Saudi national folkloric dance troupe

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Title
Saudi national folkloric dance troupe
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Holub, Johannes (Videographer)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1990-03-15
Table of Contents
CONTENTS. - Reel 1 (54 min.): Nation pride, perf. by dancers from eastern, central, and western Arabia. Simsimea (Yanbuawi), fishermen's dance from western Arabia, especially the Yanbu area. Khobati (literally "emptiness"), competition dance from western Arabia. - Reel 2 (35 min.): Second performance of Khobati. Bedawi, dance from northeastern Arabia.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2222
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2148 (former)
Topics
Simsimea (Dance)
Khobati (Dance)
Bedawi (Dance)
Dance -- Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia yesterday and today (Exhibition (1990 : New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Venue: Videotaped in performance for the Jerome Robbins Archive at Show Pier 88, New York, on March 15, 1990, by Johannes Holub, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (89 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Dancers from different regions of Saudi Arabia perform as part of the touring cultural exhibition Saudi Arabia yesterday and today, organized by the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia. All the dances are performed by men only; in all except the first, the dancers are accompanied by onstage musicians and singers. Each dance was filmed twice in performances that vary somewhat in choreography.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY906042522-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12169322
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0222fc70-4b52-0133-32b0-60f81dd2b63c
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Saudi national folkloric dance troupe" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09f19250-4b52-0133-1c57-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Saudi national folkloric dance troupe" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 26, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09f19250-4b52-0133-1c57-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). Saudi national folkloric dance troupe Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/09f19250-4b52-0133-1c57-60f81dd2b63c

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Saudi national folkloric dance troupe