Ancient Egyptian Dances
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The original edition of this book was published in 1935, I think we're due for another look at the subject but that's not what I'm focusing on right now. Lexova used her combination background in dance, art and archaelogy to evaluate the dance practices of Ancient Egypt. Lexova's book is extremely image intensive and there are frequent notes throughout the short text dedicated to explaining what is going on throughout. One thing that I do really appreciate about this book is that the sketches of dances are given in chronological order. This makes it much easier to sort through. The major problem with this book is that it is incomplete. Lexova was unable to give much anthropological insight into the dances themselves; their kinesthetic qualities or even much go into the music such dances were set to. And so this book will not be of much help to laymen or occupational dancers. It does a better job of explaining what Ancient Egyptian dances were not rather than what they were. The silver lining in this book rests in its lovely looking bibliography. Most of the books listed are in German with French coming in second so anyone who wanted to take a serious examination of Ancient Egyptian dances could possibly follow the path of Lexova and then advance through more modern works from there. Considering that the book is really inexpensive and very short it is a book that I would recommend all Mediterranean dancers buy. I'm giving it a three rating because it is rather light on information but what it has is useful so it shouldn't be overlooked based upon that. - Poisoned , posted 01/02/09 |
Ancient Egyptian Dances was recommended for:
- Tribe: Ecstasia: The Art of Trance
- Tribe: Bellydance History/Evolution/Archetypes
- Tribe: Magikal Dancer
- Tribe: ANCIENT EGYPT ; Ritual and Dance
