Dance: halawat shamsina ( the sweetness of our Sun )

Collection title

Concert by Reda band for popular arts

ID

BIB00165

Source

Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)

First broadcast date

12/15/2009

Production year

2009

Abstract

The video shows the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the founding of Reda band for popular arts, held in the arts centre in the library of Alexandria. The beginning of popular arts movements in Egypt Started with the creation of this band. This episode is about a dance called :Halawat shamsina ( the sweetness of our Sun) Reda band was created in the late fifties under the leadership of Mahmoud Reda with the collabation of: the first dancer, choreographer and music composer Ali Reda, the first female dancer Farida Fahmi, after the sudden death of the artist Naima Akef. The band's first show was in Al Azbakia theatre, in August , 1959. The band included 13 dancers ( men), 13 dancers ( women ) and 13 musicians.

Type

video

Production companies

• Library of Alexandria - Own production

Broadcaster

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Audiovisual form

Other

Personalities

• Reda Mahmoud

Primary theme

Live performances

Credits / Cast

• Reda Mahmoud - Choreographer

Period of events

• 2009

Map locations

• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

2m31

Additional information