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Ibrahim Farrah presents the Jamal Twins
- Title
- Ibrahim Farrah presents the Jamal Twins [videorecording].
- Publication
- [198-?]
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Performance of belly dancing (motion picture followed by live performance) featuring the Jamal Twins (sometimes billed as the Jamal Sisters). The two women were known as Leila and Lamia; their real names, Lyn and Lys [spelled Line and Lise on the film that precedes the live performance], are used here by the master of ceremonies, Ibrahim Farrah.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in performance at Fazil's Dance Center, New York, N.Y., in the 1980s.
- Contents
- Danses orientales [film] (ca. 20 min.) / recorded from screen; production credits in French. Egyptian film, dating from the early 1950s. The Jamal Twins are featured in an unidentified opening dance, followed by the Danse du chandelier [with candelabra], Danse Saidi [with canes], and Danse fellahi [with zils].
- [Live performance:] [Dance] (ca. 8 min.) / by the Jamal Twins -- "Modern" oriental dance (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Ibrahim Farrah; danced by Samara and Jehan -- Dance of the sugar doll (ca. 4 min.) / danced by Lyn -- Dance of the ma'laya (ca. 3 min.) / danced by Lys -- Pharaonic dance (ca. 6 min.) / music, Luigini (Ballet egyptien); danced by the Jamal Twins -- [Dancing girls] (ca. 8 min.) / danced by Jehan and Samara -- Dance fellaha (?) (ca. 5 min.) / danced by the Jamal Twins -- [Instrumental music] (ca. 8 min.) / performed by the percussionists -- Raks al-Assaya (ca. 6 min.) / danced by the Jamal Twins -- Question-and-answer session with the Jamal Twins (ca. 11 min.) -- Closing music.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-8194
- OCLC
- NYPY05-F10186
- Title
- Ibrahim Farrah presents the Jamal Twins [videorecording].
- Imprint
- [198-?]
- Country of Producing Entity
- U.S.
- Performer
- [Master of ceremonies:] Ibrahim Farrah.Danced by the Jamal Twins, with Jehan and Samara.
- Event
- Videotaped in performance at Fazil's Dance Center, New York, N.Y., in the 1980s.
- Added Author
- Farrah, Ibrahim. hst, choreographer.Jamal Twins.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-8194