Belly Dance Around the World: New Communities, Performance and Identity

by Teresa Cutler-Broyles, Barbara Sellers-Young, Caitlin E. McDonald

In these essays, dancers and scholars from around the world carefully consider the transformation of an improvised folk form from North Africa and the Middle East into a popular global dance practice. They explore the differences between the solo improvisational forms of North Africa and the Middle East, often referred to as raqs sharki, which are part of family celebrations, and the numerous globalized versions of this dance form, belly dance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786473703
• ISBN13: 9780786473700
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher