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TOWN HALL/NEW YORK
Friday Evening, June 20, 2003 at 8:00

With the support of' the World Music Institute
ERWIN FRANKEL PRODUCTIONS PRESENT

Belly Dance Festival '03

Original Show Program PDF

Program w/Times:

00:00 TEMPLE DANCE
Choreography & Soloist: Eva Cernik
Based on East Indian folk dance and Influenced by Egyptian pharaonic temple carvings, this striking dance Is often done to consecrate a space before a concert.

06.32 Raksat al BADAWEEN
Costumes: Michelle Van Saun;
Dancers: Linda Lugo, Cathy Bachner-Ferrara, Sandra Fillpovich, Jean Musacchio. Vicki Webberly.
Dlsplays the grace &beauty of the classic style of Dance OrIentale.

12.47 GAZLI (NY Premiere)
Costumes: M. Van Saun
Music: Sevara Nazarkhan, excerpt from "Yol Bolsln"
Dancers: Susan Harding, Linda Lugo, Jean Musacchio
The night falls like a leaf / On the eyelashes of the desert / The nIght brings tranquility / To the Town of Gazll

18.27 VEIL DANCE
Choreography & Soloist: Eva Cernlk
Music: Excerpt Souren Baronlan's "East Meets West"
The dancer uses the veil as a metaphor for the layers of material which separate us from our true spirit ..

25.07 RAKS AL ASSAYA
Music: Setrak Sarkissian Ensemble
Dancers: Delrosa Marshall, Virginia Werner
InspIred by the Tahtlyb, a southern Egyptian dance In which women playfully Imitated 8 men's dance In combat.

28.32 AVALIM • Music: "Music of the Fellahin" & Arabic Music excerpts
Choreography & Soloist: Anahld Soflan
Precursor of the Egyptian cabaret style. The AVALIM Dancers were highly regarded for weddings and celebrations. Their dance was notable for Its counter-rhythms Isolations.

35.01 MODES
Choreography: The dancers'
Music: Various Sources
Dancers: S. Harding (Masmoud-Arabic 8/8), D. Marshall (Beledl-Arablc 4/4), P. Eiben (Ayub-Egyptlan 2/4), J. Musacchio (Chlfte Telll-Orientale 8/4), S. Fillpovich (Shaabl-Moroccan 6.8), V. Webberly (Karshllama Turkish 9/8)
A percussive tour de force exploring "Orientale" dance rhythms and styles.

52.15 INTERMISSION
Erwin Frankel

1:00.05 RAKS SHARQI
Solo by Nourhan Sharif
Choreography: Yousry Sharif'
Music: Excerpt "Layla Yasmin"
Based on Yousry Sharif's dance vocabulary-enhanced for the stage by Nourhan Sharif, this dance Is typical of his work-Informed by Jazz but never rejecting Its Egyptian folk roots.

1:14.07 MUSICAL INTERLUDE: THE SHARQI ORCHESTRA

1:27.06 ALLA TURCA SUITE • Anahld Soflan with C. Bachner-Ferrara, P. Eiben, S. Fillpovich, S Harding, D. Marshall, V. Werner
In the style of the Turkish Romany (Gypsy) dancers and musician

1:41.59 BOWS