El Hadjalah dance

Collection title

Concert by Reda band for popular arts

ID

BIB00146

Source

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)

First broadcast date

12/15/2009

Production year

2009

Abstract

A video which presents the celebration of the golden jubilee of the founding of Reda band for folkloric arts in the arts center in Alexandria’s library. This episode deals with El Hadjallah dance. The popular arts movement started with Reda band in the late fifties under the leadership of Mahmoud Reda , its performances were a true success. It is considered as the first popular arts band. The artist Mahmoud Reda had the idea of creating the first popular arts band in cooperation with the first dancer, the music composer Ali Reda, and the first female dancer Farida Fahmi, after the sudden death of the artist Naima Akef. The band presented the first show at Azbakia theatre in August 1959. The band was composed of 13 dancers ( men), 13 dancers (women), and 13 musicians, most of them were university graduates. Mahmoud Reda was inspired by the desert, the coasts and High Egypt arts to produce the choreography.

Type

video

Production companies

• Library of Alexandria - Own production

Broadcaster

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Audiovisual form

Concert

Personalities

• Reda Mahmoud

Primary theme

Live performances

Secondary themes

• Art, Culture and Knowledge / Music and songs

Credits / Cast

• Reda Mahmoud - Choreographer

Period of events

• 2009

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

4m17

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