Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World

Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World

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Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World

Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World

Written by Wendy Buonaventura
4.85 10,187 ratings
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This newly updated and beautifully illustrated classic is a celebration of the female dancers of the Arab world, and their impact on the West.Serpent of the Nile traces the origins of Arabic dance, which survived despite religious disapproval and growing commercialism to evolve into a popular dance form across the globe.Focusing on the nineteenth century onwards, Wendy Buonaventura reveals how this ancient art was influenced by Western ideas about art and entertainment, and in turn exerted a powerful hold on the Western imagination.In the heyday of Orientalism, it inspired writers and artists such as Flaubert, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Mata Hari. Often based on common fantasies of Middle-Eastern women, this obsession nevertheless produced wonderfully evocative images.Buonaventura also documents the impact the genre had on fashion, theatre and film at the turn of the century, and explores present and future trends in Arabic dance.Wendy Buonaventura is an established dancer and choreographer who pioneered the development of Arabic dance as a theatre art in the West. She performs and lectures internationally and has written and presented programmes for the BBC. She is the author of Beauty and the East and I Put a Spell on You, both published by Saqi Books. Her website is www.buonaventura.com.

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Pages 224
Language Eng
Publisher Saqi Books
Published 1989
ISBN 424159
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Wendy Buonaventura

After spending years working in the corporate world, Wendy Buonaventura finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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