer uses one or two sticks, originally made of bamboo.
There are two types of Saidi stick dance: Raks Assaya and Tahtib. The word Tahtib means dancing with sticks and it is originally a kind of conflict with sticks between men to show their power. Tahtib is the oldest form of Egyptian martial arts to have survived. Tahtib dancing is a product of Egyptian martial arts from the pharaonic times. The Pharaohs painted this kind of dance on the walls of their temples and their soldiers learned it.
Another female version of stick dancing has been developed with a flirtatious and generally less aggressive style, and incorporated into cabaret or "belly dance." The stick used for this type of dancing is generally thinner, more lightweight and hooked at one end like a cane, and generally embellished with metallic-coloured foil or sequins.
Saidi music is typically played by traditional instruments such as the Rababa (the grandfather of today's violin), the Mizmar (a horn which emits long, whiney tones), and various percussion instruments such as the dumbek and the tabla beledi. The music of the Said has a very special rhythm, it is a 4/4 time signature and we call it Makloub. There are some other variations, for instance one version instead of dum at the beginning, two dums will be played.
and this is me, and Ira Asmarani from our last May show
Ahmed Fekry at training for 2 cane
and Ahmed Dancing at Athens-Cairo show
YouTube - "Athens-Cairo Flight" WBD 2008, Ahmed Fekry
just search Saidi also in youtube and you will find many many
Maria Aya, Greece
It could be Saidi, or Dabke music, or Baladi style or Ghawazee etc.
On Maya's video there were attached these very interesting info:
The Saidi dance is from Upper Egypt, between Gizeh and Edfu.The Saidi people are upper Egyptian farmers. Usually a Saidi dance is lively, energetic and earthy. The dancer uses one or two sticks, originally made of bamboo.
There are two types of Saidi stick dance: Raks Assaya and Tahtib. The word Tahtib means dancing with sticks and it is originally a kind of conflict with sticks between men to show their power. Tahtib is the oldest form of Egyptian martial arts to have survived. Tahtib dancing is a product of Egyptian martial arts from the pharaonic times. The Pharaohs painted this kind of dance on the walls of their temples and their soldiers learned it.
Another female version of stick dancing has been developed with a flirtatious and generally less aggressive style, and incorporated into cabaret or "belly dance." The stick used for this type of dancing is generally thinner, more lightweight and hooked at one end like a cane, and generally embellished with metallic-coloured foil or sequins.
Saidi music is typically played by traditional instruments such as the Rababa (the grandfather of today's violin), the Mizmar (a horn which emits long, whiney tones), and various percussion instruments such as the dumbek and the tabla beledi. The music of the Said has a very special rhythm, it is a 4/4 time signature and we call it Makloub. There are some other variations, for instance one version instead of dum at the beginning, two dums will be played.
and this is me, and Ira Asmarani from our last May show
Ahmed Fekry at training for 2 cane
and Ahmed Dancing at Athens-Cairo show
YouTube - "Athens-Cairo Flight" WBD 2008, Ahmed Fekry
just search Saidi also in youtube and you will find many many
Maria Aya, Greece
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Hi Maria, a question on the sentence i bolded in your paragraph.
is the name of the rhythm associated with saidi called Makloub? does it go like..
DUM tak ta ka DUM DUM tak a tak ta ka
that's the best way i can sound out the rhythm. is this also called 'saidi rhythm" and if so is the proper name Makloub?
Melanie Abraham
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Cane Dance
Hello, I would suggest finding Ansuya's you tube video "luxor baladna" saidi. The music is on the CD Belly Dance "On Fire". It is worth the trouble looking this one up. She does a great job with this.
Melanie
Hello, I would suggest finding Ansuya's you tube video "luxor baladna" saidi. The music is on the CD Belly Dance "On Fire". It is worth the trouble looking this one up. She does a great job with this.
Melanie
Chani
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Hi, My computer died and I never did get back to this thread until now. Thanks so much fot taking the time to put up these clips everybody. They have been helpful. I've managed to loosen up over the past few weeks. I laugh at how very tightly I was holding myself when clearly the opposite is called for. I think my knuckles must have been white from how tightly I was holding my cane but that might be because I did loose it a few times in the beginning and it went flying across the room. Fortunately, no classmates were hurt but they did give me a wide berth hehe. I'm really enjoying this style of dancing. It's fun.